The Woodworking thread

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 06 Nov 2024, 09:16

Do we have one of these yet?

I find myself attracted to traditional hand tools, which entails finding them at swap meets/thrift stores/yard sales and restoring them, so I spent more time working on tools than on building stuff.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 06 Nov 2024, 14:26

I'm lathe shopping. I'm seriously downsizing my list of hobbies/interests and focusing on woodturning again. I've never turned on anything with more than a 12" swing, so I'm looking at lathes up to 24" <man grunt>. I'll need to install a 220v electrical run to my garage, which is on the wrong side of the house from my breaker panel to do conveniently or cheaply, but it will be worth it for the extra capacity. I include pipe making in this ambition, also. I have a fair stockpile of supplies already and look forward to getting back to it. I'll never be confused with any of the great CPS makers, but I had finished a couple of fairly nice pieces before setting it aside.

I talk alot about things that I'd like to do, but this is happening. I've got the time (Lord willing) and space and opportunity. Woodturning brought me long-term joy and I can't wait to start making ornamental firewood again.

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 06 Nov 2024, 14:40

If you can swing it (ha ha, get it) a small metal lathe is handy for turning stems. 8" seems to be popular but I use(d) a tiny Tiag that I bought from Johnboy.. He bought it from Crosby.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 06 Nov 2024, 14:51

FredS wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024, 14:40 If you can swing it (ha ha, get it) a small metal lathe is handy for turning stems. 8" seems to be popular but I use(d) a tiny Tiag that I bought from Johnboy.. He bought it from Crosby.

I’ve got a Taig system. It helped stem work a great deal. I still have a long way to go learning with it.

Del · Post by **Del** » 06 Nov 2024, 19:00

FredS wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024, 14:40 If you can swing it (ha ha, get it) a small metal lathe is handy for turning stems. 8" seems to be popular but I use(d) a tiny Tiag that I bought from Johnboy.. He bought it from Crosby.

Ha ha! A wood joke!

coco · Post by **coco** » 07 Nov 2024, 16:19

JimVH wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024, 14:26...I'm looking at lathes up to 24"... I include pipe making in this ambition, also.

Hmmm

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 11 Nov 2024, 05:30

I picked up a new hatchet for carving green wood.
The old hatchet needed a new handle and while cleaning out the eye for a new handle, observed that a crack had started in the head, so I retired it.
The new hatchet is a Council Camp Ax, very similar to the old Boy Scout National Pattern but without the nail puller and with a 14" handle.
It also has some beard for easier batoning green wood, something the old hatchet lacked.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 11 Nov 2024, 08:32

Now that I'm looking at it more closely, I think it looks more like a Hudson's Bay style than a National pattern.
Still pretty good looking!

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 11 Nov 2024, 14:09

Hov knows a lot more about hatchets than I do.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 11 Nov 2024, 18:41

FredS wrote: ↑11 Nov 2024, 14:09 Hov knows a lot more about hatchets than I do.

Actually I dislike hatchets----way too dangerous and I'm too much of a klutz. I prefer a full-size ax that provides a more distance between me and the business end, but there are jobs I've needed a good hatchet for, like roofing and carving green wood. One future project involves some green wood carving, hence the hatchet job.