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Well we had a great time. My business associate there really looked after us and thus we only had one day to ourselves. We were based in Osaka but went wakayama and even futher down south to a beach...

This reminds me of when my wife and I were in Hong Kong and we just finished lunch with my friend there and we were trying to find a jewelry shop. So he loaded us onto the subway and said take the...

thanks for the tips guys. Hoping to get to Kyoto so will note down all these places you have recommended. appreciate it

thanks

Alex

Thanks for hte tips its what I was after appreciate it :2tsup:

I was also impressed at the speed and accuracy of his decorations especially. I believe they used melted down tin as the undercoat to give it that silver color.

not sure what the yellow came from...

I wasnt sure to post this and had it under tip section but this maybe more apt.

I am going to have a few days holiday in Japan based in Osaka. Can anyone recommend any places to visit such as...

Hi all,

I am lucky enough to be visiting Japan in early June. I was wondering if any of our people can make some recommendations of nice places to visit? I would love to see some traditional...

very nice work John and appreciated the article as well. A nice interesting read on the history of the eucalypti over the sea.

that was very enjoyable and interesting to say the least. thanks for sharing

I am not exactly sure of what your making but also watching with keen interest. I think they already look good enough to be considered complete!!!

no worries Cornucopia thanks for the reply anyway. I may experiment with a bit see how it goes. I don't have any small small tools will have to investigate further at least it gives me an idea of...

i really like these and have been inspired to do my own small box out of a piece of redgum burl. I am having trouble hollowing out inside though as its too tight to manoeuvre. If you can give some...

I saw they mentioned their "new" technology is putting down a thicker coating of TiN. I expect that this is still only in the order of 5 micron thick. If they go much thicker with that type of...

I can only think it is the router moving / flexing as your doing the cut. but I doubt it would come back to a perfect edge as you came around so it doesnt really add up either. do you have photos...

interesting read. I was fed up today after yesterday being rung up by a guy at Carbatec to tell me my router is ready for pick up. so I went down all excited as I been waiting ages for the big...

Hi I am wondering about whats the best method to strengthen the weakpoints of teh attached pieces of wood.

Also the light yellow colour pieces of rotted wood is there anyway to harden these up so...

I really like the patterns in this piece and the piece itself flows lovely with said patterns
well done!!

yup I also recommend this lathe. Its really nice for the price and very sturdy. I had some issues with matching a sn2 chuck + insert which is documented in here somewhere but now its all working...

I had a very similar experiance with a hare and forbes new lathe matching a supernova2 chuck and insert. I ended up padding out the thread between lathe and insert with plumbers tape and it ended up...

first page i opened was spindle diagram. Awesome stuff learnt a lot already. cant wait to get through the rest of this trove of treasures.
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perhaps I shouldn't let the facts get in the way of a good story. its not my first go its my first go at doing fancy fiddly bits up until now its just be roughing down to a nice finish for want of a...

thanks mate appreciate the tips.

I think i did use a parting tool to get the depth but i didnt bother to measure it just eye balled it. I did roughly mark out the center and handle start finish with pencil first.

I had a few hours on Sunday to fiddle. I decided I need to do some practice turning coves and balls and things so combined that with making a wand for my five year old.

having never done it...

I could be totally out of line here but what about using a hair dryer or heat gun after you have brushed on the coating to help smooth it out? I have done this with sucess on epoxy gloss finishes...

Just to give a final update on how I got the chuck running nice and true...

Its a bit of a cringe :yeahright: effort but it seems solid and been working all afternoon with no issues still running...

I haven't used any spacers of any type.
Whilst checking out out last night I did try with a bit of folded paper on the low spot to pad it out and it improved the run out slightly on that end.

I...

thanks for the link Rsser,

It is definately the machining of the female part of the insert. unscrewing the center itself whilst on the male part of the insert shows zero run out which leads me to...

I am witnessing this reputation first hand. I spent two hours on it tonight. I was able to determine that the head stock spindle is running very true and the chuck is also running true and the...

thanks for the responses. I took a dial indicator home at lunch time and checked the headstock seems to be running quite true. the dead center is running at about 0.003" which hare and forbes told...

Hi I have just upgraded my old GMC lathe to a hafco wl46 lathe. I got a teknatool super nova 2 chuck and insert to match which only arrived Friday. I had a chance to fiddle today and noticed with...

you are absolutely correct SJM thats what I was refering to. But its all good I learnt some more info I wasnt expecting about the burring.

thanks for the replies folks. I think I will have an experiment with it myself as I liked the theory of it but never given it a crack.

I was looking at some utube type videos about sanded finishes etc and noticed people used to use scraping using a piece of shim metal to finish the surface of tables etc after the final sand. It...

Thanks for the thorough explanation Bob. I like the sound of it and will give this method a try.

I have some slabd and having never worked with natural edges before am keen to give it a crack.

Whats teh general proceedure to prepare teh edges remove bark and polish etc?

thanks

thanks for that, will give them a call tomorrow see if they have stock.

I was just down at Carbatec but they have run out of stock of the 38mm carbide tipped forstner bit. Can anyone direct me to where I can purchase one either here in Melbourne or online?
Carbatec...

Hi folks,

Been a lurkin here for some time now and decided I should say Gday.

Thanks for all the wealth of info everyone posts and friendly atitude everyone has.. I lurk on a few ww forums and...