On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:11:13 -0500, Lee Tollett wrote:

Dick Mahany wrote:

I posted a few pics on ABPW of a simple modification of my lathe handwheel
that allows for an inexpensive vacuum attachment if you have a suitable
pump. It works great and I hope it can help if you have such a need.

Dick Mahany


Thanks for posting them Dick. Dumb newbe quetion, what do you use a
vacume system for??

Lee

Lee...
They'll be tons of answers to this one, but the basic use is to reverse a bowl
and trim/finish the bottom..
I've tried jam chucks, jumbo jaws, etc. and nothing really worked for me until I
built the vac system.. (with parts and a lot of help from Bill Noble)

I also use it to put things back on the lathe that I thought were done until I
looked at them a few years later... *g*
You can put a bowl on, thin and sand, reverse it and make it "new"... great for
the clunky, poorly finished stuff that I thought was so cool a few years ago..


mac

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