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Bill Duris

Bill Duris

Bill Duris

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I've had a lathe for 30 years, but have been turning regularly since I retired in 2019 and joined the Woodturners of Olympia. I've been making space needle shaped mills for the Seattle Space Needle and other pepper mills. I turn bowls, but lately I'm enjoying spindle turning. I've got an old Nova 16" swing lathe from one of the members in the club. There are preset speeds on it, but no knob. Nova advertises a replacement screen with a knob, but the company is going out of business, and their operations are being reorganized. They said there's still a chance of getting the upgrade from Europe. We'll see.

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Welcome to the forum Bill! That's a nice body of work you posted. Quick question; are some of these mills using the Crush-Grind mill?

Looking forward to continued conversation.

Mark
 
Mark Hepburn said:
Welcome to the forum Bill! That's a nice body of work you posted. Quick question; are some of these mills using the Crush-Grind mill?

Looking forward to continued conversation.

Mark
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Yes, I like the crush mechanism for the chess rook, so there's no knob on top.

I don't know why it's taken me so long to join this forum. I recently did a google search on ideas to hang a 4" vacuum hose from the ceiling and still be able to point it where I want. There are already a lot of posts showing their setups I'm reading. My walls are already filled up with shelves, and my hose is lying on the floor for now. So, I'm looking for a way to hang it from the ceiling.
 
Welcome to the forum. Looks like you have turned every style in PMs. That flying saucer look in first pic is cool.

I have used several different methods to hang ducts. One was wire that I bent to fit with a hook on ends to hold screw. Since I discovered zip ties with a hole for screws, makes it a zip to put up.
 
For hanging pipe/hose, I use metal strapping with holes. It comes in 100’ lengths and allows you to screw it in to whatever you want. Length of the piece you use lets you control how high or low it is relative to the ceiling (in case you have to get over or under something).
 
I mostly use the galvanized steel hanger strap with holes, like this, but from the hardware store:
Great for fastening with wood screws to joists, wooden trusses, and plywood.

Around the farm I also use 12 ga high tension fence wire but only when I need strength - quite difficult to bend and hard to cut without the right cutters but holds well and forever.
For indoors I like to use what used to be called bailing wire - soft black iron wire easy to bend to shape, make a small loop and fasten it to things with screws.

JKJ
 
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