30 mm Arbor

Does anyone have any information on machining out saw blades holes. I have a table saw with 30mm arbor which reduces my choice on saw blades. I'm interested in the Freud blades but as far as I can find out they only have 5/8 holes. So if I purchased a Freud blade and had it bored out would it upset the integrity or safety on the table saw. I emailed Freud 10 days ago about this question but until now I've had no answer.



Thanks you in adavance.

Benefits of buying two lathes to make one

Bought two old teknatools a while ago to make one and have spare parts.

Got a long turning job in today and I'm happy with the setup so far, still have to get a better stand made up to fit the 2 metre bed.

and was thinking of doing away with the alloy foot and using the other headstock on the foot end and use it for bowls/face plate work with a pedestal toolrest. One day!

tail vise .... it seemed a good idea at the time!

I have always admired Terry Gordon's creations. it is easy to see that they are designs from a man who is an excellent woodworker himself and knows what is needed.

So, on a recent visit, I bought one of his beautiful tail vises. When i am that far from home, it doesn't worry me that it won't fit!

So, in a rare outbreak of reality, I thought I'd better work out today how to fit it OR i might be forced to take it back.

The problem is that I already have a tail rise ... of sorts....and it already has 3 (!) dogs to line up with existing lines of dog holes



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I thought that maybe I could cut a big hole in the vise jaws lining up with the front row of dog holes and allowing the HNT vice knob to stick through



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...but that would somewhat limit the usability of the existing tail rise. What I need was ANOTHER end to my bench on which to fit the tail rise.

So. I had no alternative but to make a NEW END....



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...which started with a hole saw and quickly became an excuse to use my new plunge saw



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....ending up with the cutout to take the vise body



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Then the DREADED BIT! I picked up my router :C and rounded over the cutout.



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I quickly turned the router off and counted my fingers .... yep, 91/2, just what I started with!

The next step is to rout the recess for the cover plate but I'm on family duty tomorrow so that may have to wait a few days.

fletty

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WA Mini Lathe on Stand

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I am reorganising my woodturning due to space restrictions: have three lathes and just can't justify retaining them all.



This one would be ideal for someone who is confined to a wheelchair or otherwise hampered by standing up..similar to a Taig Metal Working Lathe on which it is based as well as having a separate Tool Rest and Holder.



Features: Foot operated switch, Spare Dust extractor Hoods, Mini Jacobs chuck, two Pen mandrels, fixed to stand with Wheels, Three Carbide Steel Cutters



Comes with a Copy Attachment together with templates.



Price: $300.00 cash on collection phone 9751 4751

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Dog box.

Hi,

I,ve been working on a resonator CBG using a dog bowl as the resonator. More an experiment than anything else but something I wanted to try. Started with hoop pine sides mitered and reinforced with a contrasting wood. I did a few CBGs with finger joints before but this is quicker and I reckon looks nicer. Front and back is meranti ply 3mm. Used some other scrap ply to beef up the ariund the cutout. This is the first CBG where I have not done a neck that went all the way through to the tail end. Resonator is in the way. I used roofing screws as they really grip and put in a plug so that the screws had something to bite on. Today I got to the test run with strings on and am quite pleased with the sound. Not too metalic but quite blusey all the same. Has had its first coat of varnish and still has the electrics to go in. Some pics of the build so far.

Regards

John

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NSW Jet 10" Left Tilting Arbor Xacta Tablesaw

Below is a link to the items ebay page where the images are:



http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Table-Saw...item3cecd6608f



Any questions contact Scott on 0451116523

WA 30mm Tap for Wooden Faceplates

I have a tap to enable the production of 30 mm wooden faceplates....as the head stock of my lathe, and all others that I have access to, use 1 inch x 10 tpi, i have no use for it: I can exchange it for anything to suit my lather or cash or whatever...just send me a PM [there may be a more appropriate section but I couldn't find it].....George