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Looks like you epoxy your tubes in, is that correct?
What did you do in your shop today?
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Medium or thick CA, I brush onto the tube and in the hole, then a shot of activator.
Here is all I'm going to get done in the shop today. I only had two hours and 20 minutes in the shop.
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You are a machine Collin. I'd starve if I was doing it for a living. lol.
So the last couple days in the shop have been a trial and an ordeal, started working on more inventory and finishing up some stabilization for @manbuckwal and @Sprung , had all three chambers running in series to finish them up and my vacuum pump goes "ooka, ooka, ooka" and suddenly won't draw more than 20 inches of vacuum. tore it down and have parts on order. decide to drill more blanks so I have lots prepped and the belt on my drill press breaks, My dust collector remote quits working and I find the outlet on the remote has melted AGAIN (the specs say my collector shouldn't be too much draw but I guess it's time to buy a heavier duty remote as this is the second one I've smoked) and to top it off the transmission goes out in my wife's Prius. Got an engine and transmission ordered for it and a local shop is going to do the installation (The car does have a 1/4 million miles on it so at least we've gotten our moneys worth out of it but it still blows chunks. At least I found a replacement with only 68,000 on it and since the labor to change just the tranny is actually more than replacing engine and transmission as a unit time to just do both since the engine does use a little oil these days...)
I'm a little nervous about touching any of the machines in the shop today but we'll sacrifice a chicken or a goat to the tool gods and hope for the best
I'm a little nervous about touching any of the machines in the shop today but we'll sacrifice a chicken or a goat to the tool gods and hope for the best
Colin, it sounds like you and @JR Custom Calls have the corner marketed on all kinds of stuff breaking lately... You guys gotta stop breaking stuff! (Please don't pass it on to the rest of us - I can't afford for things to be breaking down right now!)
I'm a little nervous about touching any of the machines in the shop today but we'll sacrifice a chicken or a goat to the tool gods and hope for the best
You might try a @SENC I hear he's worth two chickens and a goat
Major bummer Colin ! Sorry you're going thru it !!!!
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SO far my lathe hasn't broken and I haven't blown up any blanks (Knock on wood, Or @Tclem 's head, Same thing
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It's brick. Not woodSO far my lathe hasn't broken and I haven't blown up any blanks (Knock on wood, Or @Tclem 's head, Same thing
Colin, We should start a support group
Made this
In the process of shaping this
Yes, the shape is a bit odd. That's what happens when you screw up the ring calculations but you want to make something of it anyway.
In the process of shaping this
Yes, the shape is a bit odd. That's what happens when you screw up the ring calculations but you want to make something of it anyway.
Well folks, the Sugar, Honey, Ice Tea's about to get real. This may be the picture of this in one piece because I have some interior cleanup to do.
Sometimes (more often than is comfortable to contemplate) things go south here.
Wish me luck.
Sometimes (more often than is comfortable to contemplate) things go south here.
Wish me luck.
Well, because I mismanaged the ring design there are three joints that are visible because it would turn down too thin to take them out.
Other than that it turned out pretty good for a third segmented project.
Other than that it turned out pretty good for a third segmented project.
The visible artifacts are, at least on the inside.
The finish is an oil, thinner, and gloss varnish combo. My wife is happier that it's shinier :)
Next up: a maple and walnut segmented gradient bowl. I checked the ring calculations twice this time :)
The finish is an oil, thinner, and gloss varnish combo. My wife is happier that it's shinier :)
Next up: a maple and walnut segmented gradient bowl. I checked the ring calculations twice this time :)
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I have done a couple of segmented turnings, they are fun to do. One thing that's cool about segmented turnings is that you can plan the final shape. You can't really do that with turning blanks due to size, or shape, or defects, etc. Traditional turning for me is the wood becoming what it wants to be. Segmented is the wood becoming what I want it to be.
After getting some work done on the gradient bowl I got some of the wood I've been collecting processed. On the advice of my wife :)
Some locust bowl blanks and aspen bowl and hollow form/vase blanks.
Sure is a world of difference in how much those two woods weigh :)
Used the chainsaw to split the locust, hatchet and hammer to split the aspen.
Some locust bowl blanks and aspen bowl and hollow form/vase blanks.
Sure is a world of difference in how much those two woods weigh :)
Used the chainsaw to split the locust, hatchet and hammer to split the aspen.
I rebuilt a hydraulic pump.
