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| This is a discussion on Rob's new lathe within the Woodturning and Lathes forums, part of the General Woodworking category; Wow Mike, your turning has improved, nice work, I have decided to see if I ... |
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12-06-2008, 05:26 AM
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Wow Mike, your turning has improved, nice work, I have decided to see if I can give you some competition next week!
__________________ Harry The best advice that I can give a newcomer to routing is, learn to use the router mounted, this can be as simple as a board held in a vice, with the router firmly attached and a simple fence held with clamps, and when he/she feels competant and confident in it's use and is familiar with all aspects of safety, THEN, and only then proceed to learn how to use the router hand held. This is MY opinion, and may or may not coincide with that of the forum management, but is based on a lifetime of woodworking. http://members.dodo.com.au/~sharry02/ | ||
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12-06-2008, 10:20 AM
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| Moderation Team   Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Goodland, Kansas First Name: Bernie Posts: 1,064  |
Mike on your Corian/Acrylic pen blanks cut them about a 1/4" to 3/8" longer. Then if you have some blow out you can cut off the blow out with a bandsaw and your blank will be good to go. Also on corian or acrylic for pens and bottle stoppers I sand starting at 220 grit with wet/dry sandpaper wet. I put a cover over the lathe bed and hold a glass of water dipping my sandpaper in it to keep it wet. I go to 800 grit and then buff on my beall buff with tripoli and white diamond. They look like glass.
__________________ Bernie W. aka Poppa A bad day of turning is still better than a good day at the office. | ||
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12-06-2008, 12:11 PM
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| Registered User   Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA First Name: Ray Posts: 79 |
Mike, Thanks for the info. I too have had troubles with blowing out or cracking the plastic type pen blanks when drilling. I solved my problem (most of the time) by slowing down the speed and feed. Putting a blank scrap of wood under the blank and switching to "parabolic" drill bits. http://bereahardwoods.com/Merchant5/...w=&range_high= | ||
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12-06-2008, 01:37 PM
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12-06-2008, 03:11 PM
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Hi Mike, A really great Lathe & Pens thanks for sharing with us, Joe | ||
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12-09-2008, 11:52 PM
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Here are the 3 latest additions to Rob's pen collection. I also included a photo of my pen case, having one of these cases with a nice assortment makes for instant sales.
__________________ Mike Please edit your profile with a name and location so we can better assist you. | ||
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12-10-2008, 12:08 AM
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Hi guys, I went to Rockler and they told me they never had that digital lathe on sale for 199.99 ever, not on Friday after thanksgiving or the following Monday. What Rockler did you purchase from? Was it a display unit? I was told it was 399.99 and they discounted to 349.00. Of course the manager was not there and a salesman told me this. Last edited by nickao65; 12-10-2008 at 12:12 AM. | ||
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12-10-2008, 09:43 AM
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The lathe was purchased at 7:05 AM on Black Friday from the Royal Oak, MI Rockler store. This was an advertised one day special in the mailer sent to this area and in emails as well. The lathe was new, in the box and they had a stack of them; they were all sold by 7:15 AM. The Sorby chisel 6 piece intermediate set I bought was $149.00, they had 7 sets and all of these were sold before 7:30 AM. It is possible your local store did not offer these prices, but I assure you the Royal Oak Rockler store did. If you feel the need to confirm this information you can contact the store at: 248-543-5110.
__________________ Mike Please edit your profile with a name and location so we can better assist you. Last edited by Mike; 12-10-2008 at 09:48 AM. | ||
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12-10-2008, 10:26 AM
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Hi Mike Great Price  Here's some links to the lathe get it for 250.oo from, with free shipping http://www.amazon.com/Rockler-Excels.../dp/B001DT1MR2 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DT58VS?...0&linkCode=asn http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=19446 http://www.kswoodwork.com/blog/excelsior-mini-lathe/ ==========
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12-10-2008, 10:55 AM
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Hi Bj, I think the lathe in your Amazon link is the "5 speed" and not the "variable speed" that Mike is talking about. I remember receiving an email from Rockler for the $199 price around that time.
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