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    Thanks Paul,

    Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut, etc., most are oak

    You guys have the nicest pallet bearers. We used to use jarrah & redgum here, but I haven't seen anything except scabby old pine on a pallet for ages.

    Yeah, it does have No.2 MT, and as it happens, I have a big swag of MT drill bits so they may come in handy as time goes by

    Specs are here
    http://www.ledamachinery.com.au/inde...d-lathe-detail

    The bloke I bought it from gave me a few bits & pieces but I haven't had a chance to see whats there yet. I know there is no chuck or chisels but there is a face plate and a couple of tool rests but I'm not sure what else. I'll have a look later.

    Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut, etc., most are oak. I still can't get over that.


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    I opened these images in Photoshop and and was able to bring out much more detail. The images are posted with Ticky's approval.

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    Keep reading the wood turning sub-forum and you will find yourself learning more as you go. It takes some time to build up knowledge, the skill level will come when you spend more time turning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ticky View Post
    Thanks Paul,

    Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut, etc., most are oak

    You guys have the nicest pallet bearers. We used to use jarrah & redgum here, but I haven't seen anything except scabby old pine on a pallet for ages.


    Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut, etc., most are oak. I still can't get over that. Steve
    I would kill for some Jarrah & Redgum.

    I heat with solar and wood, so any time I see something burnable along side the road it goes in the back of the car - 1989 Ford Festiva, Kia Pride in your part of the world. Back seat is out so it's like a mini minivan.

    Solid wood bed posts are nice for turning spindles. Pallets used for shipping motorcycles from Asia often have some nice timber.

    When we have high wind and branches are broken off, or trees down, the city or power company will often cut them into 4 foot pieces and leave them along the road. First come, first served.

    There is a small company that makes upholstered furniture. The frames are made from kiln dried rock maple and oak. The scrap makes nice turning wood. They are happy for me to take it as they don't have to pay to have it hauled to the land fill.
    So much timber, so little time.

    Paul

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    And if you want the stand to be a bit more ridged screw a piece of ply to the back and onto the rails helps for a bit more storage space as well. if in the future you get a chuck needing an adapter get the best you can to avoid runout. If you don't belong to a club it is well worth joining one for the help you will get.

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    Hey Paul,

    It's interesting how woodworkers always seem to want the timber they can't get. I have seen american wood work shows where they use beautiful timber, & you would kill for some Jarrah or Red gum. Hell mate, it grows on trees over here.

    Actually, South Australia is a little shy of good timber, & you cant just go out & cut down a tree, or they hang you from a Stobie Pole.

    (A Stobie pole is a power line pole made of two steel joists held apart by a slab of concrete in the middle. It was invented by Adelaide Electricity Supply Company design engineer James Cyril Stobie (1895–1953).[1] Stobie used materials easily at hand due to the shortage of suitably long, strong, straight and termite-resistant timber in South Australia.

    Wikipedia)

    Now Tassie has some real nice timber, & the east coast, & Jarrah comes from Western Australia, but we grow pine trees. We cut then into thin strips & put a point on one end, & then just leave it for a few hours & then we can use to pull the cork on our wine bottles. Not the most stable of timbers.

    Steve
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    Quote Originally Posted by ian thorn View Post
    And if you want the stand to be a bit more ridged screw a piece of ply to the back and onto the rails helps for a bit more storage space as well. if in the future you get a chuck needing an adapter get the best you can to avoid runout. If you don't belong to a club it is well worth joining one for the help you will get.
    G'day Ian,

    I'm going to make a new stand for it and mount it on wheels. My shed is full of machinery, & I dont have any room to work in there, so nearly everything is on wheels & I work in the carport. I don't really have room for my new toy, but I'll squeeze it in some how. I might have to get radical & clean it up a bit.

    A chuck will be a few weeks out I think, but thanks for the good advice.

    I was just looking online to try & find a club around here. No luck yet, but I'll keep looking. I agree with you that it will be well worth it.


    Steve
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