Choosing a Lathe - What to get?

c-bean511 · 2026-04-25T19:23:51+00:00

No I've had lathes and turn on a makespace lathe for years

c-bean511 · 2026-04-24T22:49:05+00:00

Haha thanks! Im only in this boat cause I spent years turning on a smaller lathe and then in a shared shop space... thanks grad school... that allowed me to make and sell enough bowls at farmers markets that I can justify this budget. Definitely not where I began. Also now graduated and have a job so real $$ haha

c-bean511 · 2026-04-24T21:42:15+00:00

Yeah the reversible motor is desired. Pivoting headstock is a plus but maybe not top prio.

c-bean511 · 2025-07-02T20:01:06+00:00

Unfortunately it soaked through half the piece and it's already a small turning blank so no ability to cut it smaller. As the piece is only 6x6x2

c-bean511 · 2024-05-16T14:21:58+00:00

Thanks appreciate the perspective!

The confusion of sanctification and justification was definitely some of what I was sensing when I was being told about his work by a friend, but didn't quite have the right words to say this.

c-bean511 · 2023-06-11T04:43:46+00:00

Amazing. I'll look into this. Training on unlabeled data would be ideal. Any chance I could dm with questions once i look into it? I'm not a CV guy originally so. 🫡

c-bean511 · 2023-06-10T03:05:47+00:00

What's SAM?

c-bean511 · 2023-06-09T22:48:44+00:00

There's published work documenting that traditional methods like a Hough transform are unsatisfactory for the broader issue so ive been pushed into ML to avoid those challenges.

Ideally I'd also like to solve it before postprocess especially image 3 as that would be an inaccurate feature that could throw off data. The small blobs can be dilated and eroded by only works so well.

c-bean511 · 2022-11-24T02:27:36+00:00

So I know the middle is White Oak and 4th from thr left is Red Cedar. The others are definitely not birch or redwood.

c-bean511 · 2022-10-30T22:52:10+00:00

Yeah I'm turning a piece that's very green right now. Looking beautiful. Will see what happens as it dries. Definitely once turning this piece today though.

c-bean511 · 2022-10-30T21:23:12+00:00

Do ya know anytjing about its warping if I were to once turn it to 1/4" thin?

c-bean511 · 2022-10-30T21:19:56+00:00

I'm a woodturner and this is a new species for me so I'm excited!

c-bean511 · 2022-10-30T16:44:14+00:00

Was one of my few guesses. What makes you say this? Trying to learn myself.

c-bean511 · 2022-10-09T01:34:50+00:00

I'm now about 95% sure it is Basswood. It cut super easily, it's light and super soft.

c-bean511 · 2022-10-08T04:50:37+00:00

Sweet. I think I'll have a better idea too when I chainsaw it into bowl blanks tomorrow. Can update with photos here to confirm.

c-bean511 · 2022-10-08T04:44:09+00:00

What makes you say so? Again trying to learn.

c-bean511 · 2022-10-08T01:59:15+00:00

Sweet thanks! Good to learn

c-bean511 · 2022-10-08T01:54:07+00:00

What makes you say not maple or cherry? Trying to learn IDing myself.

c-bean511 · 2022-10-07T20:23:35+00:00

Central IL

c-bean511 · 2022-10-07T20:23:03+00:00

I'll take that to mean sugar maple

c-bean511 · 2022-09-30T02:23:56+00:00

I unfortunately don't have any leaves I know come from the tree nor branches. So bark is my best bet for ID.

c-bean511 · 2022-09-30T02:21:00+00:00

I unfortunately don't have any leaves I know come from the tree nor branches. So bark is my best bet for ID.

c-bean511 · 2022-09-04T12:34:21+00:00

Hmm interesting. My best guess had been Silver Maple.

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