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  1. Double spring pole lathe

    Not having a lathe, I felt I was missing out a bit. I've always wanted one, and I particularly wanted a pole lathe, but I don't have heaps of space for a large one, nor am I within convenient distance from a source of young ash trees. But once I discovered this compact and movable model, I...
  2. Quick and Dirty(tm) Spring Pole / Bungee Lathe

    Hello fellow Lumberjocks, I agonized several minutes whether I should post this as a simple blog post or a full-fledged project but I eventually figured that this would get more visibility as a project. I have never been attracted to turning as an end in itself but I regularly feel the need to...
  3. Not quite finished chair.

    I am at a stand still on how to glue and bend the veneer for the seat. I will be using 3 plys, with the center being .200 thick - grain horizontal. Front and back of chair seat will be vertical grain white oak, .045 thick. The seat will be about 20 inches wide by 42 inches long. The top of ply...
  4. German Style Spring Pole Lathe

    I based this lathe off of one of Roy Underhill's. It is built of old and new cypress. The poles are just saplings i cut down. For the string i am using sash cord, but i want to try leather wire. The cotton sash cord wears very quickly. The easy part was building it. Using it is a different...
  5. Woodturning
    Hi everyone i beed a lathe to make tool handles such as xhisels and helper handles on old logging saws but i dont have room for a permanant lather and im not to safe with anything that spins fast i own a lot of hand tools like braces rip saws and am toying with the idea of a bungee powered lathe...
  6. Blogs
    Found a way I like to cut straight-end, non-through rip and crosscuts in plywood This is probably a common technique, with a name, but it only occurred to me today. I gave it a shot, and it worked out really well. I'm going to use it from now on for non-through cuts, and by that, I mean rips...
  7. Blogs
    New band saw Well i read a review on a craftsman 10 inch band-saw and seeing it was my birthday my wife bought it for me. The first thing i did was attempt to square it up. I have failed miserably. I will start again after some research on tuning a band-saw. I have made a cabriolet [hpoe i...
  8. Blogs
    From a 200 year old ruin into a workshop - Part 1 For some time now we've made blog entry's about the restoration of a 200 year ruin into a workshop. Now we present this ongoing story in a video entry. More photo's, more information about the journey… Hopefully there will be more video's in...
  9. Blogs
    Turn for the Troops As I was tied up at a Craft Fair yesterday my wife and daughter went to the turn for the troops event at the local Woodcraft. They both turned a pen and added it to the package to be shipped. I am proud of both of, most especially my daughter. She is now 7 and has done...
  10. Blogs
    Old Chisel Rehab Several months ago, I bought a few old chisels and sharpened them up. Among them I found this sorry fellow : Having a sharp chisel is nice but having one you can grip is better so I decided to try my home-made pole/bungee lathe (http://lumberjocks.com/projects/63606) to...
  11. Sweating for Bucks Through Woodworking
    We wondered if any other LumberJocks forum members had either organised or attended green woodworking courses in the past. If so, what were your experiences? At Lethenty Mill Furniture, we are planning our first green woodworking course, which will run from Monday 20 - Friday 24 July. We are...
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