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  1. Marty Purselley

    Thompson Lathe Tools, lot of 10 tools

    SOLD! Please close.
  2. John Torchick

    Sharp tools!

    Wasn't in the mood to turn yesterday but set up the grinder and the Wolverine setup. Went through all my tools and sharpened them. Today I did some turning for practice. Makes a big difference! I turned some small tree limbs and some square pieces with the roughing gouge. I decided to try the...
  3. John Torchick

    Bowl gouge grind

    Frustrated, to say the least. Started with a piece of cherry to make a lidded box which became a design modification ending up as a practice piece. I have the Wolverine system and Vari-Grind and Rikon grinder. I tried to grind a Benjamin's Best bowl gouge to an Irish grind; off a video. Worked...
  4. J

    Using a gouge blade without handle?

    Today I needed to use my small spindle gouge for about a minute. All of my handles had other blades in them. Instead of taking the time to remove a blade from a handle and insert my spindle gouge I just held the gouge blade in my hands. It worked well. Without a handle are there safety...
  5. J

    Difference between bowl and spindle gouge in turning a bead

    A couple of weeks ago our club had a hands on turning day. I was playing with spindle turning and grabbed a friend's bowl gouge. I could not turn a good looking bead! I grabbed my spindle gouge of the same diameter and successfully turned a bead. This leads me to wonder what was the...
  6. John Torchick

    Turning between centers and tools

    My grandson took a pen turning class at Woodcraft a few weeks ago. When we were working on a pen, he said that the instructor said to turn the ends of the blank to the proper diameter. OK, I thought about this yesterday while turning pens. I had a blank that I needed to salvage (see my thread...
  7. Glynn Cox

    Glazer interchangeable tools

    I recently came into the proud ownership of a set of old Glazer interchangeable tools with five gouges and red handle. These are not the new QR version but the ones made, I believe, in the 90s. I understand that these were made primarily for demonstrators and instructors that traveled...
  8. John Torchick

    Turning finials

    I would like to try my hand at some thin stuff like finials. I do not have a high quality chuck- HF three finger chuck. Can I use the headstock center and the live center to turn? What tool(s) do I need? Have a basic set of skews and roughing gouges. Thanks in advance.
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