Re: Wood Chuck oversize reeding

Thanks Mike! C.A.G. - Original Message - From: "Okla Mike (Liltwisted)" To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 11:40:52 PM Subject: Re: Wood Chuck oversize reeding On the legacy the cross bars are your centers, head

Re: Wood Chuck oversize reeding

On the legacy the cross bars are your centers, head and tail, on the Wood Chuck the head stock and tail stock are bolted to the cross members and rise above them 6 inches to allow for the 12" turn radius. The top bars are only 9 inches apart so the 8 inch stock I was using crowded the bit

Re: EMAIL

Tim Further to my last two posts to you I did not get asked the question as to whether I wanted to send my email address to all and sundry. Why is that HOWEVER if I reply to other posts it does ask me do I want to sent it as , is or edit it .It is getting annoying now Cheers Richard On

Re: EMAIL

Tim I just look at this Legacy site on my P.C. XP and nothing else. I have tried to understand all the stuff but to no avail On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 1:58:16 PM UTC+1, Tim wrote: > > Are you using the web interface to post the message? > > On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 4:43:22 AM

Re: Balls

Tim Will try tomorrow to get to see if I have a 1/2 inch bearing, I am sure I will have one somewhere.The flat that was depicted in my pic was an early try, all the rest are in the bin, I used that one to show how the last cut was made i:e nearest to the chuck.Leaving that small pip, I must say

Re: Balls

Since we are talking alternatives now, I recall a method of using a belt sander. You build a box over the belt and toss in cubed pieces of wood. You let them toss and turn for a while and they become naturally round. I've never tried this method, but it stuck in my head. Also, I didn't see

Re: EMAIL

Are you using the web interface to post the message? On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 4:43:22 AM UTC-7, Richard Ellis wrote: > > Tim > Can you please tell me how to remove my email address from the post that I > am about to send off. > It comes up asking me "do I want to send it with my EMAIL

RE: Balls

Hi Bill ​Thanks for flagging this video.  So here on a wet Monday morning/afternoon in UK retirement land I have sat and watch it plus one or two more of Alan Stratton's very informative videos on Balls and even off-set Duck turning. Now like all good retirees I must go and have a snooze! Cheers

RE: Balls/Spheres

I used to turn dozens of spheres by hand on my General 26020 lathe until I ran across a jig made by Fred Lindsay (http://www.lindsaylathetools.com/sphere), this jig was snap to use and fun but since that time a few others have come on the market by Vicmarc and Carter which are finer tuned but

Re: Balls

Bill I am not interested in making money so cost does not come into it, however I do like to think, and try things that people say can't be done.!!!??? The video is the same method that I have used on my standard lathe. I am nearly there, so will try,try try and try again, that is why I like the

RE: Balls

I think the lowest cost method to do a wooden ball is to go back to your lathe and follow this method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lConTQ-cUw Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Ellis Sent: