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Oddball wood lathe, water-powered

Just a lathe for turning bobbins, in an old textile mill. The headstock and tailstock are typical of early wood turning lath…

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Turning tools are generally made from three different types of steel, Carbon steel, High speed steel (HSS), and more recentl…

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Our house is like a cabin in the woods. We are in a commercial district on the edge of town and ten minutes from the malls, …

A recent wood lathe project

Here is a bowl that I made awhile ago as a gift for a friend. It is made of laminated bamboo and other misc. hardwood. Piece…

Alabaster on the Lathe

An ordinary woodturning lathe can be used to cut and polish alabaster until it glows with translucent colors. The author'…

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