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lol i'll have to dig up some pics for ya we just moved 3 hours east the trees where getting slim on the last property lol lots of trees here thou thanks for the kind words guys Rams has hours of fun with that chainsaw blame

basic parts of a modern wood lathe basic lathe accessories - tail stock end - Live center on top Dead center on bottom differences between the two is the live centers point turns with the work piece on a bearing where as on the dead center the work piece rotates on the point. the live center produces less friction meaning a smoother turning piece there are also some that have changable points for different projects like pen turning uses a 60 deg point for the pen mandrel. using the proper live center so you dont ruin your tooling there are alot of pieces for the tails stock you can get chuck mounting adapters too - head stock end - you have alot of options on this end too 2, 3, 4, or 6 jaw chucks, cole chucks, vacuum chucks, pen mandrels, screw chucks, pin chucks, friction chucks, index plates, face plates, multi-point spur drives and 2, 3, or 4, point spur drives, 5/8" dia headstock spur center for narrow spindles 1" dia headstock spur center for standard spindles Live ball bearing tailstock center with cup and point Hollow center for drilling 5/16" through hole screw chuck with 3/16" screw to mount and turn blanks. Ideal for small bowls. self-centering utility chuck Holds bowl blanks or spindles from the inside or outside self-centering, 3-jaw micro chuck is ideal for holding small projects from the inside or outside. cole or flat jaws for holding larger turnings drill bit chuck for drilling on the lathe Collet Chuck for holding the outside of small turning jam chuck for bowl turning Expanding Collet Chuck for holding from the inside indexing plate notice the holes drilled into the side for indexing face plate multi-point spur point different spindle adapters

you did a great job but why a FORD lol great piece thou blame (Dodge Fan)

we havent been camping in years might think we shouuld go but i doubt we will find time till later this year blame

thanks guys its very relaxing to sit at the lathe and turn down a chunk a wood to some thing useful , i;ve done spoons bowls. plates, vases, chair parts, finals and threaded rods. the threaded rods where a pain, i used the lathe to round the rod to size (1 3/4") then mounted a router to the lathe with a 60 deg V bit to cut the threads (8 tpi). wasnt very fun trying to get the router to feed right but i managed, i wish i would of thought to get some pictures. species i have turned - soft maple, rock maple, sugar maple, red maple, silver maple, dogwood, osage orange, paper birch, yellow birch, popular, common willow, black willow, honey locust, black locust, red elm, piss elm, autumn olive, white oak, burr oak, pin oak, red oak, swamp oak, cherry, alder, boxelder,sycamore, cedar pine, yellow pine , missouri white pine, scarlet maple, Japaneses red maple, hackberry, hickory, lilac, apple,, peach, pear, wild plum, hemlock, cottonwood, and sumac havent really got into turning exotics yet but i've been thinking about looking into some tiger maple to turn, i also cut a huge maple burl 2 years ago it was hollow but the burl is about 4" to 6" thick x 18" around so should make some fine turnings in acouple years when i get brave enough to cut it up. blame

hi woodcarver i've been wanting to try some but havent had time blame

i think you should build the lathe, it would be a fun project. here in abit i'll post some pictures of what i'm talking about blame

yup i use the 1/2 pvc but i mounted mine in an angled position on a scrap piece of 3/4" pine holds 12 blade sizes about half a gross per tube blame

lol my mom did that one time with tomatoes she thought we could eat off from 120 plants OMG she was crazy ended up selling them for a $1 a gallon at the local farmers market, got to say thou we made a killing i bet i hauled over 400 gallons of ripe tomatoes to the market over the coarse of the summer. the good old days lol blame

toy chain saw i made my youngest son so he would leave my real one alone he takes it with him when we cut fire wood

Prototype of a hanging plant holder i made for a friend the finished plant hanger done in White Oak

me at the lathe working on a walnut vase( it was green and it dryed out to fast cracking the side ) small walnut coin dish my wifes first turning made from willow

close up of 2 honey locust handles i made 2 new hollowing tools i made from a 25"L 1/4" drill bit i got somewhere , and 3/4" hand forged roughing gouge made from a 1/2 ton chevy leaf spring lol psi 3/8 bowl gouge(red handle for comparison) small tea light made from honey locust crotch the other side of the honey locust crotch

so i think i have id the bush in question wrong it may the more common Russian Olive.... which is close relative to Autumn Olive main difference is that Russian Olive grows bigger , has less color , produces a white berry rather then a red berry like the autumn olive and also the Russian olive isnt suppost to have the silver shiny look to the undersides of the leaves. i'll have to wait acouple more weeks so i can id the species blame

hey Travis the saw sold for $400 might as well delete the post as its no longer useful

i'm still working on the wood species i'm now done with the B's then i will go back thru and add pictures of the leaves, bark and dimensioned lumber as i get time blame

hi Christina i'd suggest it but i wouldnt use his method for building the drive center nothing wrong with the dead center he uses but the drive center is a dangerous part of the project rather i would spend alittle extra money for a drive center from a shopsmith and use a 5/8" steel rod for the head stock Pros: easy to obtain extra accessories ie jawed chucks, screw chuck, face plates, and pen mandrels(ebay) Cons: the plain end mountings are more expensive then the 1" 8tpi accessories another option is to use the more common 1" accessories and have a machine shop make you an adapter for the 5/8" plain end to 1" 8tpi threads but dont use the drive center he built it would be very easy for a work piece to come out of the 2 tooth drive center blame

i've never used one always been the type of guy to use my belt sander or i have drums for the drill press too

yeah we have 10 people to feed between 3 families. and anything extra will go to the farmer market or my sisters co workers its going to be a long year i can already tell lol

great job deb... those spoons came out great lol my 3 year old cant take his eyes off them toys i think he wants them... thanks for sharing deb

Sorry i havent been around much the last few days have been busy busy for me, spent today working to get the garden ready to plant, the spots we chose is around 2 acres total in 3 gardens. the gardens havent been used in the last 4 years so i was pulling out locust sapling up to 2 1/2" in dia. been a long day, suppose to rain all weekend here so i'll try to post some more tree species blame

nice job that turned out great i've always wanted to make my sister one for her office it been on my to-do list for awile going on 8 years now lol guess i need to get on that lol

interesting reading thanks for sharing the link i'd seen on another site about this article but hadnt found it yet

here they are woot both work perfectly

awesome work bill it turned out great