Thread: tool rest

Where's the fencing wire? ;-}

And the can of Coke is to demonstrate that there's no flex or vibration?

Hi Texx,

I hope you haven't been turning radiata Pine for the last thirty years. There's no one but no one who deserves that sort of punishment!! .

Old Pete

radiata i hate the stuff ,but for this project on a budget its about all i could use .its a hat stand and that is the base in the lathe and not going very well at all didnt join up very well (select grade my eye ).
would like to use better timber but availability out here is limited to say the least ,thought of using ironbark but if it fell on some one it would kill them .

The poor old Radiata cops it in the neck again.

A tree has:
Bark
Leaves
Trunk
Branches
Roots
Sucks up water
Expels Carbon Dioxide.Inhales carbon dioxide and expels oxygen.

HMMMM a Radiata does all this ergo it must be a tree.

It works well, easy on tools, is plantation grown, sustainable, holds good detail, finishes well and as far as I know, non allergen.

A lot of people have educated their kids, kept up their mortgage payments and put food on the table because of Radiata pine. I am one of them.

It is nice to work the exotics (done that too) but value for money and availability you can't equal the humble pine.

Don't be a timber snob.

Originally Posted by

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A tree has:
Bark
Leaves
Trunk
Branches
Roots
Sucks up water
Expels Carbon Dioxide.
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Maybe that's why it's not a real tree and is called crapiata!

I agree with you . Much of the every day furniture I have made is radiata pine. It is easy to work, machines well and is untreared.
Jim

i like the price of it compared to other timber , i like the feature in the grain ,and the colour.
i dont like the softness to easy to dent , and i dont like the end grain tear out .
i learnt to turn with it in strathpine brisbane in the mid 70's all our practice stuff was done with it , every thing we made was radiata pine , maybe i got sick of it .

I like the tool rest solution. Maybe I CAN do outboard turning on mine. Will have to learn backwards turning cos I haven't got a reversing motor though.

Originally Posted by

The poor old Radiata cops it in the neck again.

A tree has:
Bark
Leaves
Trunk
Branches
Roots
Sucks up water
Expels Carbon Dioxide.

HMMMM a Radiata does all this ergo it must be a tree.

It works well, easy on tools, is plantation grown, sustainable, holds good detail, finishes well and as far as I know, non allergen.

A lot of people have educated their kids, kept up their mortgage payments and put food on the table because of Radiata pine. I am one of them.

It is nice to work the exotics (done that too) but value for money and availability you can't equal the humble pine.

Don't be a timber snob.

My latest bowl was named "Rodney Dangerfield," because it was turned from Pine, which gets no respect.

Cheers,
Joe

Originally Posted by BobL

Maybe that's why it's not a real tree and is called crapiata!

Ahem. Will edit that.

Nice bowl Joe. Apparently radiator pine is held in same high esteem as most U.S. pines. Gone to look for a picture. Back in a minute.

Found some pine stuff. This is ordinary kiln dried southern yellow pine (SYP) construction lumber.

Oops, not on topic re. outboard tool rest. Sorry about that.

If you don't have the skills to turn Radiata Pine , don't touch it .

Seems there are grades of Radiata, like anything else.

A block of the stuff left behind by after a turnfest here was a much better turning proposition than other stuff I've tried.

Yeah, I'm a wood snob and proud of it. But this isn't the first time I've had to make a meal of my words

and if you live out my way dont turn your back on it or the white ants will have it gone quicker than you can say baygon.
they even ate the original old 1"plywood base board off one of my darkroom enlargers while i wasnt looking ,