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I made this/copied from an unremebered magazine. I’ve used it and it works quite well. I would highly recommend this jig to any turner who turns bowls large or small. It could even be adapted for something like a ball bat although I don’t see the reason for it. The one I made was out of MDF, one ply. The next one I make will be from laminating two sheets of 3/4 plywood as the mdf is a little floopy. Thereby needing to stengthten the bottom, possibly with a steel. The center wheels are made from inline roller scates and are fitted into U channel, and are adjustable. I think Mark Decou Made one off these plains you might ask him what he thinks of them. I never got much feedback on it. Howvever I came across a website this morning some of you turners may be familiar with and they are selling these now commercially. So it goes. The new can be purchased for 125.00 dollars
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GaryK
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posted 311 days ago
Looks like it will work very well. Any particular reason for using 4 wheels instead of 3?
Gary
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mot
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posted 311 days ago
That looks like it does the trick. Thanks for the linkage.
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jockmike2
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posted 311 days ago
It’s just more stable Gary. Yea mot they are making them out of fiberglass I think they said. mike
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 311 days ago
Hi Mike!
It looks like it should work fine. I remember this on one of your forum posts.
I showed you a picture of the one I made quite awhile ago. I used it when I made my Windsor chairs. I stops
chatter when turning longer pieces. I like the new Rollerblade wheels, They should run nice, & smooth. They didn’t
have Rollerblades when I made mine. One thing about the open front, you can set it right behind the area your working.
PS: I like your new picture.
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jockmike2
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posted 311 days ago
did you make it stiffer than I made mine. you should check out the new one made from glass. Pretty neat
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CharlieM1958
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posted 311 days ago
One of these days I’ll take up turning, Mike. Until then, this looks like something the CIA might be using to extract information from suspected terrorists. :-)
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jockmike2
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posted 311 days ago
By gosh I’ve never thought of that, maybe I can get my wrenches back from my son. mike
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cajunpen
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posted 311 days ago
Very clever Mike – looks like maybe your lathe is back in action or are you still dreaming of the day?
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Grumpy
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posted 311 days ago
You have a bit of a flair for inventions Mike. Well done.
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Kerux
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posted 311 days ago
Looks great, I need to come up with something like that for my lathe.
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