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Travel I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven...

Common practice in wood turning. I wondered if the same should be carried out with metal. Turners also have the option of fishtailing, waggling the handle from side to side to make a slightly wider cut.

After insulating, if you find the tubular heater insufficient, perhaps a divider to make two sections.

Bricks While visiting Annapolis, a lady tourist noticed several students on their hands and knees assessing the courtyard with pencils and clipboards in hand. "What are they doing?" she asked the tour guide. "Each year," he replied with a grin, "the upperclassmen ask the freshmen how many...

If Adrspach's machine is a Consort then the threads are likely to be 3/4" x 16 UNF. It was only some of the older red Majors that had 7/8" x16 threads. The 3/4" x 16 taps that I used (& still have) to make adaptors to fit my old lathe are UNF Coronet owners might be interested in the Bolyen...

My 2 bag extractor is in it's own little shed built onto the end of a sectional concrete garage. The shed was built from left over pieces of twin wall polycarbonate with 2 louvre vents in the lift out door. A length of 4" soil pipe goes through the T & G gable end of the garage to an elbow &...

The wood is rotating downwards towards you. If the lathe stops abruptly the wood tries to keep going. If it succeeds then the chuck starts unscrewing.:) Lathes are made to different tolerances. My old Draper WTL90 had to have the chuck tightened with a piece of batten across the jaws. A washer...

I've yet to understand how a tv can cause enough interference to affect lines entering buildings underground or from telegraph poles.

The other night I was invited out for a night with the "boys" I told my wife that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well, the hours passed and the beers went down way too easily. Around 3am, a bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hallway...

The google docs link in Nev's post still works. Not sure it.s the right thing to do to re-post it here but it's in post 5 of this thread - LF docs for old chuck (6-1 Universal Hattersley & Davidson)

$100 Bill In a little known one- horse East Texas town near Long View Texas there is one road in and one road out. The town is suffering severely from the great depression of 2009. Money is as scarce as hen's teeth. A wealthy traveling salesman walks into the ancient hotel, the only hotel in...

Someone on here has a manual for that chuck. From memory - with the knurled ring face down place 3 jaws inside. Place a suitable elastic band (yes really) in the groove at the base of the jaws. Add the taper piece, narrow end first then the chuck base. Invert & tighten the knurled ring. The...

More likely it was discontinued because they sold all their stock & sales didn't make it profitable to start a new production run. A catch with a ring tool can take the head off the shaft as happened at our club whilst it was being demonstrated by a professional turner.

Chuck Summary (some info now out of date) - Woodturning Chucks - Some info for those new to the hobby IMO you won't go wrong with any modern 4 jaw woodturning chuck.

My favourite video (5min 25s) of Antti Sorvamaa turning an off centre goblet using the ring tool. - The same goblet (but later video) from another angle (2min 21s) - There was an even earlier video (which no longer seems to be available) where his technique is near perfect & he hollows the...

Jewish Samurai There once was a powerful Japanese emperor who needed a new chief samurai. So he sent out a declaration throughout the entire known world that he was searching for a chief. A year passed, and only three people applied for the very demanding position: a Japanese samurai, a...

Mine arrived today. Many thanks. Put a donation in the collection box of a local hospice.

Just watched last weeks episode of Ambulance Code Red where a man had reportedly cut open his stomach with a chain saw. As they were packing his intestines back inside the report changed to a circular saw. The man had apparently being trying to mend his gutter . . . . . . with a circular saw...

AES Firstly, only Americans try to get from square to round with a scraper. :devilish: Most turners will use the correct tool, a spindle roughing gouge. A skew chisel can also be used but in both cases the wood is being cut not scraped. My thoughts on files snapping when used as scrapers is...

I've drill a few hundreds of 8.5mm holes in stainless steel with standard HSS bits. Centre punch, pilot hole & as already stated, firm pressure. Both drills lasted about 80 - 100 holes. The old timer who showed me how to sharpen them by hand refused to do the smaller bits because they were so...