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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,386 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: What's your question? Reply #30 - Mar 12^th, 2020 at 11:24am Not a problem for me, I don't play well with others anyway Seriously, please take all necessary precautions everyone
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Re: What's your question?
Reply #31 - Mar 14^th, 2020 at 11:25am

Ken Appelt wrote on Mar 10^th, 2020 at 8:05pm:

My question is,,,,Why turn bowls??

The short answer is that they can be attractive and/or useful.

The long answer is that it's how the mainstream turning is geared.
First you get a small lathe to turn pens, until all your friends and family start saying "I have a pen thank you".
Then it's time to move up to a mid-sized lathe and work on boxes or potpourri containers, and various handle kits, basically the entire PSI catalog.
Then your supposed to move up to a full sized lathe and turn bowls.
Anything else is considered a 'specialty" and not really looked upon as proper turning. Oh, you turn that, that's nice Roll Eyes

Apparently you didn't get the memo that was sent out, now get with the program.
I want to see you get out there and pump out a few bowls or we'll, we'll do something, you just wait.

Turning spheres, you rebel.

For those who are satire impaired, I was partially joking

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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,598 Ellsworth Maine USA Gender: PM3520b	Re: What's your question? Reply #32 - Mar 14^th, 2020 at 11:51am Apparently you didn't get the memo that was sent out, now get with the program. I want to see you get out there and pump out a few bowls or we'll, we'll do something, you just wait. We'll come out there and make you shake hands with us...without Purell!!
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,386 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: What's your question? Reply #33 - Mar 14^th, 2020 at 2:43pm Now Ralph, that's a bit extreme for a first offense but i do like your enthusiasm. There may be a place for you on the enforcement squad
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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,598 Ellsworth Maine USA Gender: PM3520b	Re: What's your question? Reply #34 - Mar 14^th, 2020 at 3:15pm
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Al Wasser WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 626 Pueblo West, CO Colorado USA Gender: Robust American Beauty	Re: What's your question? Reply #35 - Mar 17^th, 2020 at 8:58am You sell non essentials so with everyone staying home, you should not have many visitors to douse with Lysol.
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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,598 Ellsworth Maine USA Gender: PM3520b	Re: What's your question? Reply #36 - Mar 17^th, 2020 at 9:35am On the plus side, i might finally get to all of my own framing pieces that been in here for years. I have a 6' long red snake skin that is in the process of being framed and might finally get finished this week. My own project for the store. People really do buy this stuff!
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Al Wasser WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 626 Pueblo West, CO Colorado USA Gender: Robust American Beauty	Re: What's your question? Reply #37 - Mar 17^th, 2020 at 12:59pm Red snake? We have a few red racers in S. Colorado. Is that what you have.?
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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,598 Ellsworth Maine USA Gender: PM3520b	Re: What's your question? Reply #38 - Mar 17^th, 2020 at 1:41pm No, it has a Malaysa stamp on it and I have not been able to find anything like it on any google search. I have had it for close to 20 years rolled up and in a box of other weird things. I have had 3 customers come in today and the last one spent almost $1,800 on framing...stuff. Nothing expensive, just stuff.
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Al Wasser WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 626 Pueblo West, CO Colorado USA Gender: Robust American Beauty	Re: What's your question? Reply #39 - Mar 19^th, 2020 at 1:13pm Sounds like it is paying you to stay open. By bro is POed cuz even the golf courses In Colo. Springs is shut down. It is open here. I went to my local liquor store yesterday to get some corona or stock market sedative. The owner was grinning fro ear to ear, said business was fantastic
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Philip Connźxr rz WR Noob Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 1 General Model 160	Re: What's your question? Reply #40 - Feb 17^th, 2021 at 10:43am I recently got my father’s General model 160 lathe. The other night, the spindle cracked at the last thread and near about threw my chuck off. Does anyone know where I can find a spindle for this old unit?
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Robert Hayward WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 680 Tampa area Florida USA Gender: 3520b	Re: What's your question? Reply #41 - Feb 17^th, 2021 at 12:20pm Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or is one possibility. However, it has to be bought with a couple extra parts.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,386 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: What's your question? Reply #42 - Feb 17^th, 2021 at 12:50pm Robert Hayward wrote on Feb 17^th, 2021 at 12:20pm: Here is one possibility. However, it has to be bought with a couple extra parts. I was going to suggest you might have to buy a used machine and cannibalize it for parts.
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Mike smith WR Noob Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 11 Rockler Mini lathe	Re: What's your question? Reply #43 - Aug 10^th, 2021 at 7:35pm Jennifer Hasan wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 5:30pm: If you were sandpaper, what grit would you be and why? I would be an odd grit like 100 or 150. I never really use those.
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