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  1. John Morris wrote an excellent bio on Easy wood carbide turning tools. I was surprised to find out they invented them. Its a good read. II hope I found the proper link for his story.
  2. I saves a few of the planner blades in all the nuts and bolts I gave away. Found a use for one. For those familiar with Sorby tools they make a parting tool with a v grind at the end. That is way I have attempted here. Used a round grinding stone in my Wecheer carver. Had to grind off the sharp side and a bit off the back to get it to fit in pre drilled handle I had in a drawer. Ferrell is a plumbing reducer. now for the edge and proof it does a great end grain cut. I have never been able to get a parting cut that clean usuall have to clean up with spindle or bowl gouge
  3. I watched a video on making one's own tantung turning tool. This is completely new to me. Check out this video at THE BIG UGLY TOOL by Reed Gray aka Robo Hippy with Randal Dale - YouTube I've seen this discussed on a couple of other sites, but not here. I like here best. It appears that one can buy small pieces of tantung reasonably cheap. Then comes welding to a piece of steel and handle. The question is whether what you get from tantung is worth the effort. Your experiences with tantung, please
  4. Before I head out this morning I started doing some researching on tools and found some ones that would come in handy once I get the new shed shop completed with work benches. First is the Rikon 10-305 Band Saw with fench 10-inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0032YZB2S/?coliid=IPI8XU4BJG6QD&colid=JHVHTKURXUVA&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im Second is the Wen MM1011 15-A,[ 10" Single Bevel Compact Sliding Compound Miter Saw With Laser https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZGH64YC/?coliid=I1AJIDICH8IWPU&colid=JHVHTKURXUVA&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it\ Third is DEFINATELY a Vise WORKPRO Bench Vise, 4.5" heavy-duty utility combination pipe home vise, swivel base bench for wood working https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G89S7QL/?coliid=I3407NKGU97XFV&colid=JHVHTKURXUVA&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im Fourth is the Wen Delta 36-6013 10 inch table saw with 25 inch rip capacity. I double I will need 25 inches....https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083ZKXPDR/?coliid=I3VTZK7UFEY913&colid=JHVHTKURXUVA&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im Sixth is the Porter-Cable Benctop Jointer, Variable Speed 6 inch (PC160JT) I'm not sure if this is the best one to get but limited income.... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Q0I8YU/?coliid=I3LPLOAO8IFH71&colid=JHVHTKURXUVA&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it Seventh is the WEN 6552T 13 inch 15 amp 3 blade benctop corded thickness planer. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KL4L9KM/?coliid=IUXPB6D0Y4MY3&colid=JHVHTKURXUVA&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im I'm also currently browsing for a variable speed drill press that is a bench top. I do want to toss the current harbor freight 5 speed drill press I have in the dump. How ever these are just some of the tools I'm looking at that I'm finding more and more that are in much need. I've also been looking for a small camping wood stove for the shed for winter time heating. But that's not as important at the moment. Still doing a ton of research but if you guys have any other suggestions I'm all ears.
  5. The Spoon Crank is a global initiative looking to bring together people who share a passion for spoon carving. Apart from giving the chance to the beginner spoon carver to learn from the experienced and talented carvers, we want to enable the physical connection with the masters of the craft through a physical object. The spoon blank. The spoon blank is the foundation of the wooden spoon. We want to give access to what we believe is essential for a new carver to grasp. We want to give easier access to the fundamental and underlying geometry of what to become a finished hand carved wooden spoon. Source....
  6. Has anyone gotten their Grizzly Catalog for 2021? I still get it even though I have not purchased anything from them in years, but I do love just perusing the pages, it's fun to look at!
  7. I plan for doing one for my carbide cutters as well but this one I'm starting to put together for the hss gouges I just purchased and for future ones that I may or may not purchase. I got the measurements for the tools fortunately. I maade it just long enough to hold all 6 on the same one its not the best looking but it will work better than what I currently have slim to nothing for tool holders. I'll either mount it to the lathe bench or rip down the pvc holders I've got up on a 2x4 and place it there. I just have to see how much space I'm working with and what I can manage. Fortunately the one for my EWT carbides will only have to be a set of 3 holders for now. In the long run just trying to make things a little bit nicer looking rather than half baking it. I did make the openings large enough for the hss gouges to fit into nicely. It will have an open area underneath minus the sides which I haven't gotten to yet. But its a start.
  8. Hello all, By the size of the box that came to my wife yesterday, I anticipate a HSS negative rake scraper for my bowls. I am presently working on a spalted maple, crotchwood piece that shows a lot of promise, yet has been giving me some grief along the way. I'm having some good experience with PC Petrifier to stabilize the soft wood without sealing it so much that an oil finish will not penetrate. Anyway, two questions: . Should a negative rake scraper have a burr? . A poor man might ask why one couldn't simply take a regular scraper and tilt it down toward the bowl. What's the difference? Thanks, as always. Robert
  9. Check out the Jimmy Clewes products! https://woodturningtoolstore.com/special-deals/?receiptful=5fc0b6ac73f0670043202e1e&utm_source=CM Commerce&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-76&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=other&receiptfultype=newsletter
  10. Don't know how widespread this is, but I was tracking a couple of hand planes on my "Drool list", both from Grizzly, both on Amazon. About a week ago, the smaller (14") went "unavailable" at AMZ. When I looked it up on the Grizzly site, they were offering it for about 30% less than previous (I'd compared prices both on Amazon and direct from Grz). So I bought it. Today, Amazon still lists the 22", but the Grizzly website has it for about 35% less than Amazon/prior. Is it the Zombie Apocalypse? Can you kill a zomb with a hand plane? How many strokes? Do you have to sharpen after every kill? Unexplored territory here.
  11. Tools4vets & vets turn, Are 2 of many programs coming out to serve vets. Not all apply to wood but I’m sure someone hasn’t heard of these. Give them a look.
  12. Mail box run this morning,decided to check out a garage sale that said "TOOLS"..hmmm. Was more interested in the rasps...the "chisels"..meh. Tossed the 1/2 round in the trash can....the "flat" side wasn't. And then this strange looking critter for $0.40.. Spider nest was free.. Think 4 hacksaw blades...may come in handy..someday...
  13. Friday and Sat. , The games was afoot! Not much in the budget for the 2 days, either...only had $12 in me pocket. First day? Well, one place had these. That strange looking screwdriver is a MAC.....$2 so far...drove just outside of town...said there was "tools"...dug through a "tray" of rusty tool shaped objects...didn't NEED any foot long screwdrivers...but..nose was itching a bit, dug down a bit further... I tend to shake hollow handles..sometimes there are bits inside..That North Bros ( pre-Stanley) No. 41? yep it made a bit of noise ( pun intended) 6 bits IN the handle, another in the chuck....Fifty cents a piece for these 2.....didn't need the entire tray, anyway.. Survived the storm Friday night....Saturday morning, had some things to do..then returned to the first sale from Friday..to see what was left over... 26" long, 10ppi cross cut Disston D-8....made about 1955-56 era....when HK Porter had just bought out Disston...still a nice, comfy saw to use... Just no brass bolts..not a biggie. price? Hmm...yeah. went looking at a couple other Saturday only sales....lots of clothes, no tools... Well, to the north is the village of Belle Center....they had a 2 day village wide sale going on.....drove around a few sales...nose was calm....was going to stop at a place for some Ice Cream ( was a very hot day) when the nose went haywire....tables, and a wagon..filled with..tools. A bit of digging around... There was supposed to be a fourth chisel in the set ( 12mm) Looked over the pipe clamps the fellow had...three had "issues", settled for the fourth one.. Will need to soak those threads in PBblaster...should be ok after that...so, how much did he want? $3.... Then went and got the ice cream...and then went back home. BTW: the first sale's location? Seems that Friday night storm had split an old, BIG Maple tree out in front of the property...landing in the street. This morning, when we came back..they had things off the street, and were turning it into firewood.... That pipe clamp? 1/2" Pony..with plenty of pipe.. Should come in handy? That 8" square?...well, it seems to be cleaning up quite well.. Along with these other two items.....took a while, and also managed to get the bit free from that Yankee chuck. The c clamps are 2" ones. That "chef's hat" screwdriver is a Goodell Pratt Co. item, for a tool kit for "motorcars". The square? Stanley No. 20, 8"...with steel hardware, instead of brass? Except for the brass wear strip. Cute little buggers, ain't they? Total for the weekend? ( not counting ice cream) $6.50 I'm not cheap, merely Frugal
  14. Not really sure why but I’m finding that moist or wet woods / blanks are just so much easier to turn then if it’s as dry as a bone. Either way with this one I’ll at least get to try out my new bowl gouge. Short hand sand paper supply is out so I’ll have to pick some up tomorrow. I tried slicing off the corners on my bandsaw on this one but the bandsaw I have is just not powerful enough for that even going slow. Either way here’s what’s been done so far.
  15. Before I tried bowls heavily, I started with an oak glue up and couldn't finish it because I was using a face plate at the time and didn't even have the right tools for the job or even a proper chuck for that matter. Now that I have the proper tools including the chuck I think its down right time to finish this one off. I had completely forgotten about this one doing a little bit of organizing in the shed/shop I found it tucked away. So I did a bit of turning on it evened it out and cut a tenon onto it. I had to straighten it up quite a bit because it was completely way out of whack but it should make for a nice piece in the long run. Should have a proper hss bowl gouge by Thursday so I should be able to fully hollow this thing out over the weekend. New bowl blanks arrive tomorrow so I think I'm set for a bit on that.
  16. Had a call yesterday from a Woodturner friend that the shop leftovers from a deceased club member was for sale. I called another member and hightailed it over. Paid 45 for the stuff on the table and 25 for the walnut. In only the Frued box blade and the Incra hinge jig is retail over 175. One box has some water based dye powder another a tap and dye set. Sanding discs, a monster turning tool . The green vise I have to do some research. And the push stick.
  17. So for the first time I'm at a stand still on wood turning for the moment. The plug on my bench top lathe decided to break, so that wont get fixed until I can get my electrician over here to wire me a new cord. Well that happened to be the perfect excuse to order a new lathe haha. So I picked one up I did go with the harbor freight one since I'm just the hobby turner and newbie. How ever I'm hoping that the faceplate from my Wen will fit the harbor freight lathe. Any how with that being said I wound up working on the project and where I've gotten so far was a small goblet rather than a candle stick. What I did notice on the Wen was it didn't really allow for a lot of room to work with getting in to carve out in the interior of the goblet. Not turning since high school woodshop it took a bit of playing around with to get back into the feel of things. So far so good. I'm at a point now where I could use any suggestions from you guys that are pro turners on this one. I did pick up a few tips and tricks from youtube about checking the work to see if it was leveled when turning running the chisel a top the piece to check for flat spots. Worked quiet well. Here are the pictures any suggestions on this? On where I should take it. Please keep in mind I'm trying to keep this one quite simple. Thanks ahead of time.
  18. aaronc

    First Turn

    I've had this lathe for several years now,..just hadn't jumped in yet. Today was the day. Had some blue spruce that I recently cut down,..tree was dead..it seemed dry enough but after the bark was knocked off it acted like it wanted to fray a bit,...so I got into my curly maple scraps. I knew it was dry. Keep in mind I've never turned wood and my choice of species may have not been ideal,......but live and learn. All my tools are hong kong specials straight out of the box,....I'll upgrade when I figure out what I use the most. Before my next session they will get a good sharpening My projects will be making some stands for my powder horns to sit on.......and things of that nature...but for fun I plan on turning some snowmen and customizing them from there....and a few other Christmas things...but has for now here is a very small future tiger maple snowman
  19. Is no longer needed.....I need the shop space it is taking up. Went to check on how to get this thing out of the shop... This MIGHT be "fun"....Opened it up....found an old tote inside.. And a pair of slider trays.. . Spider hotels, actually....there was a few tools still inside... Walden-Worcester 3/4"/12mm socket, was still attached to the Williams speed bar. Pliers are 6" H. Bokers, not sure about the 1/2"' ratchet wrench, 5/16" chisel, 10" Crescent Co. Jamestown...and, a pair of round-nose scrapers... Hm, I don't have a lathe, any more. There are brace bits that aren't worth trying to dig out of a rack...so, I think that is all there is inside.. May keep the trays and tote...and the tools....box will be headed upstairs, and out to the curb....first come, first serve. Need that space it is sitting in...for other stands.....part of the shop clean up going on...
  20. Hope this finds all of you and your families safe and well. The weather here has been beautiful. Even had an awesome thunderstorm last night. Our Patriot Turners- @FrederickH managed to score some really nice turning tools and asked our members their opinions. Check out his post and see if you can provide some additional advice- Most of us have been asked to stay at home during this health crisis. One of the other forums, at the Patriot, is showing our members' quarantine project. @John Hechel posted a beautiful walnut bowl! John says it is his first ever bowl! Wish my first one turned out that nice!!! Check out his project- and other posts at- New member @Purpleheartguy posted some of his turnings in our gallery. He is just getting into turning but it looks like he sure has a knack for it. You can see his other images in the gallery beginning here- @FlGatorwood is turning his first inside-out ornament! He gave us a sneak preview of what it is going to look like! Check out his post at- What’s Coming Up- The Mid Atlantic Woodturning Symposium is still planning to hold their event in September. Click on the above image for the link to their site and more information. As we mentioned last week, our sponsor- Woodcraft- is hosting a Turning Tuesday event each week. If you didn't catch it, Frank Byers demonstrates turning some garden tools. For The Newbies- @Purpleheartguy mentioned in his turning posts that he didn't own a chuck. Yet he turned some beautiful pieces with the tools he had. Here's a video from Mike Peace showing how to create a bowl, on the lathe, without a chuck. There are several videos on YouTube on how to do this- There's always some questions about what's the best way to dry green wood for the final turning. I found this video from Woodcraft San Carlos where the presenter discusses several methods. Easy to understand. Note: Use you wife's microwave at your own risk Negative rake scrapers can be helpful in getting clean cuts and less catches. Sam Angelo has a video demonstrating their use, sharpening and why you might want to consider adding one to your turning arsenal. Expand Your Horizons- Mike Peace has a nice video showing how embellished an ash bowl. Not your typical finish. New Turning Items- If you like the idea of having one handle to be able to be used with a variety of lathe tools, this may be something you cam use- You can see more at- https://woodturningtoolstore.com/modular-woodturning-tool-handle-new-product/ Everything Else- Rick Turns posted his March list of YouTube woodturning videos. Please take a moment to give him a thumbs up, acknowledging his hard work. @Purpleheartguy's comments got me to thinking about some of the chucks I've made. A very useful one is simple a piece of hardwood drilled and threaded to match the headstock threads. Then a piece of scrape glued to the face. The scrape is a sacrificial piece to which the project is glued. Another really useful one is the Longworth chuck. It can be used for reverse chucking a bowl to finish off the bottom. I used the same type of drilled/tapped hardwood block for the mounting portion of the one I made. Sometimes you can get lucky and find a used tap, that matches your lathe threads, at the surplus store. Safe turning and stay well
  21. I've acquired these lathe tools for future bowl-turning projects. I know that they are made in Sweden? Opinion????
  22. These have been out for awhile and came on sale a while back ,so I had to try them out. First picture is the way I usually run trim through the router table, and then the new way. I like the new ones, they do what they are advertised to do. Herb
  23. I bought one of these (a Fein, because they still had the patent active) a number of years ago. I got it primarily because I was doing a lot of refinishing at the time and wanted something to sand out details and moldings. Well, it turned out to not be so great at that, so it's mostly sat in the tool bag, Today, I was trimming off some dowels with my flush cut hand saw, going slowly and I had a bunch to do, so I dragged out. Wow, I have to remember that more often. I guess I've always considered it really handy for a remodeler, trim carpenter, electrical rough-in, or a plumber, but not so much for a furniture maker like me If you have one, what all do you find it useful and handy for? ( as an aside, an Oh Carp! moment this morning, I went to swivel the dresser I'm working on and the side split at a weak point in the grain that I hadn't noticed. I guess I should be grateful in happened in the raw and not after I'd installed drawers and finished and delivered the thing. Glued the split and will add some pocket hole screws on the inside when the glue is dry. Will use the OMT to trim the dowel plugs on them.)
  24. Noticed that HF has two new tool lines - Bauer and Hercules. I never did understand where all their other house brands fit in the hierarchy -- Chicago Pneumatic, Pittsburgh Forge, Pittsburgh Professional, Chicago Electric, Daytona, Portland, Bunker Hill, (am I seeing a pattern here?) Central Machinery, US General, Earthquake XT, Storehouse, Warrior, Hardy, Predator, Drill Master, etc. etc. etc. Why don't they just have a good, better and best, or in their case, crap, crapper, and crappiest? And why do they sometimes have two SKUs for the same tool - different vendors?
  25. I just purchased a "set" of 5 wood turning bowl chisels, made from files. I'm curious about how these will work for turning bowls. Any advice on the maintenance of these?
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