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From: ryanlegendre
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  • Your lathe is under powered, I showed this to my husband. He has been turning for 28 yrs. I was asking him why your lathe kept stopping. I love black walnut. My first piece from him was a BW bowl and vase.

  • you need a new lathe, it looks like your fighting with the walnunt

  • i'd say just get a new lathe and that would fix the whole problem. and you really need to stop going so fast and slow down. and prolly sharpen the tools to. because as far as i see that bowl looks like crap

  • nice work on the fabricacion on the lathe,you shall share how you make it

  • no offense, but horrible turning. I am 17 and have been turning for maybe a year and have better technique than this. Shall I post a video?

  • how much would something like this be worth??

  • Very funny

  • Very strange way to cut, i think...

  • hey, his lathe it obiously home made. if it gets the job done, and you enjoy using it, keep it.

  • Working on a lathe dosen't require that much skill. Try using a Foredom SR to make wooden knives and spoons!

  • You seem to have very sharp tools and a pretty good lathe arrangement but, the key to turning a bowl is to work from the outside to the middle this drasticly reduces catches and the like. Hope it and helps!

  • the power is too low  and the speed too high a different pulley arrangement could help , a very sharp tool is key , the wood looks very interlocked . thus fellow seems to be making it harder than it need be .

  • I live in south texas, and i dont think i have even seen a walnut tree, where can i come across some walnut wood ?

  • My geography atlas indicates the forests between texas and te appalachian mountains are rich with walnut . I have heard of farmed walnut in california and mature lumber from oregon . europe also has native walnut trees .hope this helps .

    the wood is very attractive so long as the colour suits and is good to finish and i think durable .

  • man i would really recomend u get a new lathe and just a tip u shouldnt be cathin ur tool nearly so much.

  • im into wood turning mysef, and it seems to me that the surface speed is a little too low

  • Might I reccomend a new lathe

  • yes that lathe is not quite right. looks like you've got a nice set of bearings and a shaft there, but the bet/headstock arrangement is not working. Heres a cheap alternative, fill a steel drum with concrete and dyna bolt it to the top!

  • yeah, that would work too. i need to go back to the shop and take some more pictures and video of bowls that he's done since then. they are amazing.

  • Riveting  By

  • looks like that lathe is about to fly apart.very dangerous.

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