redfishsc
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I am about to be in a pickle. I'm moving in the next few months to Wake Forest NC for seminary (check out www.sebts.edu , this is a great seminary).
I will likely not be working in a cabinet shop as I am now (ie, every major tool I could dream of). I will have to jam all my penturning stuff into a spare bedroom, which I'm not all that excited about (other than being able to turn pens right at home instead of 25 miles away at work).
I'm looking for alternative ways of sharpening skews, spindle gouges, bowl gouges, etc... A skew looks easy enough to sharpen with a coarse diamond stone, but how do you sharpen a spindle gouge without a big ol grinder or belt sander?
I'm also looking for ways to drill blanks out without a drill press. Can the lathe be used for this? Seems like it would be a matter of cinching it to the tailstock somehow and using hand force to press it gently into the drill bit on the headstock.
Much appreciate the help....
I will likely not be working in a cabinet shop as I am now (ie, every major tool I could dream of). I will have to jam all my penturning stuff into a spare bedroom, which I'm not all that excited about (other than being able to turn pens right at home instead of 25 miles away at work).
I'm looking for alternative ways of sharpening skews, spindle gouges, bowl gouges, etc... A skew looks easy enough to sharpen with a coarse diamond stone, but how do you sharpen a spindle gouge without a big ol grinder or belt sander?
I'm also looking for ways to drill blanks out without a drill press. Can the lathe be used for this? Seems like it would be a matter of cinching it to the tailstock somehow and using hand force to press it gently into the drill bit on the headstock.
Much appreciate the help....