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Thanks a lot I'll check out what you mentioned about the stem that should be an easy enough fix if it is to tall or sharp. And yes this long curves are tough but that french wheel that I made helped out so much. Thanks for the feed back


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Alright here's a little asymmetrical sitter with an angled stem with spalted maple. I was going for more of a Japanese sort of aesthetic on this one with the angles and asymmetry http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160122/b1c24ba03ce4f8704bf3e5a4fa397901.jpg http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160122/0b...

Alright thanks I am planing on doing a dark finish so I'm thinking it should be fine


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Ok it's about 1/16 I think would a dark spot show through that you think?


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I just drilled my airway and just barely made it from the stem to the bowl without drilling through the top of my shank. Can you make this portion too thin? And if so how thin is too thin. I have plenty of meat on the sides and bottom of the shank so it won't break or anything, but I have a portion ...

Alright sweet thanks


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I actually just turned mine up to about 3000 rpms and the first time I touch the wood to it the sanding disk is pulled right up against the backing pad and the wobble is pretty much gone


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Where do you guys get your brass tubing for reinforcement rings?


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Alright sounds good ill try that. What kind of disk are you using

Alright so there will always be a little bit of wobble?

watching videos and stuff of people shapping it always looks like there disks are spinning so true, but maybe its justbecause they are moving faster. I also have my sanding disk going at about 1750 rpm should i speed it up?

hey guys my shaping disk has some pretty bad wobble to it It is a 7 inch gator grinding disk backer pad and I am just using 36 grit fiber sanding pads from lowes. the sanding pads are always curved when i get them and I am guessing this is what is causing the wobble. I think the fiber disks have act...

Hmm ok sweet I'll try that. I guess this just kind of reinforces the paper?

Thanks for the help


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Do you guys use cloth backed paper? And if so where do you get flexible enough cloth sand paper


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Thanks for the feed back. I just finished making my french wheel and it works really well I just used paper backed sandpaper do you usually use cloth backed?


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Just used it it works really well this is going to take hours off my pipes


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I haven't used yet I just made it but I'll let you know


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Just made this a new French wheel with some plexiglass I picked up at the dump, just gotta add a wool backing and it should work pretty well http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/31/cddec75e7b352a0c0cfe359f6d2536a7.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/31/1b4c530364e791df883bd82a1581ce06.jpg http:...

You mean the height of the bowl? Yeah I agree the next time I do this shape I'll make it a little taller


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I think it's the lighting but I'll check, I don't have it on me right now. I'm hoping to make a finish sanding disk/ French wheel this weekend I got some 1/4 plexiglass from the dump to try and make a jalanesque French wheel that should help with rounding and getting my curve to where I want them qu...

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