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  1. 7th November 2012, 09:58 AM #31
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    Ern, I made it sound easier than it was. It drove me mad for an hour. I was using an extension on a mini lathe and assumed that wasn't lined up or was loose, then worried about the main bearings, then fantasised that I'd forgotten how to use a skew, then wondered if there was vibration in the rest etc, etc.
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  3. 7th November 2012, 11:09 AM #32
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    Oh Jim, I had you pegged as a problem solving genius
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  4. 7th November 2012, 01:14 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by rsser View Post
    Oh Jim, I had you pegged as a problem solving genius
    The only person I fool Ern is myself
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbur View Post
    The only person I fool Ern is myself
    A little self-delusion oils the cogs of life.

    A lot can end up in millions dying. That's a really bad finish off the tool.
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    As far as long and thin are concerned, this crochet hook in bamboo was fun. Got it right though by just using light cuts and supporting it with my left hand..



    The pinch chuck on the drive is part of a set of about 120 year old box wood and brass pinch chucks I was given by a good friend 10 years or more back. Lovely things. The tail stock support is an Axminster multi head tail stock jobbie with the fruit chuck end fitted. A very useful piece of kit!
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  7. 13th November 2012, 07:15 AM #36
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    Never tried anything that thin John. Beautiful work.
    ps what speed did you find most comfortable?
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    Thank you Jim.

    I started off by trying different tail stock pressures and wound it up as fast as was comfortable. I fitted a 3ø variable speed motor to my old-ish Record CL1 a few years back and now I have no idea what the exact speed is. Probably around 1000 rpm? Bamboo is surprisingly easy to turn because it is so hard and strong.

    You can soon find out if the tail stock pressure is too much because it whips, if it is too slack then it waves around like a flag in the wind because, until I modified the center of the fruit holder, it had a slight flat! Now it comes to an inverted point.
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    That looks great John. A real challenge. I think I'll stick to thickere thins for a while.
    If you find you have dug yourself a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
    I just finished child-proofing our house - but they still get inside.
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    Cutting the hooks was fun too



    But I do have some huge drills and rasps for the job



    I think that the smallest is about 0.3mm. They used to be used by Silly-cone Valey in the States until they were blunt. Then they were sharpened and I bought them from Axminster Power Tools. They don't sell them any more though

    I have managed to break a couple so far
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    just a ps John. Nice to see a Record Power being used. I have an RPML300 for small stuff. Excellent lathes.
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