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South Auckland Woodturners Guild

Facebook, what an amazing network. While perusing Mike Mahoney’s Facebook I found one of his friends to be interesting, since he was also turning on a Stubby. I Invited Terry Scott to my friend list. After a Facebook friend invite we got to networking and I got linked to the clubs website and newsletter. Some [...]
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Vacuum Adapter

Some lathes (like the Stubby) have cross drilled main shafts and this makes the use of vacuum adapters a challenge. I decided to make an adapter for my stubby this weekend. The adapter detailed below can be made from standard hardware store items, except for the double sealed bearing which you can get from Master [...]
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