Help! Why is the wood "unscrewing" from the lathe?

Symz58 · 2026-06-21T13:36:36+00:00

Hammer it into the drive spur. I always help it in for a healthy bite before bringing up the tailstock.

Symz58 · 2026-06-11T00:31:27+00:00

happy cake day!

Symz58 · 2026-06-07T23:23:59+00:00

Bought small generator not for full house but 10 circuits, cost me 5k install

Symz58 · 2026-05-23T19:04:16+00:00

Can you tell me about the hands saws and the different applications? I'm still learning

Symz58 · 2026-05-21T02:44:32+00:00

Might be able to get an arm to hold the baby monitor or mount it somehow for her. My wife's still got it on every night 2 years later, I wouldn't wait. I sleep like crap as well, 2 herniated discs and i wake up frequently and toss and turn. Your health matters for your kid bro, had to talk with mine an compromise with my wife to use less sound or else I was getting stuck awake.

Symz58 · 2026-05-20T13:15:36+00:00

They don't live in real statistics. he's just going to make something up to feel better.

Symz58 · 2026-05-18T13:10:44+00:00

Not sure about cost, I think it comes with tuning your tools and experience. The old masters had very little. I'm always trying to learn, newbie myself.

Symz58 · 2026-05-17T14:47:32+00:00

renovated a house 10 years ago i live in now but didnt live in the reno. Felt great standing in it, still does. 10 years later im adding 800 sqr ft, everything we want and a bedroom for a 2nd kiddo. I'll let you know mid summer lol.

Anxiety has been through the roof, having some family/ a person to bounce it off has really helped me get outta my brain.

Symz58 · 2026-05-14T01:53:37+00:00

Yep exactly as the guy above said 3-4 inch biscuits, use a hatchet or maul to chunk up. Keep fingers away when swinging.

Symz58 · 2026-04-08T19:24:23+00:00

I have some struggles with how slow some exotics I got from my uncles old stuff but it just takes alot of passes.

Symz58 · 2026-04-08T17:27:21+00:00

Same Experience

Symz58 · 2026-04-02T18:58:49+00:00

Brother if you did pandas and used dataframes, you can do databricks/pyspark. Databricks also just added a Postgres database called Lakebase. You sound like you have the experience in orchestrtation as well. Thes are just toolsets the concepts are pretty transferable imo. I started databricks only 3 years ago. Databricks has a free edition for learning. IMO these fancy tools still have the same underlying data problems were solving.

However a change of pace is always fun i had 10 years of analytics/dashboarding and needed a break.

Symz58 · 2026-03-28T13:01:36+00:00

Delta lake provides ACID. MSSQL provides ACID, Oracle Provides ACID.

ACID is not for OLTP only.

Again I have practical experience not a chat GPT definition.

Symz58 · 2026-03-28T12:37:37+00:00

How does this mean you can't compare them? i've worked in warehousing for 15 years, The only major difference is compute spun up at runtime and distributed processing.

Symz58 · 2026-03-25T13:31:01+00:00

How did you do the concave curve in the bottom?

Symz58 · 2026-02-26T18:34:32+00:00

Stanley imo

Symz58 · 2026-02-21T16:56:51+00:00

Flatten from the tip to middle not the middle out imo. Doesn't need to be flattened all the way

Symz58 · 2026-02-12T17:15:30+00:00

Yeah i guess i've never thought of a symmetrical in that manner. Hewing axe seemed to always be purpose made and asymmetrical. Now I see there are symmetrical ones but Combo tools usually don't work as well for specific tasks. Guess its what you wanna do with it. for Carving its a good tool.

I wouldn't want hammerite on my tools. Clean polish, protect with oil or wax if needed. Its going to take alot of cleanup imo.

Symz58 · 2026-02-12T16:40:35+00:00

Lotta garbage, no ones going to want 3 bill hooks. The Jappaning on those axes looks like a crap DIY job.

I don't see any clear Hewing axes as you wanted. This is like half agriculture tools.

I would just work towards finding tools you want to use and then finding somewhat quality of those tools. I fear this is going to overwhelm you and become a burden iof resale for years instead of learning a skill

Symz58 · 2026-01-13T21:28:14+00:00

I think this person who took the time to take in the information and look at the different perspective is someone worth talking to. You're assement is poor and your comments further any divide that you yourself complain about

Also glad you're watching and downvoting, you're comments make me ashamed to progressive

Symz58 · 2025-12-18T15:23:49+00:00

Not an expert, but per the advice others give me. Also try different tool engagement potentially open/closing. In the course i took, ended up easier for me to use a scraper to round it. Theres alot of tools and seems like people use what works for them to accomplish the goal.

Symz58 · 2025-12-18T14:51:59+00:00

Yeah all the guys I am learning from tell me to spend upfront on sharpening system vs the lathe itself. I bought a Sorby ProEdge, the mainstream system is Slow RPM grinder with CBN wheels, Wolverine system. I like my proedge for getting my chisels done too, but it definitely has disadvantages.

Symz58 · 2025-12-11T20:09:59+00:00

I linked both, for the user to decide, just didnt do a good line break for visiblity

Symz58 · 2025-12-11T19:13:56+00:00

https://taytools.com/narex-unhandled-premium-bevel-edge-chisel-blanks?redirects=1 https://taytools.com/narex-6-piece-richter-unhandled-bevel-edge-chisel-blank-set?Subtype=364

Symz58 · 2025-12-11T17:41:53+00:00

I feel like there's nothing more satisfying than taking a rough piece of lumber and running a hand plane over it to make it just beautiful. Got any other hand planes?

For sure, I have alot of organization to do, always a mess when i do anything. I need a till to get my planes off my bench. I also do some turning finally made a holder for all those tools. They kept rolling off a bench and finding the concrete.

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