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I made this to cut mitres on my table saw. The adjustable fence allows me to cut each piece and mitre it to exactly the same size. To get a perfect mitre I cut and mitre to about 2 mm longer than...

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Thanks Kev. The missus and I will be over there late next year for our 30th anniversary. I'll strap the table top to my back and bring it over with me:D

Is there anyone in the Melbourne area who has a slabmaster or similar and is willing to sand a table top for a friend of mine?

Check this thread

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/vintage-craftsman-lathe-143331/

I saw some of these silly boxes on youtube and just had to make one.
http://youtu.be/f7fMXfxU6_I

Thanks for all the kind words forumites. Very much appreciated. The table does play very true, not at all like the one in "The Castle":D It did take a fair bit of mucking around with leg adjustments...

G'day all

Was given a very run down pool table which was almost unplayable so, son and I decided we would have a bash at making a table of our own. After all, we had something to copy from...

I won't enter this one because I made it about a year ago and was just lucky to find such fine piece of wood in a pallet. The pallet in question did not have rails but a block in each corner and...

G'day again Floody

If finances restrict you to persist with this lathe, and I can certainly sympathise with that, then my advice would be to stick to face plate and spindle turning. Learn from the...

Hi Floody

That lathe was also sold in Oz as the GMC. The tailstock has no morse taper or quill as such. It just a bit of threaded rod with a yellow wheel handle at one end and...

Why does that never happen to me. Whenever I hear a chainsaw it's either a conifer or another bloody gum tree.

spotted gum. best handle timber around.

And only fifteen minutes drive from Robbos place. Hmmmmmm!

Duck calls :D:D

G'day TT

Yep, I started with the same lathe and had the same problems. Flex in the bed is the major problem. Easily demonstrated by tightening up the tailstock and watching the end of your piece...

I use a hacksaw. Turn the blade upside down.

Hi Silly Sandra

I did a google search for the Jepson lathe and the only on I found was on Ebay. According to the pic provided it appears to have one of those pesky "magnetic switches" These ...

G'day Reece

A few good ideas here.
One Piece Spinning Top - Creations in Wood

I checked out the chevron lathe on google and it is the same as the GMC lathe that used to be distributed through bunnings. It has a steel tube bed and that is what flexes when you tighten the...

Huh! A two stroke roughing gouge, who would have thought?

Yeah, that stuff is so green that in the first part of the video you can see that the timber has gone way out of round from when the outside was formed.

When I first saw this there was one word that escaped from my mouth that I hope the neighbours didn't hear. Geez, talk about raise the bar!!!. Absolutely breathtaking. Well done.

I reckon forget the idea of trying to collect shavings straight from the lathe. It all depends on the wood you are turning. Some will come off as nice long curlies, some will come off as little wood...

Anybody wanna but a cheap bilge pump?:p:p

So, just what is the "un-natural position"? I gather from Tea Lady's comments that you need to hold your arm higher than normal.If so, then that may mean that your arm is higher than your heart and...

Not quite on the same scale as the log turner but pretty scary just the same. My niece asked if I could make a wooden spoon. So always up for a challenge I stupidly said of course I can. The basic...

I would leave enough room so you can get around to the back of the lathe. All the mechanics are at the back and it's a real bugger trying to perform maintenance while leaning over.

Bugger!!! Your right, I never looked at that.:-:-

I nearly always make my tenon so I can use the scroll chuck in compression mode, Much safer. Then once the inside and outside are finished reverse mount the piece and remove any evidence of how it...

Welcome back Shirley. Lookin' forward to seeing your first masterpiece from the new location. I hope hubbies shoulder comes good.

There is another major supplier who could learn a lot from these blokes. No need to mention names. You know who you are.

Second thought.:oo: As it a second hand lathe perhaps the motor is not the original and is a bit longer than it should be.

Welcome to forums

You must have been given the wrong face plate. I just checked my MC1100 which is much the same setup as the MC900 and there is 25mm clearance from the back of the motor to front...

It looks to me as though he is working left handed from the back of the lathe. I work like this whenever I am hollowing. Although by the position of the tool I would say the lathe is in reverse. I...

It's what's inside the shed that holds my interest.You cant admire the scenery while you're creating the next masterpiece:rolleyes: Besides, I have my own little piece of nature to keep me company...

Extraction setup for a lathe is extremely important. It is mostly the sanding dust and fine dust from turning that you want extracted for health reasons.Not to keep the shed clean and pretty. If a...

Pic 1 shows the view from the shed front door. Nice panoramic view of the back of the house. There was once a driveway there leading up to the shed but a growing family forced me to build 3 bedrooms...

sounds like the gates to hell:oo:

In your dreams:D:D

Absolutely remarkable:2tsup: I'm not a great fan of segmented turning but I sure can appreciate the craftsmanship and skill that goes into a piece of art like that.

Door handles at 2400 long! These are either the biggest doors on earth or we have too many zeros in our measurements. 2400 is almost 8 feet in the old money.

Hi Ad an Wheelin

I am a stubborn bugger:(( and refused to let a piece of inanimate wood get the better of me. Several time during this job I was tempted to put it in firewood pile but like a dog...

Here's my low budget dust collector that works pretty well.

Parts to acquire.

1 electric leaf blower. I'm pretty sure you can get these from any hardware store for around $60.00. Mine is a 600...

No idea what wood it is. Don't even know what country the pallet came from. I wish i could get more of it in bigger bits though.

Minawax wipe on poly. Good stuff.

G'day all

I never thought something so small could cause so much grief. This little hollow vessel ( all of 73 mm high an 73 mm wide) was made from block of wood I salvaged from a pallet at...

First stupid question. Is the candle holder limited to accommodating only one candle or several candles?

Yeah, why not, I'll be in it. Candle holder hey? Sounds simple enough but could also be complex. I guess its up to the imagination of the creator.

Correct me if I am wrong, but it looks from the second picture that you got a bit of a grab with the gouge and that has caused the piece to snap off at the tenon. It also appears from that picture...