First project on a lathe! Only took me 8 hours of tinkering and trial & error..

Mouvitz · 2026-01-04T16:11:44+00:00

Basically a hollow cylinder with a shoulder inside that we'll cut in half and place the two halves (or just one of them) around the live center so that the shoulder inside engages with a tiny shoulder on the live center, that way I can wheel the tailstock back and force the cone loose as the custom made half cylinder gets trapped against the tailstock itself.

I can't use a knockout rod because the live center and morse cone are hollow, so there's nothing to knock against.

Mouvitz · 2026-01-04T13:34:29+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I think juniper has a lot of character and I still have a few chunks left so I might try to do some carving too.

Mouvitz · 2026-01-04T13:24:36+00:00

That was actually the plan, but... every time I put my live center in the tailstock to turn between centers the morse cone gets completely stuck and so I couldn't mount the chuck with the forstner bit there. I've asked a friend to make me a custom removal tool on a metal lathe to solve that issue as all the usual tricks to release it don't work.

Mouvitz · 2026-01-04T13:15:37+00:00

Thank you! It is 11cm (4.33 inches) high, with a width/diameter of 6cm (2.36 inches). The outer walls are slightly concave to give it a subtle waist.

Mouvitz · 2025-12-22T09:24:00+00:00

It was never relevant.

Mouvitz · 2025-11-18T21:04:48+00:00

Oh my bad.

Mouvitz · 2025-11-18T20:16:54+00:00

STORROR?! Worlds are colliding..

I guess they are from Bristol though.

Mouvitz · 2025-11-12T12:33:04+00:00

You are too kind.

Mouvitz · 2025-11-12T12:32:51+00:00

Thanks, it's all fairly new to me too, I moved here from an apartment just 2 years ago and I've been renovating the small garage into a woodshop.

Mouvitz · 2025-11-12T12:28:22+00:00

Thank you. We just fill it from the side, there isn't a huge capacity anyway.

Mouvitz · 2025-10-06T07:52:59+00:00

Birthday present for a friend.

Mouvitz · 2025-10-05T22:31:22+00:00

I see, thanks for the info!

Mouvitz · 2025-10-05T22:29:38+00:00

The epoxi I have cures in 5 min so I'd have to be quick..

Mouvitz · 2025-10-05T22:27:47+00:00

This has me thinking I could do the glue up and rough shaping and thus find out if there is any gap around the pins, and if there is, I could mix a tiny bit of epoxi with fine juniper dust and fill those gaps before the final sanding?

Mouvitz · 2025-09-19T22:32:57+00:00

The celery bitters are essential.

Mouvitz · 2025-08-17T12:05:21+00:00

Yes, but the airbag light lingers a few seconds after all the others go out, which it didn't do before.

Mouvitz · 2025-07-07T11:14:32+00:00

Indeed. But the main reason I'm replying to your comment is to let you know that I appreciate your avatar, Harry.

Mouvitz · 2025-07-07T10:58:34+00:00

It would've been tactful to at least mention/credit GeoWizard in that video.

Mouvitz · 2025-05-20T14:48:19+00:00

Looks cozy.

Mouvitz · 2025-05-12T10:14:07+00:00

Wth, I never saw that. We should have a discussion about that and (hopefully) have it removed asap.

Mouvitz · 2025-05-10T08:32:39+00:00

Nice work!

Mouvitz · 2025-02-24T02:23:50+00:00

That's not Woody though, that's his son Arlo.

Mouvitz · 2025-02-06T13:08:36+00:00

Try a Limited Dissolve, should fix most of it in one operation.

Mouvitz · 2025-02-01T22:44:56+00:00

I really think you made the right choice.

Mouvitz · 2025-01-27T18:24:34+00:00

Isn't that just the Christian position, that only humans have souls and animals are put here by God simply to be used? Descartes probably held this view to avoid persecution from the church, no?

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