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What's On Your Workbench?

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Gary_M said:
Yeah, I would imagine that dust/chip collection would be a challenge for sure. Personally, I would be concerned about the money-pit aspect of it... all of the turning tools plus chucks... sounds like a potential rabbit hole! :D
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Yeah, I'm super lucky that the lathe was a family item and it also arrived with a large pile of tools as well. :cool:
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
I’m gonna say, it really doesn’t need a big footprint. But, be ready for some crazy shaving piles to clean up.
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I'm headed out to buy a shop vac here in a bit. :roflmao:
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Oh yeah, one other thing I learned the hard way here. Maybe plug your dog holes in your bench top. I got two drawers that have wood chip piles in them now.

WOOPS!

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Matt Liebenau said:
You can easily spend as much as you’d like to or even more then you meant to on lathe tools and accessories. :D:thumbsup:
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My next purchase needs to be some way to sharpen the tools. Long talk with the guy at the woodworking store, clearly I need a grinder and he recommends an 8" for a better "back bevel". I can see it. But the cost difference between an 8" and a 6" is pretty huge. Then you also need the proper wheels, because your typical bench grinder doesn't come with sharpening wheels, it comes with grinding wheels. So now you're in a grinder, plus new wheels right off the top. Once you get that sorted, now you need the sharpening jig to get the proper angle. So just to sharpen your tools you're looking at several hundred dollars. So my first tip here is, don't overlook the cost of "all the things". The tools are one key cost, but then you need to sharpen them too. I feel like the lathe is probably the cheapest part of the whole equation since you can find them used on CL/FB-Marketplace/OfferUp for pennies on the dollar. It's literally "all the other things" that will kill you.

And I'm gonna stay on that "buy the safety gear" thing. Just do it....way before you ever put a tool to wood. I've watched too many bowl turning videos where the bowl blows apart and flies across the shop at a high velocity. That thing hits your head it's gonna do some damage. Don't risk it, it's not worth it. I bought the apron and face shield before I even have a way to sharpen tools, I feel that strongly about it.
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
My next purchase needs to be some way to sharpen the tools. Long talk with the guy at the woodworking store, clearly I need a grinder and he recommends an 8" for a better "back bevel". I can see it. But the cost difference between an 8" and a 6" is pretty huge. Then you also need the proper wheels, because your typical bench grinder doesn't come with sharpening wheels, it comes with grinding wheels. So now you're in a grinder, plus new wheels right off the top. Once you get that sorted, now you need the sharpening jig to get the proper angle. So just to sharpen your tools you're looking at several hundred dollars. So my first tip here is, don't overlook the cost of "all the things". The tools are one key cost, but then you need to sharpen them too. I feel like the lathe is probably the cheapest part of the whole equation since you can find them used on CL/FB-Marketplace/OfferUp for pennies on the dollar. It's literally "all the other things" that will kill you.

And I'm gonna stay on that "buy the safety gear" thing. Just do it....way before you ever put a tool to wood. I've watched too many bowl turning videos where the bowl blows apart and flies across the shop at a high velocity. That thing hits your head it's gonna do some damage. Don't risk it, it's not worth it. I bought the apron and face shield before I even have a way to sharpen tools, I feel that strongly about it.
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Most of the turning guys that I know use a Tormek with the associated jigs and fixtures. Low RPM, wet wheel. A bit costly, but they do an incredible and consistent job. Someday, I will own one! :thumbsup:
 
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boxerrider said:
A lathe is definitely one of the machines for which you can easily spend way more on tooling than the machine itself.
Turning knobs you can get by with only a couple of chisels, and you can sharpen them by hand with stones or sandpaper stuck to an appropriately-shaped piece of wood.
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Yeah, I've gone in pretty deep just to learn to turn some tiny little knobs. :roflmao:
 
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I made a thing! :cool:
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Its not perfect, but it's clearly a thing. I still need to cut the nubs off of each end and do some final sanding, but yeah, I'm okay with this for my first ever actual effort. :cool:
And who doesn't need a mallet for whacking chisels? So it even has a use!
 
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I'm doing a rehab project for @rogerbmiller and this BB5000A he just got:

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It's getting the full field strip, fretwork, shielding, wiring, bridge repair, every little detail I can manage to improve on.
The condition was one that will make the before and after pics very noticeable.
I love doing this kind of stuff to a worthy bass.
 
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I needed a vacuum chamber to degass epoxy for my upcoming fretless fingerboard so I bought a $17 aluminum pot, and a piece of 3/4" acrylic and drilled and tapped an 1/8" NPT hole to install the pressure gauge/valve setup I built previously for vacuum bagging:
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Somewhat to my surprise it worked great, even with no seal between the acrylic and the aluminum. Got it down to a full ~30 in. Hg and nothing went boom!
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After turning off the pump it stayed under a vacuum for about half an hour, which is plenty for my purposes. If I need more vacuum for longer I can just leave the pump on.
 
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