Economy Sander

Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under Tools | Leave a Comment

While listening to the AAW forum I found out that some turners have been using HF’s close quarter drill so I bought one at the $30 sales price. I have been using a $9 HF variable speed drill for 2 years, now the bearings are shot.
This drill pulls air from the handle which may be [...]

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New! Turnedoutright Group

Posted on June 26, 2008 - Filed Under Site stuff | Leave a Comment

I created a group for turnedoutright registered users and those who have bought books. We are getting large enough that I needed a better way to share stuff, get updates to books and get suggestions from you as a community. The link will be kept on the Blogroll on the side bar.
Please do not be [...]

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Free Depth Gauge Plans

Posted on June 24, 2008 - Filed Under Stubby, Tools | Leave a Comment

I often have to bore using a Jacobs chuck in the tail stock.
One day while marking my drill bit to the right depth it dawned on me that there must be a way to use the quill as a depth gauge.
After inspecting my Jet I noticed that there are graduations on the quill. Ugh! can’t [...]

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How-To Video Reviews

Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under All SmartFlix Reviews | 2 Comments

As a free service to our subscribers turnedoutright will provide a short review of videos on relevant woodturning subjects. I am doing this in affiliation with SmartFlix.
I will review a new video about every three months. SmartFlix rents HOW-TO videos at a fraction of the price of buying them. Leave me comments on these posts [...]

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Fathers Day

Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Happy Fathers Day Dad!
What do you give the man that taught you how to use:
- your hands
————– your tools
————————- and your brain?
Hand made tools thats what!
Thanks Dad
These handles were made from a 2×2 piece of Quina I found @ Woodcraft. I never turned this kind of wood. It is a bit of a challenge [...]

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I’m back from my travels

Posted on June 10, 2008 - Filed Under Site stuff | Leave a Comment

Been some time since I last posted to turnedoutright. Thats because since that time I have been to Alaska (cruise) and the 2008 Utah Symposium.
I have so many great pictures of Alaska I could fill up a web site. Since this is a woodturning site I will stay on task and only drop in one [...]

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