!!!!!! ATTENTION PEN TURNERS !!!!!!
Ever had trouble with your pens turning out perfect? One of the most common problems in pen turning is "eccentricity." The most common cause of eccentricity is a bent mandrel. But how do I know if I have a bent mandrel?
Well . . . Beall Tool Company has the perfect tool to help fix your eccentricity and get your pens coming out perfect. This gauge is designed to mount in your tool rest and as the headstock turns (by hand) the dial caliper measures any changes, bends, in your mandrel.
Price: $29.00 - 5/8’ tool post ($10.00 for 1” tool post adapter)*
ROCKLER - DUPLICATOR
One good turn deserves another!
Create precise duplicates of spindles, table legs, and other turned projects. This Lathe Duplicator attaches easily to almost every floor-model lathe. The hand wheel allows for smooth operation while cutting.
Will duplicate to a maximum length of 39'' (depending on the lathe used) with a maximum duplication depth-of-cut to 2-3/8''.
- Suitable for lathe with a turning diameter of 12'' to 20''.
- Includes high-speed steel cutter.
New AAW Chapter -
Segmented Woodturners Club
Last year, Malcolm Tibbetts, Curt Theobald, and Bill Smith, all renowned segmented woodturning artists, coordinated with Marc Adams of the Marc Adams School of Woodworking to hold the First Ever Segmented Woodturning Symposium.
At that meeting, the assembled segmented woodturners discussed the idea of creating a new AAW chapter. Several members agreed to pursue it further and to report at a "Special Interest Night" meeting at the AAW Symposium in Albuquerque this June.
During the June meeting, a report was made and a vote taken to form an official chapter of the AAW. A board of officers was then voted upon, a newsletter editor volunteered and yours truly, Dennis, volunteered as the Webmaster.
This month, the club's new website was released and the club is now accepting members.
Malcolm Tibbetts, the president reports, "You are invited to view most of the web site, including a gallery of work by our members; entry into a few areas of the site, along with posting privileges is reserved “for members only." If you desire to improve your own segmenting, if you would like to network with other segmenters, if you would like to receive our newsletter, or if you would like to share photos of your work, then I encourage you join your fellow woodturners as a member of Segmented Woodturners.".
Visit the Segmented Woodturner Club Website
LONG RANGER MOTOR STARTER MULTIGATE SWITCH
Long Ranger™ Multigate Switch System (220V Pictured)
Never forget to turn your dust collector on or off.
Turning your dust collector on and off is automatic when your dust collector is wired to your blast gates.
- Turn on your dust collector when you open a blast gate
- Turn off your dust collector when you close the blast gate
- Simple low voltage wiring and easy installation
- Avaliable in 110V or 220V
This Long Ranger™ system includes a special relay box that your dust collector plugs into. The relay has terminals that you wire to the micro switches on the blast gates. The system is wired in parallel so opening a blast gate turns on your collector, but the dust collector won’t turn off unless all of the gates in your shop are closed. Manual switches can be easily wired into the system so you can manually turn your dust collector on and off from anywhere in your shop.
The set includes a 110V or 220V Relay switch box, a switch enabled blast gate and 100 ft of hookup wire.
110V Long Ranger - $49.95
220V Long Ranger - $59.95
Extra 4" Blast Gates - $10.95
Where to Purchase: Penn State Industries
RAPTOR SET-UP TOOLS
Frustrated and confused by the instructions supplied with your sharpening system? You’re not alone, many woodturners are. We think using your sharpening system should be simple. In fact, we believe that setting up to sharpen should be a “no-brainer” that takes only seconds while resulting in consistent, repeatable grinds every time. With Raptor Set Up Tools…
- No more tool holder leg adjustments.
- No more “eye-balling” during set up.
- Get repeatable grinds in only seconds.
- Laser cut from steel to last a lifetime.
- Available in 40°, 45°, and 50° models.
- Made in USA
Raptor set up tools work with the Oneway Wolverine Vari-Grind Jig, Kelton Sharpening Jig, Woodcut Tru-Grind, and most other systems that utilize an adjustable tool support slide and tool holder. Set includes 1 each: 40, 45, and 50 degree Raptor set up tool along with easy-to-follow instructions and quick reference sheet with recommended bevel angles for turning gouges as used by Craft Supplies USA professionals.
Set of 3 Raptor Set-Up Tools - $19.99 ($7.99 ea.) -
Product Instructions
Video Demonstration
ROCKLER - PEN PRESS / DRILL JIG
Drill and assemble your pens perfectly with flush fittings and a smoothly-operating mechanism! This dual-purpose jig takes care of both prep work and assembly. It holds your blank firmly in position for drilling, creating a precise, perfectly centered hole the entire length of the pen. Later, it smoothly presses your parts together without any bowing or misalignment. Notched jaws automatically center the blank for drilling, while two countersunk holes center the parts during assembly. Large clamping wheel provides slow, controlled pressure so you’ll never crack a casing again. Cost - $99.99
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Malcome Tibbett's DVD's
DVD Volume 1: Getting Started
This 2-hour DVD has been created for woodturners who want to take their woodturning to the next level. Anyone with minimal woodturning and woodworking skills will be able to produce stunning turnings with these techniques. For the more experienced segmenter, there are numerous “methods of work” to help improve and speed the assembly of segmented constructions.
DVD Volume 2: Tips, Tricks, and Feature Rings
This 2-hour DVD is mostly about “feature rings” - various ways to enhance segmented vessels. Detailed instruction is offered on all the styles of work that are shown on the front cover. The techniques shown should provide the tools to take your segmented turning to the next level.
Click Here to Learn More or to Purchase
CI1 EASY ROUGHER BY: EASY WOOS TOOLS
New from Easy Wood Tools, the Ci1 Easy Rougher is a carbide insert woodturning tool that addresses fatigue, safety, and efficiency like no other type of tool on the market. It is designed to effortlessly hog away massive amounts of material for any woodturning process without the need for sharpening. The tool design provides support directly beneath the cutting edge transferring the cutting pressure downward allowing the lathe to "take the pounding" that you would normally suffer through when using a conventional bowl gouge for roughing. No more ‘white knuckling’ a bowl gouge.
Watch the video here: Ci1 in Action
Bowl Gouges and Scrapers by: Serious Toolworks
- Made from 3/8-inch A2 steel — 50% heavier than the flat-bar
steel of most other scrapers.
- Provides better wear resistance and much lower vibration transfer.
- Offers 9 inches of working tool length.
- Straight-turned shanks allow Serious Scrapers to be dropped directly
into Serious Camlock Handles a unique system offering greater reach, comfort,
and convenience.
- Serious Gouges are dimensioned the North American way--the
diameter of the round bar.
- Useable length of 10" — compared to 5-7 inches for most gouges.
- Tip-to-tip fluting means a turner can have two different profiles on
the same gouge, if using our Camlock Handle.
- To ”shrink” Serious Gouges, just slide more of the gouge inside the
Camlock Handle.
http://www.seriouslathe.com/index.php
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Bowl Steady Rests by: A-R Liberty
3 Wheel Steady Rests feature: solid steel construction; double ball bearing polyurethane no-mar wheels; easily adjustable arms for aligning the wheels to support your work; powder coated finish for durability and ease of maintenance; wide base plate provides for stability in a lighter weight frame. (Rests 20” or larger are dbl. wall).
4 Wheel Steady Rests feature: solid steel double wall construction;
Double ball bearing polyurethane no-mar wheels; easily adjustable arms
for aligning the wheels to support your work; powder coated finish for
durability and ease of maintenance; wide base plate for added stability
and to dampen vibration. This flat top steady rest is specially designed
to facilitate the use of laser guided hollowing tools. There is a patent
pending on this design.
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Gage't Bowl Gauge by: Kenith Tompkins
This new bowl gauge was designed with the bowl turner in mind. It's rigid composition and wide measuring area will accurately measure the wall thickness of your bowl from the rim to the foot.
The measurement is taken at the top of the tool where the plunger is marked in 1/16" increments enabling you to get precise readings. In addition, since the contact points with your bowl are brass balls, they will not mar or damage the sides of your bowl like we're all accustomed to with normal calipers and figure-8 devices.
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Rim Chuck by: Chick and Duck Mfg.
The Rim Chuck is a wood lathe chuck that was born out of the same frustration we have all felt. You turn a beautiful vessel and then part it off to find the bottom in desperate need of finishing. You sand it, you scrape it, you try to turn it clean with a forstner bit but still it just doesn't meet the standard you have kept through the rest of the project.
The Rim Chuck wood lathe chuck fits the bill. Six pliable rubber jaws secure your project with tenderness and toughness. They hold from the inside or the outside, then put your work up for inspection by the pickiest appraisers.
http://www.chickandduckmfg.com/