Category Archives: 5-Tools

Pole Lathe Notes-2

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Greg Merritt

The pole lathe takes a little getting used too.  Even more so since I’m trying to learn to use it and learn to turn simultaneously.  It took me a couple of hours to develop a rhythm and feel for the … Continue reading →

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Pole Lathe Notes-1

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Greg Merritt

This will be a first in a series of ongoing post as I learn to use the spring pole lathe.  These posts will be mostly for my own journaling purposes, but it may prove useful to others as well. When … Continue reading →

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 5-Complete

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Greg Merritt

At the conclusion of my last post on the spring pole lathe I had just begun work on the tool rest.  The basic structure was complete.  All it needed was the finishing touches.  So the next day after work I … Continue reading →

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 4

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Greg Merritt

My goal was to have a functioning lathe by the end of this weekend.  As progress was made over the past week I became confident that my goal would be met.  Alas, the weekend has come to a close and … Continue reading →

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 3

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Greg Merritt

My day in the shop didn’t go as I has planned.  It’s not that anything went wrong, but I had gotten the order of operations a little out of order.  Originally I was going to cleanup the uprights and chop … Continue reading →

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 2

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Greg Merritt

Confession time…if you follow me on Instagram, then you know that I started this lathe project a week ago.  I’m little behind on my blogging, but I’ve been running a little time management experiment this week.

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 1

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Greg Merritt

I have always been fascinated by the lathe.  There is something mesmerizing about watching the shapes appear from the spinning wood.  As much as I like the lathe, I never planned on adding one to my shop.  There’s a whole … Continue reading →

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Saddling My Horse

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Greg Merritt

Through a strange sequence of events and serious risk to my health and wellbeing, I was able to work at my shaving horse for several hours yesterday.  Sounds great and it was, but the back-of-my-front is pretty dang sore today. … Continue reading →

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Tapered Octagonal Legs with the OCTA-LEG-PRO

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Greg Merritt

I really like the staked furniture method.  I like the design process and the making.  Consequently, I have several staked projects on the “to-do” list.  Since I don’t own or plan to add a lathe to my shop, the tapered, … Continue reading →

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The Octagonizer Gauge

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Greg Merritt

  The most recent episode of “The Woodwright’s Shop” has Roy Underhill and Christopher Schwarz discussing staked furniture.  Part of the discussion is how to layout and cut octagonal tapered legs.  Just before CW starts the explanation of how to … Continue reading →

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