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Author Archives: Bill
Shop Update
Here’s an update on the progress of the shop. We got the floor going. It took 5 tri-axle dump trucks of limestone, 100 tons in total, to fill the shop and bring it to level so the concrete could be poured.
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New Shop
The barn burned down last November. We finally got it all cleaned up and are building a new shop. It’s going to be 56′ x 32′. I’m going to include a 22′ x 12′ metal and welding shop, a 12′ x 10′ finishing room, an office, a dust collector & air compressor closet, and a bathroom. I haven’t figured out exactly how big the office will be yet. I don’t want to lose too much main floor space.
More Jumbo Jaws
I’d like to thank Angelo, who, in response to my Homemade Jumbo Jaws article, sent me a picture of some jaws he made out of corian. These look awesome!
These seem to be much more stable than plywood jaws. Thanks for sharing, Angelo!
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Tree Castle
My wife and I have wanted to build a tree house for our son since we moved in to our current house. Living in 9 acres of woods, what boy wouldn’t want one. He sure does. We’ve looked at different trees, looked at how to build them, and never found the perfect trees.
When we moved here, at the east end of a little clearing by the barn, there was a large oak tree, about 36 inches in diameter, that had recently broken off about 20 feet up. I had often thought about building something on top of that. We talked about it last fall, and decided to build it as our first project of the spring.
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Homemade Jumbo Jaws
For some time I’ve wanted an easier way of reverse mounting a bowl for finishing the bottom, and have seen several options. Seeing that you can build several of these options, I knew that was the route I would take, as I could not justify spending around 100 bucks for a set of jaws.
I’ve considered the Longworth chuck and the donut chuck, but recently I saw some homemade jumbo jaws for a scroll chuck, and thought I could make a set of these for my Talon chuck.
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Turned Wooden Boxes
Just about a year ago, Marisa got me a box turning class at Woodcraft in Indianapolis. Now I’ve been turning for about 10 years now, but it’s all been self taught, and learning some new techniques from a pro would probably be a good thing. Well, it was.
The class was taught by a professional turner named Jim Dupler. I learned a lot of good information, and made this box in the two day class.
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Homemade Carbide Hollowing Tool
Recently I made a small hollow form, using my Mini Easy Finisher to do the hollowing. But with only 4 inches of bar, I couldn’t hollow very deep. I started looking for a new hollowing tool, but they are all around $100.
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