| This blog is written by JoeinGa | 63 entries so far |
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My lathe journeys. #49: My aluminum lathe tools, how're they holding up?
I made my own lathe tools using 5/8” aluminum bar stock. You can see the previous posts ab...
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My lathe journeys. #48: ... Results from the Arts & Craps Fair this weekend
Some of you do read my drivel, so this is a follow up to the Arts Fair I went to this past weeken...
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My lathe journeys. #47: ... few more bowls for the sale
So tomorrow I’m heading across the state to join my daughter who has got a booth at an R...
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My lathe journeys. #46: ... new rack for the lathe tools.
First off, a big LJs “THANK YOU” to David ( http://lumberjocks.com/LRS ) for the idea...
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My lathe journeys. #45: ... couple more bowls. Maple & cedar.
I really like the way the colors of the maple and cedar compliment each other. So here’s a ...
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My lathe journeys. #44: ... Using the Cole Jaws
Here’s the first thing I’ve tried on my new Cole Jaws. It wasn’t quite centered...
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My lathe journeys. #43: ... Plywood bowl
I’ve been seeing some of you turning plywood. I know that most of what I’ve seen so f...
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My lathe journeys. #42: ... Curved carbide tool, for gettin' in deep
A friend (and fellow turner) mentioned in church last Sunday that he’d watched a youtube vi...
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My lathe journeys. #41: I really HAVE been turning... here's proof :-)
Ok, SO Mark Wilson called me out. He “casually mentioned” in another post that I have...
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USA ! USA ! USA ! #1: ... Giant American flag in the clouds
Ok, so this aint exactly woodworking, but after my wife spotted it, I just knew I had to share. ...
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My lathe journeys. #40: ... Pine? Really? THAT'S pine??
Who knew that pine might look nice as a bowl/dish/whatever? First I glued up 2 pieces of 1R...
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My lathe journeys. #39: ... Made a new lathe tool rest
I’ve been using the “standard” tool rest that came with the lathe, it’s t...
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My lathe journeys. #38: ... Replaced the lathe handle I broke.
I broke one of my home made lathe handles a few weeks ago. You can see that here. http://lumberj...
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My lathe journeys. #37: ... Salad bowl? or Bean pot?
This is the biggest bowl (size-wise) that I’ve made yet to date. It’s just over 5R...
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My lathe journeys. #36: ... Dang! That was a hard "catch" !
So I’m turning my latest bowl. It’ll be the biggest one yet that I’ve done. Ev...
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My lathe journeys. #35: ... Bean pot bowl
. This is the biggest bowl I’ve made to date. Reminds me of a bean pot LOL! Maple and cedar...
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My lathe journeys. #34: ... One log, three bowls
..A friend gave me a cedar log that had been lying on the ground next to his barn for about 1...
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My lathe journeys. #33: ... Making new lathe tool handles.
..Back when I first started turning, I bought a set of Freud turning tools from Ebay. They were c...
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Major warppage
....Back in December 2014 I cut 2 bowls from the same log of blackgum. I was “kinda-sorta o...
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My lathe journeys. #32: Just a funky little bowl
This one is a piece of that black gum someone gave me. I rough turned it maybe 4 or 5 months ...
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My lathe journeys. #31: ... More practicing, more bowls.
Been spending a lot of time on the new lathe. Here’s some of what I’ve been doing.......
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My lathe journeys. #30: .. "Hey buddy. How do I get to Carnagie Hall?"
... “Practice, practice, practice!” Yup, and that’s the same answer for ...
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My lathe journeys. #29: .. First thing I turned with the new lathe.
New lathe, all set up and ready to go and I realize I dont have any blanks glued up to turn bowls...
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My lathe journeys. #28: ... made new carbide tools, now with handles :-)
A few weeks ago I posted that I had ordered some carbide cutters from Capt. Eddie and made a cutt...
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My lathe journeys. #27: ... Get served lemons? Make lemonade!
This one started out to be an 11” bowl. I glued together 3 layers of 4/4 maple. Unfortunate...
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My lathe journeys. #26: ... Been busy past few weeks. Practice, practice, practice.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of turning these past few weeks. I’ve been turning out a ...
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My lathe journeys. #25: ...Christmas bowl that split, here's the replacement.
I had made a bowl for my son-in-law for Christmas, but unfortunately I had used a fresh cut piece...
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My lathe journeys. #24: ... Crime scene pix, not for the squemish!
Catastrophe !!! . The question is always not “IF” it will happen, but “WHEN&...
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My lathe journeys. #23: .... DIY carbide lathe tools ... I shoulda done this sooner :-)
After reading a LOT of threads here about folks making their own carbide turning tools, I thought...
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My lathe journeys. #22: ... Tupelo gum w/ natural edge. This stuff was nice to turn.
This is a piece of the Tupelo gum which was given to me by a friend at church. I asked him if th...
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My lathe journeys. #21: ... wife's birthday present. Light-n-Dark
Bonnie has always liked the contrast between the light colored woods and the dark colors. So I de...
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My lathe journeys. #20: ... was gonna turn a vase, ended up with a cup! :-)
Glued up layers of maple and cedar. Figured the red/white would make a nice contrast in the color...
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My lathe journeys. #19: ... bowl (or chalice?) more pecan & maple
More bowls, more practice. Here’s another with pecan over maple. This one is 7” tall...
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My lathe journeys. #18: ... More pecan. A bowl this time.
Glued 2 small slabs of pecan together, one piece has a pretty nasty crack in it. I’m gonna...
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My lathe journeys. #17: ... 'nother bowl, a pecan "platter"
Started out with a slab of pecan. About 11” X 9” X 1.75”thick. Thought I might ...
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My lathe journeys. #16: ... faceplate mount using notebook paper. Who knew? :-)
A few weeks back I asked about this method of using paper to put on the mounting block for turnin...
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My lathe journeys. #15: ... Couple more bowls.... practice, practice, practice.
You all know the drill… Here’s the pix. Here’s the first one..........And no...
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My lathe journeys. #14: ... small P.T. pine bowl. Got any spare change?
Here’s another (smaller) piece of pressure treated pine, sitting on a maple base. Just get...
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My lathe journeys. #13: ... from 2 X 12 floor joist to bowl. Who knew?
Who ever dreamed that a 2 X 12 pressure treated floor joist could look so nice? . Interesting how...
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My lathe journeys. #12: ... Pecan & maple. I REALLY like how this one came out
Back in 10aSEE (April of 2012) a co-worker gave me a log of pecan that had fallen in his yard. He...
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My lathe journeys. #11: ... Maple , walnut, & oak.
Made this one for a good friend who turned 70 last weekend. Geeze, we ARE getting old, aren’...
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My lathe journeys. #10: Just a couple of small bowls.
The one on the left is maple. I “clocked” every other piece to have the grain running...
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My lathe journeys. #9: Pecan bowl. Looks like a dog bowl :-)
This pecan is some that a co-worker gave me back in 2012. The slices are about 10” wide an...
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My lathe journeys. #8: ... next one.. Other half of that heavy, wet log.
So I took the other half of that wet log I did last week and turned it too. ... This log was a...
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My lathe journeys. #7: ... 'nother bowl... natural edge...green...wet... heavy
I have several logs of black gum and oak that were given to me. They were only cut 2 or 3 weeks a...
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My lathe journeys. #6: ...Bowl #5 ... bark on, and a big BONK !
Yesterday, while I was waiting for the Tung oil to soak into the last bowl, I spotted a small log...
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My lathe journeys. #5: ...Bowl #4 ... getting more practice in
For my fellow LumberJocks, I realize that you already know the basics of setup and getting starte...
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My lathe journeys. #4: Bowl #3 ... Gimmie some lip
OK, we all know how this works. We start with some wood, cut it into squares and glue it up. In t...
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My lathe journeys. #3: Oh man. I'm really diggin' this
This lathe work is GREAT FUN! I dont know WHY I waited so long to get into it! My daughter, s...
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My lathe journeys. #2: Bowl #2, much improvement
Ok, so I’m thinking that I’m REALLY gonna like turning stuff on a lathe. My first att...
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My lathe journeys. #1: New lathe and first bowl
I’m thinking I really like working with the lathe, and I wanted to have a way to keep track...
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New Shop building! #9: ... Rack 'em up!
This was the mess you saw when first entering my shop. (Notice the picture taped to the wall with...
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New Shop building! #8: ...AIR! Gasp! I need AIR!
Back in 10aSEE I put my air compressor on the inside of the shop. It was in a corner and pretty m...
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New Shop building! #7: My take on clamp storage
Finally getting some stuff set up in the new shop. I retired from the workforce at the end of Aug...
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New Shop building! #6: They cheaped out on wiring connectors!
Got the electrical all hooked up and turned on. Everything seemed to be working fine till last Sa...
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New Shop building! #5: ARRR! ARRRGH! MORE POWER! (apologies to Tim the toolman Taylor)
Woo Hoo! I’m finally getting power to the shop. Georgia Power finally got back with me a...
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New Shop building! #4: Ramping up the efforts. (more pic's again)
Well, Georgia Power came out this week for their “site inspection”. Wow, looks like ...
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New Shop building! #3: Little bit o' progress... Stairway to Heaven (lots of pic's again)
Well, I’ve made a LITTLE bit of progress. Started doing some of the trim work on the outsid...
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New Shop building! #2: It's Here! It's HERE! (heads up. LOTS of pic's to load)
Well, the original estimate on delivery was “End of next week or maybe the week after”...
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New Shop building! #1: Yee Haw! I'm so excited!
How many of you remember that 1962 movie ”The Music Man”? (Yes, I’m sure most o...
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Disc sander ... plan B ... or is it C? #1: Disc sander - Temporarily on hold- updated 02/11/13
I STILL dont think I’ve got this whole multi-part blog thingy figured out yet. So here I am...
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Pencil or scribe, what's your preference?
I generally use pencils, but last year a co-worker came to me and said “I know you like to ...
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Joe in 10aSEE's cluttered workshop
Someone started a thread the other day talking about how at times he was jealous of some of the o...
