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- Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: Lathe Height
- Replies: 11
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Re: Lathe Height
Using the rule of thumb for lathe height to hold your arms at your sides and bend your arm from the elbow 90 degrees, your hand should be level with the center of the spindle. For me then, the center of the spindle will be 47 inches off the ground as my arms at my side bent at the elbow 90 is 47 in...
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:14 am
- Forum: Community
- Topic: "Jethro Gibbs"ing my Model 10.
- Replies: 7
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- Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: A couple of turning questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1219
When hollowing out a deep vessel, or maybe in this case since most was drilled out I am just cleaning up the sides, what should be my lathe speed? I already use the Easy Wood round tip, but maybe the lathe speed is too slow. This is for an item that has already been final shaped on the outside, and ...
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:58 am
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: A couple of turning questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1219
A couple of turning questions
A couple of questions for the hollow form turners. First, how do you sand way down in the bottom of your hollow forms? This past weekend I started making a beer mug out of an 8" length 4"x4" maple spindle stock. My fingers can reach only so deep, so I tried wrapping some sandpaper aro...
- Fri May 23, 2014 11:37 am
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: turning and carving
- Replies: 3
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turning and carving
I have been making alot of goblets lately and a friend of mine is interested in putting some carving on them, mainly Celtic and Viking knotwork. How thick should I make the walls of the goblet cup so that a carving can be done? Most of the cups on my goblets are thin.
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:10 am
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Idea for a new SS accessory
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3707
- Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:41 pm
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Was just given a Shopsmith Mark V starting year serial number 1954
- Replies: 2
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- Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:39 pm
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Under Shopsmith Storage
- Replies: 12
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- Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:50 am
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: Maple figuring
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1451
I'm no expert but he other markings look like mineral deposits or slight bark enclusions.Are they the secondary figure you are talking about?The piece turned out very nice overall. If you see the lines that are the grain of the wood, you will notice there is some kind of wavy pattern that runs 90 d...
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:43 am
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: Maple figuring
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1451