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Blew up my tool rest horizontal arm. Has anyone made one from scratch?

http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/attachment.htm?attachmentid=14580&d=1319625170 If you have concerns about something slipping from the drive spur drill a hole just big enough to slide the blank over the drive spur and have fun. If you want to know the max that you can put on an SS find my thread...

I haven't, just turned it till it had a little resistance and quit. What do you recommend?

Dusty was dead on with the call for screw #9. I had to release the headstock ways to find the hole. Thanks for saving me a lot of time searching.

While using my joiner, I heard a noise soon followed by a large (~1/2" dia.) allen screw bouncing on the floor between the joiner and the headstock area of my SS. The SS still worked fine with no other noise. The noise I heard seemed to be from the headstock area. So far I haven't been able to ...

A jack pine or the type that needs fire to open will be the easiest to turn. Ones that open without fire will need to be encased in casting resin to turn. Heat from the cutting tool can make one that is not in resin start to open. CA glue can help keep it closed. For the corn cob, buy some corn on t...

Pretty simple, dyed wood, cut on a 45 or whatever angle you like, laminated and turned. If you want to add interest to it, then take a V gouge or a Dremel with a narrow tip and lightly groove the glue line after turning.

Depending on how long the point is, the 60 degree can self-center in a pre-drilled hole and allow access to the end of the work piece where the cup will be in the way. Do not put too much pressure on the piece as mentioned above, it might split.

Black palm is not a good newbie wood. Sharp tools are a must. Reading the grain is another must or you will catch the black fibers and blow it up. Someone suggested using CA glue (needs to be thin CA) to stablize the blank before turning. I used some spalted oak for an ornament finial. Not thinking,...

Northern Tool has a 3 blade radient patio heater designed to mount on an umbellra that works well and could be hung from the ceiling using a plumbing flange and length of pipe. It should easily cover a 10x10' spot in the shop especially if you use some type of curtain to enclosed the work space. I h...