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Shop Made Lighting

Posted on February 9, 2009 Filed Under Tools
Lighting is an often overlooked as an important tool for wood turners to consider. I never cease to be amazed how much good lighting can improve your work. Makes sense that if you can’t see imperfections, you don’t know enough to correct them. While visiting Home Depot, I noticed that small 250 watt halogen work lights (PN [...]
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Stubby Tailstock Lift #2

Posted on February 1, 2009 Filed Under Tools
I have been using the tail stock lift I built many months ago with a great deal of satisfaction. Flashbacks of a Fool move In fact I nearly forgot it was there, and I almost forgot one of its limitations. When you pull out the bed the lift will no longer work because it is [...]
Posted in Tools | Tagged Lathe, storage, Stubby, tailstock | 4 Comments

Tools for solid surface

Posted on November 3, 2008 Filed Under Tools
Faeries dvd I recently got a request to share my tool designs for turning solid surface. The Day the Earth Stood Still move I used this style tool on the “Mortar Project & Video” . I found that when turning plastics, acrylics and solid surfaces conventional gouges tend to grab. As a result you don’t [...]
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Turning Tree into Toothpicks

Posted on October 31, 2008 Filed Under Tools
While listening at the door of the Stubby users forum I found a shop “Down Under” that deserves a look. Check out a fellow Stubby owners activities at Turning Trees into Toothpicks Grace dvd . I especially like the hollowing tool for the Stubby: Want to learn how to: Use free Google software to make 3D models of woodturning Apply a [...]
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Deep Boring Tool

Posted on October 7, 2008 Filed Under Tools
I came up with a inexpensive and simple-to-make boring setup for deep vessels. The shaft is a 1″ galvanized pipe reduced to fit a brass compression fitting. The brass compression fitting holds a 5/8 boring bar (Grizzly H2718) a with a 1/4″ square cutting bit (Grizzly G1507) that as been ground for vessel cutting. The boring bar can [...]
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My Chuck is STUCK!

Posted on July 24, 2008 Filed Under Tools
Its happened to us all! You put the chuck on the spindle, load up a large blank, spray some shavings and then when you go to take it off its stuck! This is one of those turning subjects that hosts lots of opinions and not much fact (best I can tell). As you can imagine I [...]
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My Fathers Day

Posted on July 3, 2008 Filed Under Tools
As you can see from above I also had a great fathers day Now I can cut some more fingers! Thanks kids….. Acolytes buy In the Mouth of Madness move As you can see Dads files are already in use. 10 Items or Less video Don’t forget to visit the store where you will find some [...]
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Economy Sander

Posted on June 30, 2008 Filed Under Tools
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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Free Depth Gauge Plans

Posted on June 24, 2008 Filed Under Tools
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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Tax returns? Stubby gets an extension

Posted on April 1, 2008 Filed Under Tools
Seems like this was timely. Just as all of us are thinking about taxes and some of us are getting extensions I did the same to my stubby . The Haunting in Connecticut full My Canadian turning cohort found us a couple of used stubby beds. Since the stubby beds are short they can be connected [...]
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