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I'll be the voice of the cheapskate and say my 6" Harbor Freight grinder is working just fine.

I recently bought myself the Nova G3 chuck and like it a lot. I'm still very much a newbie to turning, but I've been enjoying using it. I got it from eBay in a combo package with the wormwood screw, spur drive, and Shopsmith insert. I haven't removed it from my 10ER since I got it!

If Acrobat Reader won't allow multiple instances, then you can use a different viewer for one of the Windows. That's pretty much what you've done opening the document the second time in Firefox. But there are other capable PDF readers - FoxIt, Nitro, etc.

mgailey63, check your private message inbox. I've sent you several messages, but they're still showing unread.

rpd wrote:Heath. a bit off topic but, now that you are getting into turning, a set of these makes adjusting the tool rest a lot easier.

https://www.mkctools.com/10ertoolresthandles.htm

I sent that link to my wife yesterday as a suggested Christmas present!

Heath, Awesome platform. Are you holding the extension arm in place from underneath? Did you design the "vari-grind" jig yourself or find? If found, would you mind sharing the link? My 3D printer isn't doing anything at the moment ;^) Right now, the arm is tight enough in the slot that I ...

rcplaneguy wrote:Nice! Where did you find the red plastic varigrind-type jig?

I printed it with my 3D printer!

Since I've been doing more turning, I've been struggling to keep my lathe tools sharp. I just can't afford the Wolverine jig. I tried the Shopsmith lathe sharpening guide, but could never quite get it right. I tried freehanding based on some videos I watched, but couldn't master that either. I stumb...

Today's melding of hobbies...

It's heat transfer vinyl. My wife has a vinyl cutter and heat press and uses it for a little side income. This was my first solo work on it. Well, not totally solo. My son actually helped create the image in a vector based design program. And my wife guided me through the process of cutting it on th...