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Note: the harder the wood the easier it is to turn. Fir 2x4 is about the worst. Softer wood tends to be more stringy and pulls rather than cuts.
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Father/Daughter project. Housewarming gift for her friend. Only used drill press to drill holes in Skis. Picked up the skis at a surplus store for $2 pr. Hoping it will be durable in weather.

He reports that he uses Smooth On, a two part epoxy. works well on wood and fiberglass. His bows are beautiful an work very well.

I have a friend that makes very nice recurve and long bows. I emailed him, will let you know.

I am using Penn State Industries, PSI Mid-cure Epoxy. My shop is down around 40 so I set it in the heat register before I use it. I think I used another epoxy early on, but have had good results with this. The more transparent the better.

Here are a couple of more. They are out of a slab of walnut a friend gave me. There is a knot that run threw, in one side and out the other, As i turned it the know opened up and parts flew out. Again I used some colored epoxy, turned out OK.[ATTACH]24025[/ATTACH][ATTACH]24026[/ATTACH]

Made these three bowls for an Auction as a fundraiser for my daughters Softball team. Two are OLD locust that a friend gave me, he tried to split it for firewood, but couldn't, so he ask me if I wanted it. Very cracked and weather worn, had probably laid out for at least 5 years. The light one is ma...

A friend of mine is into cutting whiskey bottles. Gave me a few, this one is a 750ml cut off about 5" high. My wife decided it would look better with a lid. Only real problem is in the dishwasher, all of the labels come off!
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What would happen if you cut your side boards a little long, then fastened them to a 4x4 (or 6x6) with three or four screws at each end, then chucked up in the lathe, round the boards, being carefull not to get close to the screws, then cut off ends. Then did the cove going across the table saw as m...

A friend gave me some old locust, that was very dry and very hard. He had tried to use in his wood stove, but couldn't split it. I took the chain saw to it, and bandsaw, then turned it. I gave up when i noticed a number of splits, then a month or so later talked to a friend of mine who did a lot of ...