1st two bowls off my lathe

Re: 1st two bowls off my lathe

Jim Breeden

Really nice for first bowls. Please retract that saw blade when not in use !

If those are really your 1st two bowls....

JamieDonaldson

.... you're already a star! I do hope that you're not going to put that saw bar oil on for a finish instead of mineral oil?

Re: 1st two bowls off my lathe

Earl

So I assume you put a finish of chain and bar oil on them lol.

Careful turning blanks with cracks!

Dick Coers

Personally, I won't! There's a lot of wood out there, no need taking a chance of getting seriously hurt.

I don't know....

Brian Roberts

anyone who retracts their saw blade after every use.....until now!

Even in high school shop class it was not a rule.

Congrats!

Brian Roberts

Now you are hooked!

Re: If those are really your 1st two bowls....

cameron

That's a good idea... Was left over from cutting that chunk of oak out of the log but now that you mention it I wonder if I could use my tank of used motor oil that just collects in a 10 gal can after I swap it out of the car, could save me a trip lugging that thing to the recycle container 8-)

Wow!  I think I burned my first two.....

Barry Irby

Those are great, even if they are your twenty first two.

And I retract my sawblade most of the time. To protect the blade and me.

And Very importantly, I agree with Dick. Don't turn cracked wood or any that is unsound. Very Dangerous. I learned and was lucky. The piece that flew off missed me but stuck into the ceiling. If it had hit me, it might have killed me. And I am far from the only one. Getting good wood seems difficult at first, but after a while, you are covered up in it.

Now consider a class or joining a club. Welcome to the vortex. There are plenty of us that will happily shove you down the slippery slope. (I think you need an Ellsworth gouge and sharpening jig)

Those are fabulous bowls.

Re: 1st two bowls off my lathe

Stuart Johnson

Very nice. My first bowl looks like a poorly shaped spittoon. I've kept it to remind me that bad is bad. MY second was a bit better and I proudly set it on the mantle. A couple weeks later it went to the burn pile when I noticed little piles of sawdust.

I retract my table saw blade. Saves on damage to the blade and me.

Re: 1st two bowls off my lathe

Barry L Elder

How can you have a lathe with no technique or skill?

Re: I don't know....

Jim Breeden

The very first thing my shop teacher in 7th grade said is, "Retract the blade after each use".

A vote for blade up

Dick Coers

I'm just going to keep living dangerously and keep the blade up. No damage to me or the blade in 40+ years of woodworking, both hobby and professionally. But, I don't use the saw as a bench!

saw table

John K Jordan

I use my saw table when I set up the photo cube. If the blade is up the photos are tilted. [insert chuckle here]

I also have a lathe that lacks skill and technique. It tries to put the blame on me.

JKJ

Blade down for me

John C Lucas

My table saw is in the middle of the shop. It becomes a hub of activity including acting as a photo table. Keeping the blade down keeps me from hitting it and damaging a tooth

Re: A vote for blade up

Mike Potts

Make that 50+ years and you wrote my exact response, Dick.

Stop kissing the blade!

Dick Coers

Keeping the blade down keeps me from hitting it and damaging a tooth

Getting a little personal here aren't we?

Re: 1st two bowls off my lathe

mikeee12345

Nice looking bowls!

I did trip a breaker one time while using the table saw and forgot to turn the saw off.

When I reset the breaker the table saw started up, luckily the blade was clear.

The bar chain oil, I use my used motor oil for my chain saw and it works just fine.

As much dirt and sand in tree bark, a little carbon in the motor oil does not matter one bit.

Have gone through 5 gallons of used motor oil on the same chainsaw and bar, still working fine.

Re: Stop kissing the blade!

Bob Macgregor

Now that would be a cringe-worthy SawStop video!