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when turning the plastics and non ferrous metals (aluminum, copper, etc.) reduce speed. Make sure your tools are sharp and be prepared to sharpen often. On plastic dull tools will either chip your material or worse overheat the material and melt it. On the non-ferrous metals the tool and the work ca...

What Ed said! I concur on the safety equipment start there! Full Face shield is highly recommended over safety glasses. I have damaged a face shield from a piece breaking off and was glad I was wearing it. I would not turn again until I had a new one. $15-$30 versus a trip to the ER, well? You do th...

Here's a pretty sweet setup for someone on the west coast. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tls/5888321243.html yeah, I've been eyeballing this one for a while. When I first saw it price was $1650. I just need to convince the LOML that I NEED to spend $1200 dollars on the shop. Great deal thou...

I just may do this mod.
I don't have a Grainger account or access to a local Grainger so Amazon will have to do.

This one should do.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O9WHGKC

Some click pens for Christmas Presents. clickPens1sm.jpg clickPens2sm.jpg Chrome Compsons from PSI. turned between centers. Bottom 2 are stabilized buckeye burl Top is redwood lace burl This is how I do my pen turning on my SS http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/beginning-woodworking-f6/how-i-turn-pen...

Wood lathe tools basically break down into 2 groups Scrapers and Shears. Scarpers typically use a burr formed on top of the cutting edge to be effective and are generally easier to sharpen and more forgiving than shearing tools. These include the new carbide cutters. Shearing tools - Gouges (Spindle...

And if you're lust getting started with wood turning I suggest some of the following as well. Get yourself some books on Work Holding. I really like this one. https://www.amazon.com/Fixtures-Chucks-Woodturning-Everything-Secure/dp/1565235193/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477495961&sr=...

wa2crk wrote:You can find them on E-Bay from time to time but they go for almost the price of new ones. With no warranty.
Bill V

Which would be why I still don't own my own.

Very late response to this thread, but hey, I've been working a lot and have not had time for the forum.

Yes, Turning Large Bowls with the speed reducer is very stable. I have done a 12 " bowl and is was great. I wish I had one of my own. I borrowed the one I used.

Good news and bad news: Turning dry wood. The bad news First: The dry wood, will wear your tools faster and the cutting will go slower. Be prepared to sharpen regularly and often compared to turning we wood. You will generate more "Dust" and fewer "peelings". The good news is: Yo...