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yeah i'm not sure.....to me it shouldn't matter if it is a big lathe or a small lathe they both do pretty much the same thing....turn something on an axis.....to me a smaller lathe just limits what...

im not sure if your question was directed to me but i didnt buy this particular lathe to turn only pens....if i wanted to only turn pens i would have bought a smaller lathe....

i am interested in...

Hi Guys.

Last week i bought my new lathe....also picked up a set of chisels and some pen turning gear....also got a supernova2 chuck and a face shield

im looking do get into turning bowls and...

i do still have it....its had to have some repairs to it and isnt running as well as i would have liked...i got the money to upgrade it so i took the oportunity to do it...
ill prob end up selling...

hey guys...just upgraded my bandsaw from the carbatec 14 inch dual speed bandsaw to a woodfast 19 inch ...
my question is with the mitre guage slots being skinnier than normal slots is there a way...

i have used the mallee root before...i have got 2 mallee roots sitting in my shed waiting for when i get my lathe setup to turn a couple of bowls....it has amazing figure in the root....

I am gonna give making my own hand plane over Xmas holidays....ive watched a few videos from YouTube but im unsure on the type of wood I should use to make the body and wedge out of....was thinking...

yeah got some timber there...just waiting for the heat to die down so im not sweating like crazy while in there.....need to get an aircon for the shed i think lol

Yeah I have upgraded the fence as well... The old one was flimsy and unreliable for squareness .... I am looking into some more upgrades in the future.... I already have my first build request... End...

Still got some cleaning and organising to do but all machinery is together...

253354My tools so far

just finished putting the jointer, drill press and sanding machine together.....now just trying to workout where would be the best place to put them so i can use them without having to move them...

Just picked up my new machinery from carbatec last week... Thought I would post some pics... I got a carbatec spiral head thicknesser ... Carbatec 6 inch long bed jointer... Carbatec sanding...

personaly i like the ply version

thanx for the replies guys....if anyone wants to put any pics of their ducting go ahead.....

ohh nice...yeah deffinately photos.....how to you find the suction on it???....also how many metres of ducting did you use approx.....

thanx for the help....ill have a look at my shed and figure out what i wanna do ...either run ducting or run one long pipe and connect it to eachmachine as i use it...

hey guys...i have a carbatec 2hp economy dust extractor and i want to run pvc piping with blast gates on each machine instead of connecting it to each machine as i use them.....just wondering...most...

thanx for the replies guys
im thinking i might save some extra cash and get a triton 2000w router at tax time.....

hey guys....
i want to build myself a router table....it will be used for odd jobs here and there.......im just wondering what woulkd be a good router to get to mount underneath...i have seen in...

i plan to make this jig too in the near future

i like that box....i havent made a box at all its on my list of things to do tho

hey guys.
just wondering what your first ever project you did....
i have done a fewsmall things like stuff for the shed etc but never done anything that id consider a real project...i want to build...

hey guys....
bought this lathe today from a guy near me....he said he boughgt it over 10 years ago and has onlhy used it once to make a light stand......
i got it with a set of marples chisles also...

hi guys....my name is Wayne im in adelaide ....i have always been into wood working...more to do with cabinetry but have recently been trying my hand at furniture making....i recently went out and...