A package from Trent Bosch brought a brief moment of kid like happiness to this crusty old guy. Now to learn to hollow.
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Old guys get happy sometimes
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Are you sure that was addressed to you and not me?
Must have been fun hollowing some of the items I see on your media page without that. A long way over the tool rest with a bowl gouge. Should get super easy now!
is that the 5/8 tool set. I was just getting ready to order that setup.
Must have been fun hollowing some of the items I see on your media page without that. A long way over the tool rest with a bowl gouge. Should get super easy now!
is that the 5/8 tool set. I was just getting ready to order that setup.
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that is a good system and it will bring you many Happy hours using it.
Hope you have a lot of fun John with your new toy! 
I think you will really like it . I hollowed free hand for 2-3 yrs. and finally bought Trent's system. I'm still kicking myself in the ass for not buying it sooner. It really takes a lot of stress out of hollowing and the laser is a nice addition. Best of luck.
Roger Wiegand
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Enjoy it! I'm loving mine. Turns out the laser holder is the right size for one of the commonly available sizes of CCTV cameras, so conversion to a camera system is very straightforward.
Which one??
Yes, it's the 5/8. I didn't have enough money for the 3/4.
Roger Wiegand
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I bought this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WNRC8H8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1, but the focal length was a little short-- it wouldn't quite focus with the camera at the top of the post. I swapped on this zoom lens: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XFXV6PP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1, which works fine. At the time I ordered some of the ones with the longer focal length were backordered (people using them for webcams?)
What you want is described as a mini spy cam, lipstick, or bullet camera, 3/4" in diameter (looks like the hole is actually 20 mm). You should avoid wide angle lenses as they will distort. Both Ebay and Amazon are sources, they should be $20-30 The one I bough didn't include a power supply, but I have a box with 100 old power bricks I haven't brought myself to throw away and I had several that worked.
For completeness, I bought this screen: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BUZHLBY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1, which I screwed to a block of wood with a rare earth magnet to fix it in place on my headstock.
There's nothing particularly special about any of these parts, there are certainly better choices. I just cobbled together something that works. But the system works for me and is magical to use when hollowing.
