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Hey Ern,
Very much hope you can deal with the medical troubles.
My joints are also heading out on the last train west.
Later my friend,
Gil

Homemade and Alternative Stains and Colorant by Jim McNamara

Enjoy,
Gil

Don't know about tulips, but Stuart King shows how to turn wooden flowers on this video. It is very simple.
YouTube - Turning Wooden Flowers on a lathe

Gil

Fine looking lidded boxes :2tsup::2tsup:
Gil

Hey, Ed,
Sorry to here news like that, but hang in there...maybe it can be repaired....
At least stay here and offer your good advise.
If you ever find yourself down in far Southwest Georgia, stop...

Exceptional, Hughie :2tsup::2tsup:
Gil

Not sure what is sold in California, but here in Georgia I use Sta-Bil in any gasoline other than in cars.
It is sold in Wal Mart here, and a 32-oz container is said to stabilize 80-gallons of...

Exceptional lidded boxes, anne-maria.
The first one reminds me of a Turkish lidded box.
Gil

Hey Texx,
That may be a highly resinous wood, and a pain to sand, but you did a nice job turning it, and the result is grand.
Gil

Hey Joe,
Very good segmenting and turning too. I have seen the "jacks" a month or so ago and the "sphere" at our Jan 04 club meeting, so i can say the whole lot is amazing :2tsup::2tsup:
Bravo,...

Packard Woodworks: The Woodturner's Source: Morse Taper Alignment Tool


don't know what it would cost to ship it.

Maybe less shipping if you can find this ...

Here is wishing y'all a Merry Christmas,
plus a Safe and Happy New Year.
Gil and Bunny
:merrychristmas:

Hey Rattrap,
Those are all excellent looking bowls with a fine finish on each one :2tsup:
Nice choices of wood too.
Gil

Hey, Ian,
Glad the surgery went well.
Good luck on recovery road:2tsup:
Gil

Hey Ern,
Nice bowl. :2tsup:
Gil

Very well done, TTIT.
A serious beauty:2tsup:
Gil

I reckon you could tell by the cherry smell, but the wood in your photo looks rather like our Black Cherry.

Paul,
I cannot speak for the Oneway chucks, though they seem to be made well.
The Supernova 2 works very good for me (I have 4 of them). If you are patient, and wait for Woodcraft to put them on...

Very well done!!! :2tsup::2tsup:
Gil

Paul, I have not used that GI chuck, but I agree with Joe. The Grizzly 4-jaw scroll chuck is maybe $10 less, uses a T-handled Allen key, has 2 other jaw sets for $20 each, is made quite well, is...

Fred,
The Woodcraft discount deal ends 10/31/2010.
Gil

Skew,
Can't speak for White Beech, but regular Beech is nice, and if you can get it to spalt it is a real treat (see attached pics).
Also, Yew is good to turn, and is good looking.
Dogwood is...

This is rather handy, but it is overly heavy when removing the tailstock.
I am still considering a removable lazy-Susan stile sitting on the same flat wood surface.
Gil

Hey, TT,
That is a fine looking Oland boring tool:2tsup::2tsup:
Gil

Hey, Jock,
Here are pics of two inside-out weed vases I turned.
I have a few articles but they are too big to post here.
Send your email address to [email protected],
and I'll shoot them to...

Thanks, Ian,
Very interesting...
Gil

This is my current tool holder, though I am planning to change it to a "lazy Susan" type that will be quickly removable.
Gil

I hardly ever buy wood as it seems to grow on trees around here.
However, last year I wanted a bit of African Blackwood for finials, and bought my first piece of it (2" x 2" x 13.5") for $24 USD....

Nice work Joe.
Gil

Congrats Brendan:2tsup::2tsup:

The AAW August 2010 Journal issue is on line in the AAW "members area", but you must be an AAW member to access that part of the site.
One can also view all the...

Hey Phaded, welcome.
Seeing as you asked, would recommend a Powermatic 3520B. I have one, and it is a fine machine. It is a bit more than your budget, but unless you are in a great hurry (never a...

Thanks, Hughie, that sure is gorgeous wood!!
Blakely is less than an hour drive from here (home), and I found out about all this AFTER it was over...dang it! Would have liked to watch it all, and...

Hi Shirley,
Glad to hear that you were not summoned Hi or Low!!
Hope your recovery goes well, and you are able to get some shed time soon.
We gotta be careful these days as we just don't know if...

Nice work, Corbs:2tsup::2tsup:
Gil

Beautiful NE bowl (and I love that wood).
Gil

I have no idea who made your lathe, but here are several photos of how you might consider making a bed (ways) for it at a reasonable cost (though I would likely use two timbers on each side.
Good...

To qualify my "yes" answer, I sand in forward and reverse. Sometimes I change spindle direction each time I change grits (not the eating kind), and sometimes not. I do find it useful and much safer...

Beautiful...:2tsup:

Hey, Kev,
Hot bluing salts is a strong oxidizer, so it falls into restricted shipping rules (laws), not to mention being very careful during use. There must be some gunsmiths in Australia; after...

When I performed hot bluing on guns, this is pretty much what I did (and I used Brownells bluing salts) GunTech : Bluing The Traditional, Hot Salts Way - World's Largest Supplier of Firearm...

Hey, Ray, dang fine acquisition:2tsup::2tsup:
Gil

It's a beauty:2tsup:
Gil

Good bit of data there, Ray, thanks.
Seems I remember this site as a place to see photos of wood.
Gil

Amazing what goes on dang near right under my nose.
Blakely Georgia is 44-miles due north of our home, and we had no idea this was going on. Thanks, Hughie.
Gil

Look for used scanners and /or printers. The steel bars inside that the light and ink run back and forth on are sometimes just the right thickness to use as Tommy Bars, and cut in half they make nice...

Watch this video YouTube - Turning Wooden Flowers on a lathe and you should be able to teach the lady to create lovely flowers.
She can learn the skew long before someone tells her they are...

Hughie,
Excellent bowl :2tsup: and a fine lump of wood too.
Gil

Thanks!
A Happy and Safe Easter to you, and everyone else here too.
Gil

Hey, Al,
I did not know what Watco Oil was made of either until I looked it up while reading this thread. I just assumed it was a thinned down oil-based varnish or poly. Never the less I use it, and...

Very Good lookin bowl.
Is your ironwood the same as this Ironwood Information ?
Gil