allenworsham
Member
I didn't get to do any turning during March due to doing other projects and spending a lot of time with my wife (a special education teacher) while she was off track all month. Then came taxes, so my lathe collected dust that was not wood based. I had received my order from JohnnyCNC on March 5th with some bushings and new centers along with a large order (for me that is) from Arizona Silhouette that just sat on my workbench mocking me every time I walked through the garage. Yesterday I rolled out the table saw and finished cutting up a bunch of blank material that I had sitting there for the past month, and then got everything in order to start back into pens.
Today I drilled some practice blanks to try out turning between centers.I love it! I did a couple of slim lines to get the swing of things. I had no chatter and everything was actually round! Imagine that. Being that I can only turn one blank at a time, it was much more difficult for me to get the blanks to match in their swell as I am used to doing them side by side. I did a CA finish, which went well. I did one slim line set using the delrin bushings, which worked great. I did another slim line set just between the centers which worked out good as well, though I had to sand/scrap off some excess CA from the centers. I really need to get myself a caliper now as it gets a bit old taking the blank off the centers and then measuring it up to the bushings.
But all in all, I am very happy with turing between centers. I can't wait to get up to speed so I can fill a couple orders from friends at church who I put off this past month.
A special note to you, JohnnyCNC.
Thanks for your order and your professionalism. Your service was top notch. You make great bushings and I will be ordering more very soon.
Today I drilled some practice blanks to try out turning between centers.I love it! I did a couple of slim lines to get the swing of things. I had no chatter and everything was actually round! Imagine that. Being that I can only turn one blank at a time, it was much more difficult for me to get the blanks to match in their swell as I am used to doing them side by side. I did a CA finish, which went well. I did one slim line set using the delrin bushings, which worked great. I did another slim line set just between the centers which worked out good as well, though I had to sand/scrap off some excess CA from the centers. I really need to get myself a caliper now as it gets a bit old taking the blank off the centers and then measuring it up to the bushings.
But all in all, I am very happy with turing between centers. I can't wait to get up to speed so I can fill a couple orders from friends at church who I put off this past month.
A special note to you, JohnnyCNC.
Thanks for your order and your professionalism. Your service was top notch. You make great bushings and I will be ordering more very soon.