On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:12:15 -0800, "Jeff S"
wrote:

I managed to spiral a pen blank...not planned at the time...I envy your
"cool" shop. My shop is only cool for about 3 months. It faces the west
and so gets afternoon sun all summer so from about April to late October it
is too hot to work in my shop unless it is early morning. It can get to 120
degrees F.

Oh, no- that's the wrong reason to envy my shop. I've got a bit of
space, but it gets as low as -20 in the winter and as hot as 100 or
110 at the height of summer. Nasty stuff, weather. Luckily, it's not
going to be an issue anymore- I'm closing on my first house next
Wednesday, and it's got a nice big basement (about 25' x 30' with 8'
ceilings) with an entrance directly into the garage (no stairs). Shop
is going in the basement, and air compressor and dust collector are
going into the garage, with ducts and air lines coming in. The wife
gets the rest of the place because I've claimed the basement and
garage, but that seems like a small price to pay for a nice shop!

"Prometheus" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:50:47 GMT, (Chuck)
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:13:29 -0600, Prometheus
wrote:

I'd really like to try my hand at turning some spirals,

Usually a really good catch with the tip of my skew gives me a
gorgeous spiral, often down the entire length of my spindle!

I've had a few of those too, but they sure weren't gorgeous! So I
guess it's time for me to start designing a little router carriage to
make once the weather warms up and my full shop opens up again (right
now it's limited to quickly cutting out blanks on the table saw while
shivering violently! The lathe is in my entryway, so it has quickly
become the winter woodworking tool of choice...)
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam


Aut inveniam viam aut faciam