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Treadle Lathe – Tailstock improvement

March 12, 2016 by Bob Easton Leave a Comment

This one is simple. I drilled a 5/16″ hole in the tail end of the Morse Taper socket and use a simple 1/4″ bolt as a knock out bar for removing whatever I put in that socket.

photo of tailstock knock out bolt

Filed Under: Shopmade, treadle lathe

Resawing – Introducing “an eBook of Convenience”

March 8, 2016 by Bob Easton 4 Comments

Every once in awhile my inner geek checks the statistics for this blog, and I find that certain articles are visited very often. Articles about resawing are some of those frequently sought out. My tutorial about sawing long lumber for boats sits near the top of the list. In addition, what a lot of people miss, are several other resawing articles, including one that summarizes all that I have learned. They’re scattered through the most recent 4 years of posts, and not always easily found.

resawing-coverNow, as a convenience, I’m bringing them all together in what I call “an eBook of Convenience.”

This eBook is a compilation of my articles about resawing brought together for your convenience. You’ll get everything I’ve learned about resawing lumber, long wide lumber, smaller lumber, softwood and hardwood.

The eBook includes:

  • 3 articles about sawing long softwood (originally for boats)
  • 1 article of concise advice for both softwood and hardwood: “Problems and Solutions”
  • 1 article comparing saws: “Dueling Saws”
  • Bonus: 1 article with construction details of my Frame Saw
  • Bonus: 5 articles with construction details of my Kerfing Plane

For the nominal cost of only $1.87, you’ll receive these 11 articles in a 65 page eBook in PDF format, complete with numerous photos and interactive links to additional resources I’ve found along the way.

Purchases are simple: via PayPal.

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Filed Under: eBook, frame saw, kerfing plane, resawing

Treadle Lathe Articles

March 6, 2016 by Bob Easton Leave a Comment

A lot of people come here interested in the treadle lathe I built.  To make information finding a bit easier, here is an index / table of contents for the lathe articles.

Video overview

  • Show-n-Tell 1
  • Show-n-Tell 2

Design Thoughts – Plans – Construction

  • You’re Gonna Build a What? – first thoughts
  • Plans and Lams – source of plans and laminating lumber
  • Parts – mostly metal parts that you’ll want to order, not things you’ll find at the “home center”
  • Parts Update – Stephen Shepard is now selling a set of metal parts that match his design
  • Wheel
  • Makin’ Parts – cutting curves and scratching beads
  • Wordless Wednesday – cutting curves with my very lightweight “turning saw”
  • Feet – for the book-matched foot fetishist
  • Gams – Mortises and tenons for the legs
  • Resume – after a break for other projects, come back and work on the tailstock
  • Mount the Wheel
  • Bearing Blocks – purchased parts and scraps of Walnut
  • Puppet / Tailstock – fitting the spinning metal parts
  • Head End – bearings and shafts for the great wheel & the headstock
  • Treadle and First Turning – making the wheel sort of round 🙂
  • Spindle – completing the headstock (almost)
  • Drivin’ It – the belt
  • Tool Rest (#1) – and a new drive pulley
  • Adjustable Tool Rest – improving on the original
  • Machined Crank Details – THANK YOU Roger Davis! Roger made this wonderful crank.
  • Compilation – Josh Delmonico compiled all of these posts into a single Word document.
  • Tailstock improvement – a simple knock out bar
  • New Banjo and Tool rest
  • Sanding Station

In use

  • Carving on a Turned Object – the first of many turned objects
  • Carving on a Turned Object – Lathe Enhancement

 

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