Hi folks. I am about to turn 82 in May. I was an auto mechanic for a good portion of my life, been a body man, a machinist, woodworker, and dabbled pretty well in every trade. Back in the 60s I built my first machine, a wood lathe. I didn't do much with it at first as I was busy establishing my garage. around 1980 we got shut down by sewer construction for a whole year which just about done us in. I started peddling tools which turned out pretty good and ended up closing the shop turning it into a store for mainly woodworking supplies and some metalworking. Then some customers started talking about wanting to learn woodturning which would encourage them to buy the equipment to do so. So the old machine I built got put into service and I gave lessons two nights a week to about 4 people at a time. I sold the place around 2010 and built a new 40 x 48 ft. shop with a hoist, machine shop, and spray booth beside the house. My wood shop is in the basement. Many years ago, I bought an old Delta lathe from the school board that had been robbed of parts. So as I retired when I sold the store I started making the parts I needed for that lathe and put a 2hp motor on it with a VFD. I then got into some serious turning, starting with an inside-out vase, then onto a segmented bowl and the last challenge was an open-segment bowl. I made jigs as I saw the ideas on YouTube.
I love designing and building my machinery and built some for others as well Attached are some of the pictures. The thickness sander is shown before it got its cabinet around it.
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I love designing and building my machinery and built some for others as well Attached are some of the pictures. The thickness sander is shown before it got its cabinet around it.
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