N/E bottlebrush bowl

G'day

Here's my latest effort.A natural edge(with most of the bark intact) bottlebrush bowl.Maximum width 150mm , height 120mm.Wall thickness about 8-10mm.The finish is DO.

When spinning,it was obvious that this is pretty close to a section of a sphere,infact I thought about using my hollowing rig on it as it was very hard to get a bowl gouge in there at a suitable angle.I finished up using a scraper for the lower part.I had to power sand the inside of the wings with the lathe stationary.

I now know why you don't often see N/E bowls with wings curled over like this often.

Ted

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Coffee table for new lifestyle

Our upcoming new lifestyle required a new coffee table in the living room. Its predecessor, a glass-topped large coffee table with 16 corners on it, was definitely not the most baby-friendly thing around, so my wife asked for a new one to be made.



Here are some pics of the natural edge Redgum table I ended up with for our home. It matches the rest of the "chunky handmade" style of furniture we are collecting in our home. I can highly recommend the timber supplier for anybody in Sydney - a really nice guy in Panania with slabs galore! He made a custom entertainment unit for us (the third commissioned piece for our house from him), and I made this coffee table to match. The beautiful table top was the remainder of the slab from the entertainment unit. They sit together and I'm thrilled with the result.



I mainly create little things (turnings etc), so this is the largest wood thing I have completed to date. It is constructed with dowel joints between the rails and the legs, and then held to the top using bolts through the rails.



Simon.

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Switchgear Mounting

The Hercus No.1 T and C had the switchgear etc. mounted on a 3/8" thick panel of "Auspestos" compressed asbestos fibre sheet. I have removed the panel and switchgear and placed them for posterity in a sealed heavy duty plastic bag. It is my intention the mount the two VFDs required along with a contactor and fuses on new panel in the same position as its predecessor. The panel would be about 225 x 225mm.





What would be an appropriate material to mount this gear on? Tufnol or some other form of resin impregnated material?



BT

What timber is this,.??

Hi all timber experts,



I've used some timber on a certain project and wanted to identify it please. I am of the opinion it is tasmanian myrtle, but I just have a few niggling doubts.



I hope this photo is ok to view,



Regards, Paul

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Anyone familiar with this inverter / vsd?

Inverter.jpgInverter1.jpgThe markings on the equipment are:

Industry Uniserve Pty Ltd Sydney Model MIC2011-2B



It is a single phase to 3 phase inverter with Variable speed control running a 2hp 3 phase motor on my Technatool Nova 3. There is a contol box attached to the headstock with On, Off and Speed control (potentiometer).



I want to add an auxilliary on/off switch to be mounted on the tailstock end of the stand.



I worked for many years as a computer technician, but unfortunately know ziltch about this type of equipment. There is a company CSE-Uniserve Pty Ltd in Sydney, but thier support staff are "not familiar" with this model.



Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Bob

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VIC JET 2HP DUST EXTRACTOR

Available on eBay Item No: 251519865662

Fan noises

I think I was asked about this informaton about my 1450 RPM/20" impeller fan.



I have used a noise meter app on the smart phone, in a quiet office its measures 40dB (office aircon, distant conversation and typing), in my garage its 30-35dB (quiet culdesac, no wind no rain)



when standing 3m from the fan, the measuring device 1.5m above ground(the motor is 1.5m above ground). the noise is 72-76dB.



my 7.5kw hydrovane compressor measures 69-73 dB when measuring 3 m from it.



my single phase combination machine measures 70-75 dB (saw, no load.)