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to stop or charge ahead
The last couple months I have been turning pens. Boy o boy talk about
instant gratification! I thought it was quick with bowls but turns out not to be the case. Anyways, I bought some pen blanks, the first time I ever purchased wood. I'd been using free wood that alerted me to its existence by the sound of the siren [read: someone using a chainsaw in the vicinity]. So I am turning this pen blank down and stop ever so often to look. My oh my what beautiful designs and swirly colours! I was still a good sixteenth or so away for the minimum size; that being on the ends where the two halves of the pen meet. Now I can't recall reading here anything about stopping before your finished cause the patterns are sl lovely. This is true for both bowls and pens and perhaps other items. Not really a question here but more of an observation. I do have a question though. I have a Jet 1236 and recently see that my speed control is stuck due to what I think is the upper (or spindle) pulley being stuck. It will work fine in the two lower positions but beyond that I have to take off the cover and --gently-- tap the upper pulley while working the handle back and forth. Has anyone successfully addressed this issue without too much difficulty. I like this lathe and have been using it now for 4 or 5 years. |
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