First turning of 2015
Hi to everyone and thank you to all those who wished me a speedy recovery. I’ve been out of action since mid November and happy to get back into a bit of turning and woodworking. According to my family I’ve been a grumpy old bugger with a bit of memory loss...
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Sneak preview of pepper grinder hollowing tool
25mm hole in 15seconds This ones for all you woodturners out there making pepper grinders, We’re pretty excited about one of the tools we’re currently developing so we thought we would share a sneak peak at a woodturning tool currently being tested. The finished tool will completely hollow out your project...
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To Concave or Convex
Convex skew The Question ; to concave or to convex?One of the demonstrators at Turnfest 2014 was Eli Avisera , who made everything look so easy, and in hindsight probably is with enough practice . ( yeah like years )One of the tools he used was a skew ground with...
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DEMO – 1/2″ HOLLOWING TOOL TO ROUGH OUT BOWL
Hollowing a Bowl has never been easier… This was the first time I used the 1/2″ Hollowing Tool by Jesse Engineering to hollow out a bowl without pre boring/drilling the working piece. The tool gets right in there and makes very short work of the initial hollowing, very happy with...
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WOODTURNERS USE OF SCRAPERS
A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend Turnfest 2014 Seriously it was a total brain overload for me, seeing too much in such a short time Nearly all the woodturner demonstrators I watched used scrapers at some point. Up until then I’d been told scrapers were for butchers who...
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Sharpening Tutorial
Sharpening the Cutters supplied with the JE Hollowing tools can be a quick and simple process with the supplied jig The simple Steps to follow Secure the cutter in the sharpening jig provided – hand tighten the grub screw to prevent the cutter from rotating Setup your grinding guide/base to the desire...
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