usadaca@uiucuxc.UUCP (08/24/84)
#N:uiucuxc:30600001:000:926 uiucuxc!usadaca Aug 24 14:06:00 1984 what, are there no other woodworkers in notes net.land? I have been enjoying woodworking, (NOT carpentry) for about 5 years now. maybe we need to "prime the pump" with some topics. To wit: Multi-purpose tools (ala Shopsmith, Zinken et al) vle purpose tools Laminating different wood species Woodturning: Scraping vs. Shearing (I consider myself a turner of above average abilities. I have studied with Russ Zimmerman and Rudi Osolnik and am planning on studying with Del Stubbs and Dale Nish). How do YOU cut a dovetail? Where can i get different wood species...italian olive, kingwood, satinwood lacewood, pernumbaco, etc., in 4"-6" thicknesses for bowl turning WITHOUT taking out a second mortgage!? There, that should be enough to get started, unless I'm addressing a nul set of netters! Dick Gerard 7410 Railway Court Indianapolis, IN 46256 phone is not yet connected...call day time to 317-542-3066 (voice only)!
beech@wucs.UUCP (Dave Beecher) (08/30/84)
> what, are there no other woodworkers in notes net.land? I have been enjoying > woodworking, (NOT carpentry) for about 5 years now. maybe we need to "prime > the pump" with some topics. To wit: > > Multi-purpose tools (ala Shopsmith, Zinken et al) vle purpose tools > Laminating different wood species > > Woodturning: Scraping vs. Shearing (I consider myself a turner of above > average abilities. I have studied with Russ Zimmerman and Rudi Osolnik > and am planning on studying with Del Stubbs and Dale Nish). > > How do YOU cut a dovetail? > > Where can i get different wood species...italian olive, kingwood, satinwood > lacewood, pernumbaco, etc., in 4"-6" thicknesses for bowl turning WITHOUT > taking out a second mortgage!? > > There, that should be enough to get started, unless I'm addressing a nul > set of netters! > > Dick Gerard > 7410 Railway Court > Indianapolis, IN 46256 > phone is not yet connected...call day time to 317-542-3066 (voice only)! Gee Dick, why turn off a lot of potential good input by putting up a wall between carpenters and woodworkers?? I consider myself a carpenter/woodworker and feel strongly that woodworking most certainly evolved from basic carpentry. I truely enjoy both carpentry and woodworking and find that many times the two overlap more than one might expect. It's too bad this newsgroup couldn't accomodate both. . . . . . D. Beecher Washington University St. Louis, MO
mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) (09/03/84)
Now that you mention it, I would like to ask a question about turning: Do I really need to shell out $50 or $60 for a high-speed steel superflute bowl gouge? The shop at the student center here has a reasonable set of spindle turning tools, but if they have a bowl gouge they keep it hidden. Reading Peter Child's "The Craftsman Woodturner" gives the impression that making a bowl without a deep-fluted gouge is impossible, and furthermore, that most bowl gouges are the wrong shape. The HSS gouge made by Henry Taylor to Child's specifications seems to be the only choice. For Peter Child, that is. For occasional hobby turning, do I really need high-speed steel? Is the shape of lower-priced gouges (Sorby, for example) acceptable? As for the carpentry controversy, well, everyone knows that all carpenters do is nail 2 by 4's together to make a framework for the drywall. Cabinetmaking (joining pieces of particleboard and covering them with wood-grain vinyl) is much more interesting. -- _Doctor_ Jon Mauney, mcnc!ncsu!mauney \__Mu__/ North Carolina State University