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I'd like to see pictures of your lathes, and I dream of building a bowl turning lathe with a bit of swing capacity, but I don't have the contacts here for big wood, or rather I haven't gone out looking for the arborists who might have access to the pieces I dream of turning.

So this is Joe, my new Bearded Collie puppy, 9 weeks. He’s not a replacement for my old boy Gibbs, there isn’t one. But he puts a smile on my face, and I need that.

So what you needed was a warm water heater?🤣

My shop? haven't seen it in several days. Riding the dredge at the yacht club opening the passage to Lake Huron, (an annual, month long, event)My view first thing this morninga bit of a tele shot out into the lakeAnd my afternoon activity, putting a shine on the old girl

Went back to his website this morning, was not aware he wasn't shipping paints to USA presently, sorry if I got anyones hopes up. "I am currently not shipping any lacquers or finishing products to the United States. You can only buy custom bodies, guitars and finishing services."

Got a friend who specializes in guitar paint (nitrocellulose lacquer), will custom mix pretty much any colour known to man and package in rattle cans for you if you like. greatlakescustomcolour.com

Urn is now completed, added the paw print insert to the lid

Missed taking a few progress photos, but here it is finished up and with a coat of wipe on Poly Urns are sized by body weight 1 pound of body weight = 1 cubic inch of volume

A bit of progress yesterday

Working on an Urn for my Old buddy Gibbs, Walnut and maple, 8 segments per ring. more to follow

May have gotten a little distracted this morning when I went to retrieve a pencil. Tablesaw cove out of white oak

I’ve got a Devilbiss 432 compressor, 80 gallon tank. It pops one of the PRVs between stages. I swapped PRVs and the same side pops. I believe it’s blowing back past the intake valve on second stage. The valve disc and the seat are in good shape (I polished them) my thought is that the spring...

I'd suggest the alpine butterfly as others have, my second choice would be an inline figure eight.( it is directional) A bowline is a reasonable knot choice, we use it sailing, but never in life safety applications. https://www.animatedknots.com/figure-8-directional-loop-knot...

I don't believe you can ever have too many clamps, and you'll always be 2 short of the type you need

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You can turn small stuff on a big lathe, but you can't turn big stuff on a small lathe. (I see this has already been suggested) Don't be afraid to buy used, but watch for wear. I see 11 lathes on local Facebook marketplace. Cast iron is KING, I wouldn't consider a steel or tube bed lathe. Too...

first leg tack welded spreader detail between legs Legs assembled and painted top on and first couple of coats of wipe on poly applied

Been working on this for about 3 weeks now, a friend had purchased some chunks of old fir bowling alley, I had made a counter for her last year from one of the chunks, this time I made an 8 x 2 ft bar table. Welded legs rustoleum black and several coats of satin polyurethane fir bowling alley...

Breaks my heart to have to post this, I lost my best friend and co-pilot today, just a week shy of 13 yrs, came to stay a couple of yrs ago when his moma was unable to care for him through no fault of her own. He was a true gentleman in every way

I've pretty much given up