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I've turned hickory with good results. Last winter I made up some handles for my files from hickory. I used my Shopsmith basic 5 piece turning tool set. It should work for pens too if you use the correct size tools.

Check your local building codes. That wouldn't meet code here and you would get to do it over. A foundation like that becomes a rodent hotel.

What make of cars? Most manufacturers design their disc brakes so they take up that slack each time the pedal is pushed. With the push for increased mileage, designers are making the brakes drag less by allowing them to back off the rotors. That causes problems like this. I find that with the low dr...

I bought a can of salad bowl finish 25 years ago and still have not used it up completely. It goes on all my wood surfaces that touch food.
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The outfeed is higher than the infeed by the amount you are cutting from the board. If it sat at any other height, you could not cut a board straight.

Check and compare prices in your area of other ones for sale. Prices vary greatly around the US. You don't way where you live. Up here in the north, any used Shopsmith sells for a premium price because there aren't many available. I've never seen one that cheap up here. It would sell for close to do...

I made some last winter from wood scraps. I turned them on my Shopsmith using my Shopsmith lathe tools.
Look around for some used lathe tools. They make the job easy.

Years ago I bought a set of bits, proudly "Made in Japan". They folded up like pretzels just like yours. Since then, I buy US made bits and break them eventually.

The problem is easily solved by totally ignoring Craigslist. DON'T go there at all. Every scammer in the world is there.

If you are going to go on Facebook, you want to learn how to use Facebook while at the same time not allowing Facebook to use you . Facebook is for people who want it. I don't want it and have no use for it, so it can't use me because I've never been there. I'm not a person who jumps on every fad t...