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  • Richard in Smithville
    Veteran Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 3014
    • On the TARDIS
    • BT 3100
    #1

    Starting Another Slippery Slope

    Tonight LOML bought me an early birthday present. She came home with one of these.



    I know it is a discontinued machine but then again so is my BT3 and I haven't gone wrong with it.

    As a bonus, the lathe came complete with the bed extension. I was just on line to Busy Bee tools ordering a starter set of chisels. I can't wait to get set up and start making square things round.
    From the "deep south" part of Canada

    Richard in Smithville

    http://richardspensandthings.blogspot.com/
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    • BobSch
      Veteran Member
      • Aug 2004
      • 4385
      • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
      • BT3100
      #2
      Oh, man, you are in serious trouble. Have fun!
      Bob

      Bad decisions make good stories.

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        • dbhost
          Slow and steady
          • Apr 2008
          • 9538
          • League City, Texas
          • Ryobi BT3100
          #3
          Lathe,

          Check.

          Chisels.

          Check...

          Oh yeah, now you need something to sharpen those chisels...

          Grinder, grinder jig (wolverine maybe?), Aluminum Oxide grinding wheels, dressing tool, calipers, chuck, face shield (safety glasses don't keep the chunks from hitting your face!)....

          Oh yeah, and you will want to build a nice cabinet for that lathe, and of course a means to hold your tools, and collect the dust and....

          You are so hosed... Welcome to the club!
          Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Please check out and subscribe to my Workshop Blog.

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            • Alex Franke
              Veteran Member
              • Feb 2007
              • 2641
              • Chapel Hill, NC
              • Ryobi BT3100
              #4
              I have the same one -- it's a blast!
              Your wife rocks!
              online at http://www.theFrankes.com
              while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
              "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult." -Hippocrates

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                • cabinetman
                  Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                  • Jun 2006
                  • 15216
                  • So. Florida
                  • Delta
                  #5
                  Congratulations on the new addition. Recommended initial training is to make dowels starting with 6" diameter, down to 1/4", in 1/4" intervals.
                  .

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                    • Uncle Cracker
                      The Full Monte
                      • May 2007
                      • 7091
                      • Sunshine State
                      • BT3000
                      #6
                      You are really screwed now...

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                        • BerniePA
                          Established Member
                          • Nov 2007
                          • 377
                          • San Tan Valley, AZ
                          • Grizzly 0575
                          #7
                          Did you ever hear the expression that a boat is a hole in the water that you throw your money into? Well, a Lathe .................... has that beat hands down and if you find your feet are wet, you are doing something wrong!!!
                          Bernie

                          Owww -- That spinnin' thang hurt!!

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                            • Whaler
                              Veteran Member
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 3281
                              • Sequim, WA, USA.
                              • DW746
                              #8
                              Welcome to the round world.
                              Dick

                              http://www.picasaweb.google.com/rgpete2/

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                                • herb fellows
                                  Veteran Member
                                  • Apr 2007
                                  • 1867
                                  • New York City
                                  • bt3100
                                  #9
                                  If your wife carried that home, I would not want to mess with your wife!
                                  'atsa one heavy meatball!
                                  You don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice.

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                                    • jcjrsmith
                                      Established Member
                                      • Dec 2002
                                      • 354
                                      • Mechanicsburg, PA, USA.
                                      • Ryobi BT3000
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Uncle Cracker
                                      You are really screwed now...
                                      Yep, I was thinking the exact same thing.
                                      Jerry in PA
                                      ...Can't sleep, clown will eat me...
                                      http://home.comcast.net/~jcjrsmith2

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                                        • Ed62
                                          The Full Monte
                                          • Oct 2006
                                          • 6021
                                          • NW Indiana
                                          • BT3K
                                          #11
                                          What is she getting even with you for? Congrats on the new toy. If you have time, stop by the forum every once in a while.

                                          Ed
                                          Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                                          For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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