View Poll Results: Am I a turner

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  • I own a lathe and I am a turner

    47 64.38%
  • I own a lathe and feel intimidated by it

    10 13.70%
  • I am the omnipotent turner

    2 2.74%
  • Don't give a rats ring

    14 19.18%
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  1. #31
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    G'day,

    got a lathe. got some nice chisels, got the skills
    Do I turn much?

    Why the heck haven't I done much on it lately, well I was busy setting up the t/saw and now I'm about to start construction this weekend for my r/table.

    In the meantime the cobwebs keep building on the lathe.
    I make things, I just take a long time.

    www.brandhouse.net.au

  2. #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain View Post
    ............ never confess to being a turner......
    Ok - I'll bite - why?
    .
    Updated 8th of February 2024

  3. #33
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    Yep! Got a couple of Lathes, tools etc. Do some turning, sell some pieces, exhibit some.
    But what I would reeeaaally like is more shed time!
    Russell (aka Mulgabill)
    "It is as it is"

  4. #34
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    I've got 4 now, stupid expensive hobby.... bit like bloody golf.

    I travel all over the damn country meeting people with the same affliction (not golf) & yesterday (day before now) I found out that the bloke who has been cutting my hair for almost 10 years has bought a block of land in the hills about 20Kms away from mine & he now has a lathe too.....
    Due to cyclone Larry, he also has more fallen trees than I have & he doen't know how to cut them up & store them....
    How many free haircuts can I use?????


    How much wood can a wood.....turner pack in a suitcase & still get on a flight to Melbourne?
    Cliff.
    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.

  5. #35
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    I've got a lathe and love to turn. I have plenty of other big machines, but the lathe is my favourite.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    How much wood can a wood.....turner pack in a suitcase & still get on a flight to Melbourne?
    Not sure what flight your on Cliff, but Virgin & JetStar have a 20kg limit on your luggage, after that it is $7/kg . You can take 7.5kg on the plane, but if they are decent chunks, they deam them as deadly weapons and make you put them in your suitcase - then charge you more excess I got caught on my last trip, cost me $70 to bring back my timber blank gifts, probably only worth $30, but I could not bare to put them in the bin.
    Neil
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  6. #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by dai sensei View Post
    ...Not sure what flight your on Cliff, but Virgin & JetStar have a 20kg limit on your luggage, after that it is $7/kg . You can take 7.5kg on the plane, .....
    I know, been caught before on Jetstar, came Virgin this time, web seat allocation, selfcheck the bags, 28Kg & 6.5Kg... Only 13.5kg of that is clothes & suit case & backpack.
    Didn't get busted for it this time.
    Cliff.
    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.

  7. #37
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    Well for the wannabe's, would be's and am's ...

    Forum turnfest in Melb. tomorrow, for details go to as well as follow the leap-frog links:

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=52325

    All very welcome, esp. maybe's and wannabe's ;-}
    Cheers, Ern

  8. #38
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    Hope you all have a great time.
    and don't forget the camera.
    p.t.c

  9. #39
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    $5,000?

    If I had that much for a lathe, it better be gold plated and cut wood all by itself.

    As it stands, I have more money invested in the lathe tools than the lathe itself. By a factor of 5.

    Scary huh? Even more so when you realize there are only 3 small HSS tools, and they were the exorbitant sum of $50.

    I say lathe because it really isn't. It's just a few ally die castings, a couple bearings and some plastic. Runs off the drill stuck in one end, and that at least is connected to a spindle. It's not as crude as using the drill's chuck, but it isn't far short of that.

    It works, I can turn small stuff, that's all I need until I can wangle a bigger one.

    (Or run up to Tokyo and steal Stu's from the dungeon when he's not looking. )

  10. #40
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schtoo View Post
    ............It works, I can turn small stuff, that's all I need until I can wangle a bigger one.

    (Or run up to Tokyo and steal Stu's from the dungeon when he's not looking. )
    Well I have the keys to the hoist, so if you could get it out of the Dungeon, you could have it........wait a minute, that's dangerous, knowing you, you'd figure a way.....

    Well you could certainly come on by for a test drive of the DVR!

    Typhoon get past you yet?
    It's a Family thing.....

  11. #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schtoo View Post
    Runs off the drill stuck in one end, and that at least is connected to a spindle. It's not as crude as using the drill's chuck, but it isn't far short of that.
    What's wrong with using a drill chuck? (See my video about using one to hold the pen mandrel!!)
    "Clear, Ease Springs"
    www.Stu's Shed.com


  12. #42
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    Stu #1, I'd just take it through the wall. That would work, right?

    Typhoon went past with a bit of blowing and heaps of rain. No-one around here complaining too loudly, as we need the water. I think that problem is at least slightly corrected.

    I think it was pretty big in size, but not as powerful as some have been. Only 950 air pressure-doohickeys. Scary when you can judge how strong it something is by scientific measuring.

    Stu #2, I didn't say there was anything wrong, it's just crude.

    I do it often enough myself on metal, but the wood lathe setup is much, much better. The output is the same as a drill spindle (1/2" UNF) so drill chucks fit on no problem, but it also has two ball bearings that cope better with side and end thrust loads than a drill can.

    Plus it has a spur drive centre and a little faceplate. Worth much more than the $10 it cost me from the bargain bin, and I kick myself for not buying the other two that were there.

  13. #43
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    Blacktown, Western Sydney
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    Default Got a lathe but could not call myself a turner

    I inherited by father's lathe (I knew I eventually would when I bought it for him) and while I have used it a few times there is no way I could honestly say that I am proficient, but I am not intimidated, I just got no time.

    I have made a few spools for string lines, replicated a broken banister for work mate and replicated a broken chair leg for FIL. I am sure there have been other things but I can't remember. I do not ever think that I will be a "turner" as the number of projects that I would/will do with round components will probably be limited. But in saying that, one day I will endevour to master the lathe just so that I know I can. Until then, it will remain a slightly used face plate sander and a "storage bench"

    Jon

  14. #44
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    Feb 2006
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    No lathe

    Why not?


    In order



    1. No time
    2. No money
    3. No talent (I suspect)






    But one of these days I'm gunna get one.......

    and then, look out -




    I'm gunna do heaps of posting in the pen making forum
    Cheers

    Jeremy
    If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly

  15. #45
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    A couple of each (metal & wood) and call myself a turner. Well I make odd shapes round so I guess that make me a turner
    What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
    Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

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