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Dad here.

First of all, let say that I am blessed to have a son who has a desire to work with his hands in the shop. Who desired to work with the lathe, and has taken up bowl making.

What I now see happened is this...he was turning a bowl using the speed reducer. He has the speed control on fast ...

Thanks for all the help and advice! I will get right on it and will post an update when things develop further!

Hello!

I am 18 years old and this is my dad's account. I don't know much about wood working, but I am interested in learning more so I have been using the shop smith lathe for a little bit now to make bowls. A few days ago, I was trying to round a bowl that was unevenly weighted, and ended up ...

So, i picked up a dial indicator and used it the last time I re-aligned my table. I got her really close and it felt so satisfying. Then my curiosity demanded that I spin the blade by hand to measure the wobble in my saw blade. Well....lets just say that the reason you put the dot on the blade is ...

Besides the box, I like your jig, and the Zero Clearance Insert is a fresh idea I had not seen.

A wild vision....Local Shopsmith clubs working in association with a larger Shopsmith Association.

Once a month, folks get together regionally, and for a few hours, do their thing....some might be tagged to give a demo, or it might just be a day to come and work on their project around their like ...

I haven't turned anything since 1977,and it was a baseball bat. That was in Junior High School shop class. Today a kid would probably be expelled. How times have changed.

I remember seeing it flex, and that probably convinced me that the job was complete. The tools were probably not too sharp ...

Now that little remote would fit real nice on the headstock!!

I have a DC3300 with the smallest filter bag. Cake dust builds up when I use the sanding disc, and my initial thought was "Gotta clean it out, so I can improve airflow!"

I just read on another site that others call this "Healthy cake dust" because it blocks the pours of the filter, it enhances the ...