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Offline Mac Dietrich

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6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« on: April 27, 2013, 08:18:34 PM »
Was able to commit 6 hrs of shop time and here's what I came up with front left to right. Hedge apple, stabilized green/yellow splated maple, cocobolo, stabilized purple/red maple burl, stabilized cross cut big leaf maple, and stabilized red spalted tamaric. All still have yet to be finished but ill finish them up tomorrow.

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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2013, 08:52:39 PM »
Wow!  What a lineup!!!!!

The purple/red maple is my favorite I think.

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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2013, 08:56:39 PM »
I need to pic 1 out for myself and I'm haveing a hard time deciding as I retired my old grunter last yr!  Thinking the cocobolo but ill see when I get a finish on them and then decide
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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2013, 09:01:46 PM »
So how is the stabilized wood turning going on that new lathe?! :)

What all have you been using the reverse on?

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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2013, 09:20:41 PM »
Coco is my pick of the litter. All of them look great!
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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2013, 09:48:46 PM »
Well been using the reverse just for sanding purposes it works great and will be really nice once I get my dust collector port installed. The stuff from Mel @ wood dynamics turns like butter...I've been turning about 2600 rpm and no problems...I'm a litte nervous to crank it up to 3600 and don't really see a need. Overall very happy with my new set up and would have never been able to turn and complete 6 grunters in 6 hrs the way my old set up was.
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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2013, 10:11:51 PM »
Awesome Mac, looks like i am gonna have to trade something to you for one of those

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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2013, 10:14:20 PM »
I'm always down for a trade
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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2013, 10:35:46 PM »
Looks like time well spent Mac.  Very nice!

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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2013, 11:30:50 PM »
great set of calls     Time well spent       :bigup:
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Re: 6 hrs shop time ='s 6 grunt tubes
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2013, 10:11:58 AM »
Putting the CA finishes on this morning and using the slow speed to apply then wet sand off is absolutely fantastic....my old lathe only slowed down to 500rpm I'm applying CA @ 150 now and wet sanding through the grits and the finish is simply like glass!!!
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