Wow! Thank you for showing us your workshop. I enjoyed the tour. It was fascinating and specially interesting for someone like me who has no idea how the wood turning process is done from scratch to shipping. The tools and machines indeed help with your productions. This vid is definitely informative. Thanks again for sharing. 👍🏻🤗⭐️💕🇺🇸

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching.

@dinkvjr

11 ай бұрын

I loved this video, it was great right.

What I would give to live next door. Very, very impressive. I love making sawdust. Thank you for letting us invade your happy place and what a place it is.

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

It’s my pleasure to share, thanks for watching!

Congratulations Gene! Jim’s work is exceptional! Jim, Happy New Years to you and your family and all of my fellow viewers!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, your awesome!

Well done, Jim! You have my admiration for the work you do, and the encouragement you give to other woodturners. Thanks for the tour of your shop: Really interesting! I learn heaps from you! God Bless you and your family! Thanks again!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephanie!

Thanks Jim for another wonderful video! I can’t tell you how great it makes me feel to watch a fellow Canadian produce such exceptional videos on woodturning! I live just down the road from you in North Bay and have been woodturning for only a few years since I retired. Thanks to KZread as a teacher I have had gained valuable knowledge from various turners worldwide and practical experience (good & bad) has given me skills witch continue to develop! Wishing you and your family the best for 2021 and thank you for your service to our country!! Respectfully, Gary.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary, safe turning.

Great to see the shop. Happy new year and congrats on 15k! I'm honestly surprised you're channel hasn't grown even faster - your content is as good as anything out there.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gabriel!

Jim, Happy New Year! Thanks for the shop tour and explanation of your business. You're down to earth and honest which is refreshing on KZread. Thank you!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks Craig!

Thanks for showing us around! You can always get ideas from someone else set up. I enjoyed every minute of it. Happy (and better) New Year!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks Robert!

This was a great video! I was astonished by the amount of work you do...20 bowls a week! Amazing!

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the tour, Jim. Excellent! Congratulations on 15000 subs. and to Gene. Appreciated your comments, pro and con, about your shop. Very helpful to others. All the best in 2021.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you Ray!

Jim, About 8 years ago, I purchased a Tormek 2000. I wore out the standard stone in about two years and upgraded to Tormek’s harder black stone. As it still occasionally needed flattening with Tormek’s diamond jig, which took about 30-40 minutes, I purchased a 10 inch 800 grit CBN wheel from WoodTurners Wonders for about $300. The water mess was eliminated and the black metal buildup on the wheel is quickly removed by wiping the turning wheel with paraffin oil. As I sharpen my tools before they get dull, sharpening with Tormek’s bowl gouge jig and the 800 grit wheel takes just a minute. I have not tried to set the jig to match an extreme swept-back tool tip. The CBN wheel still cuts like new after several years, but I go to my grinder if I want to rough-out a new tool tip shape before heading to the 800 grit wheel to finish sharpening.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Great info, thanks!

Happy new year to you, your family and your subscribers. My attention span is normally 10 minutes maximum but as you have such a gentle manner I watched this video in one sitting. All the best for 2021 🌞

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ray!

Thanks for the tour Jim. As someone who is just getting started it's nice to hear opinions from someone who has lots of experience. Happy New Year!!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Thanks for the tour, always interesting to see different ideas, Happy New Year

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Congrats, Gene. And congrats on 15K subscribers, Jim! Would have been nice to win but we're all here for the always-interesting content! Nice tour. Thanks Jim and happy new year to you and yours!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you Andrew, thanks

Wow quite the shop. Awesomeness. Happy New Year. May it be a better year.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

It can’t be worse! Thanks.

Thanks Jim and a happy, healthy and safe 2021 to you and your family!!!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dane, you too!

You're a hard working and very talented guy. I wish you all success. Best regards and hopefully things pick up this new year. Stay well and enjoy.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you! Thanks.

Congrats on the 15k achievement! Great shop and tour, I learn a lot from you. Thanks and stay safe....

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks 🙏

Thank you so much for the wonderful tour of your workshop. I wish you and your family the very best.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Thanks for the tour. Man you have the biggest tool chest set up I have ever seen. That's a lot of years of building your tool collection

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

It is certainly a life time of collecting! Thanks 😊

Thanks for all your videos and teaching. I am amazed at your artistry and have enjoyed seeing you work. You made 2020 better! Your shop is amazing and you are SO lucky to have all that storage. When I build my new shop I will incorporate a lot of your examples. Tex

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks Tex!

Well, I noted that it is almost a year after this video was made and I am just getting to it now. First and foremost, Jim, Thank you for your service. As a new viewer to your KZread channel I watched several other of your videos and I kept thinking it would be great to see one of the shop set up and this morning this one popped up as a recommendation. Great video thanks for sharing. As we wind down 2021 I will take this opportunity to wish you Jim and your family a Happy and prosperous New Years.

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, and the same to you and yours!

Thanks for sharing Jim. Happy New years to you and yours.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Your shop looks great, Jim! I hope you and your family have a happy and safe 2021!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you James, thanks

ONEWAY has a groove on the spindle so you can lock the chucks and face plates on . Worlds best for sure . Had sell mine four ago cried for weeks still brings a tear in this lockdown .

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

I’m totally a Oneway fan, sorry don’t trust the groove, one catch and it could be disastrous if running the lathe in reverse, I don’t have a problem taking the arbor out and getting one milled to my specs

Thanks for the tour. Great looking shop. Happy New Year!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for tour! Congrats to Gene; enjoy your bowl!

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏻

Thanks for the shop tour. You inspired me to get lathe and have turned a walking staff and a small bat. Once I start it is hard to stop! Thanks Jim. Hava goodun

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

It’s addictive, lol. Thanks.

Happy new year Jim. Great tour and wow, what a shop. Thanks for sharing.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leefy!

thanks for sharing, great workshop, Happy New Year... cheers

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you Grahame!

Thanks for the tour it was very enlightening and thank you for your service.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you, it was an honor

Really a nice video from a professional woodturner. Greetings from Austria to Canada. Two times in my life I was in your beautiful country to visit my relatives in Evansville. Very close to yor your hometown.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Reinhold!

Nice shop tour. You can tell you are a working man. Happy New Year.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Dear jim, thanks for the shop tour. I am envious of all your higher end machinery. Goes to show: Serious job = serious tools. You mentioned the noise your thicknesser makes. If you changed the cutter-block to a spiral carbide insert array {eg Shelix}, you will be blown away by the increased power, cut quality and less noise. I looked it up and it cos a bit over $1,500.00 CAD. Cheers.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

I also looked that up when I first bought the machine but just can’t justify the cost, it would be more than what I payed for it, lol. Thanks!

Nice tour Jim...I just bought the same drum sander..love it!..caught a sale with 150 dollars off plus free in/out feed tables. Happy 2021 and congratulations to Gene. 👍🏻👍🏻

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Good deal! Thanks

Hi Jim...you may know this by now....the "Oneway" part of Oneway Manufacturing is but a part of a much larger machining company. They absolutely make left handed threads....inboard and outboard. Give Kevin a call and I'm fairly confident he will custom build you a shaft...if you want a left and a right on it. As to power....mine (24/78) has the 3 hp moter...I'm a very large fellow, using a 3/4 Thompson...24" sugar maple blank...I could not stall it. It did rip steel chunks out of the tip of the tool...3 times. There were no rocks or nails in the wood. You won't regret the purchase. Dan

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

When I bought this lathe I called them and they flat out refused to work with me. I told them that I would pay for it and it was a flat out NO! I was really disappointed because I really wanted a 2436 and I knew it was a better lathe than the General. That was in 2012, I don’t know if they’ve changed their attitude but it really pissed me off. Jim

@burntleafcreations

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpragueWoodturning Jim...my apologies...you're correct. The left hand treaded spindle I knew about on the oneway was made by the guy who bought it. I called Kevin at oneway to see what the modern policy was. He has no interest in doing one....and stated his reasons. It becomes a limited tool...a great many of a turners tool are made for right hand treads, most hollowing tools (that I've seen), coring set ups, vast majority of drill bits...and so on. You would have to also build/find a ton of new tooling to do what you do. He also made several points I felt were true from my experience...us right hand turners do have to teach ourselves left handed technics to stay out of the line of fire; something you would do naturally. When it comes to hogging out bowls, their out boarding options are fantastic...allowing me to be standing right in front on bowl. Anyway...I hope I didn't get your emotions going too much. Dan

Thanks Jim! Have a very Happy New Year!! Cheers, Paige C.. Congrats on your 15000 subscribers!!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paige!

I REALLY LIKE YOUR TOUR OF YOUR SHOP AND ANOTHER THING I DON'T MIND YOU TAKING IN YOUR VIDEOS BECAUSE IT HELPS ME MORE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR DOING SO YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT TAKING TO MUCH I DON'T MIND AT ALL WELL TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK WORK OK MY FRIEND PEACE BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TILL NEXT TIME

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Thank you for the breakdown, you definitely made sense of some questions I had. Hope the day is good for you.

@SpragueWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Wow, I was impressed by your work before, but to see behind the scenes and what you have invested in your buisness was awesome. I love your drying shed. Hopefully 2021 is better Happy New Year !

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Hi Jim, new subscriber, been turning for 40 years . I have had a General 260 for 35 years thousands of hours on it. I had experienced tailstock creep as well. I came across the fix in an old issue of the AAW journal. David Ellsworth said that he fixed his by making a longer locking plate that fits under the ways. I made mine the same length as the tailstock body and unless I am really cranking on it no more creeping. If I have to put that much pressure on it then there is something else I need to adjust. Enjoying the videos, keep up the good work and I hope this helps.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

This is a simple great fix, I will definitely do this in the future, thanks! Jim

Hi Jim, more than anyone else on KZread, you have been such a fantastic inspiration. Looking round your shop was also an inspiration, so much so that I intend to relocate to a smaller house with a big outbuilding for my workshop. Thanks so much my friend and Happy New Year 😊

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris for you kind comments. The next time I build a shop it will be twice the size of the house, lol.

@chrisallwood8758

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpragueWoodturning I'm looking at relocating to France to get the same result lol 😆 Thank you so much for being an inspiration to me. When I saw your inlay work it switched on a light in my head.

Thanks Jim a very impressive shop tour Congratulations on 15k subscription Happy New Year for 2021👍🤴

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you Colin!

You did this 3 years ago and it's very interesting. As it's now getting relatively close to you getting a new home and shop it will be quite interesting to compare your new layout with this one. I hope you will use this as a template for the new shop tour. It's funny how you state a turner only needs two tools to do turning because you hadn't yet gotten your Hercules #3.

@SpragueWoodturning

2 ай бұрын

Ok, three now, haha. I will show all the bumps in the road with the new shop, when it finally gets built. Thanks!

It’s amazing how many tools you use to make your masterpieces! You seem very organized , knowing where all your tools are located is half the battle to accomplish a beautiful bowl in a short time. I noticed all the bowls in the back wall behind the lathe. Are those future projects? You have a lot of supplies to keep you busy during snow storms! Best regards to you and your awesome business! I love the work you do… one masterpiece at a time! Bravo!

@SpragueWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Yes, those bowls up on the shelf pre Covid and some are still there, lol. Thanks for watching!

Nice shop, nice land, beautiful country. Congratulations of 15K subscribers! Happy New Year to you and your family. P.S. I am heartbroken that I didn't win the bowl, but congrats to Gene, who did.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Still haven’t heard from Gene, so it might be another draw.

Thank you for the your, Happy New Year!!!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Nice shop you got there Jim. Happy New Year.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Happy new year! Thanks for the tour, good stuff. I'm just up the valley in Deep, and I've got the same model lathe, but no outboard attachment. Jealous.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul!

Very nice bowl. Thanks for sharing with us.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom!

All the information you have given has been very helpful for when I get ready to retire from truck driving. Again thank you for the helpful information. 😎👍👍👍👍👌😎

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

So what was your MOS in the army? I've enjoyed your instructional videos -- you've given me the confidence to try some inlay when my "season" starts up again this Spring (my shop isn't heated). Happy new year, Mike

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, I was 031 infantry for 5 years and 411 Veh Tech for 19 years, hoping for an early spring for you, Jim.

Great Shop and Happy New Year. I enjoy the slow speed grinder with cbn wheels. I have two, one with 80 and 350 grit for woodwork and one with 180 and 600 grit with the Kodiak sharpening system for lathe work. Took me awhile to get them but I do love it. I did have the tormec but it is slow and messy!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

Congratulations on your 15k. Happy new year!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Thanks for the tour. An btw I have the Tormek T8. Great machine.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frans!

Thank you for your commitment to safety.

@SpragueWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

You bet, thanks!

Really nice setup Jim, thanks for the shop tour.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim!

Congrats Gene ! Such a famous bowl you'll have ! Stay safe. -Mike😷💉

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@mpart_woodlathe-stuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpragueWoodturning 👍

Happy New Year! Loved the shop tour!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank!

Congrats n 15K subs, great way to start 2021 ☺ 🎇

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

It sure is, thanks!

enjoyed this tour.... just a thought on your sander ...I recently bought a used saw . It also had no power ( could hold the blade on start up just like you did in the video) tried new capacitors and relays...no luck checked the wiring schematic and the previous owner had a 115 volt plug on it , but the wiring was connected up to run 220 volt.... switched wires and now it has plenty of power might be worth checking out Keep up the good work! happy new year!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

I will have a look at it, thanks!

Great looking set up! Hope you have a Happy New Year!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad!

Congratulations on your 15K, enjoyed the shop tour

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vern!

That was fun. Thing change over the years, but stay the same.🌿

@SpragueWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, thanks!

Congrats Gene. Nice shop Jim, Happy New Year, my shop is about the size of your shed, I make it work though. Looking fwd to other videos.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Great video, no one ever shows this stuff and that sucks. I'm do glad you did Jim. And I learned a great deal. My dad is a retired transmission rebuilder specialist so I grew up in a shop. I figured you must have a background in mechanics considering the way you speak about tools and how you build certain rigs. Pretty great video, tysm!

@SpragueWoodturning

11 ай бұрын

Yes, the Canadian army gave me some skills, lol. Beat my body all to heck but ya can’t have it all, haha. Thanks

Great workshop and drying shed jim, wish it were mine. My shed is 3m x 3m with no space whatsoever. 👍👍👍

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

There’s no way I’m fitting my shop in that size, lol. I need a bigger one, haha.

Hi, Jim and a Happy New Year to you and yours. On the Tormek sharpening system, I bought one about a year ago and my only regret is that I bought the smaller version, which has only one possible sharpening stone. It’s brilliant otherwise and I am even thinking about investing in the larger one - the repeatability is excellent and the range of jigs (most of which I have) means I never have a blunt axe, gouge, knife or chisel these days - I’m not a fan of sharpening but it’s so quick and easy. Highly recommend it. I’m neither Swedish by the way nor a rep of the company!!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Great info, thanks!

great video, lots of information, really enjoyed it. Happy new year

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Congrats Gene....nice bowl!

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Congrats Gene. Congrats Jim. Have a look at the Klondike Craftsman. He does a lot of resin work. And he's also from Canada and looks like he has the same lathe as you. He pretty new around 750 subs. I think you would be very impressed with his resin techniques.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

I’m already following his channel, he does great work! Thanks 🙏

As always great video. Just my 2 cents but there are a ton of guys turning online and of them all I find your base of knowledge super vast. It’s obvious that you do this for a living not for the notoriety it’s the reason that I reached out to you recently for advice on burl. Thanks for your quick responses. Keep up the great work!!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

No problem Nate, glad I could help.

Fantastic Video Jim, like you i was a mechanic and left handed, and those skills have helped me to repair and work out how to overcome problems. What a lucky guy to have a workshop that size and the range of equipment. Would like to try the finish you use but finding it difficult to purchase it here in the UK. Only subscribed a few weeks ago and have now watched all of your video's, just wish i could get some walnut here. I like spindle turning but have now been inspired to do more bowl turning after watching a master at work. Look forward to your next video, congratulations on reaching 15k and keep safe.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, should be some walnut in the UK. I find there’s a much better return on bowls than spinal turning, this is the main reason I went in this direction, thanks for subbing, safe turning.

Happy New Year!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you guys Molly!

Lucky Gene I was sure that I was going to win🤧 Thanks for the tour it was great. Love your work you’re good at it

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the tour.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, thanks.

Very interesting and informative video about production wood turning! Thanks!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Congrats Gene! Hey Jim, great video! I appreciate you sharing your entire process with us!! You mentioned the lighting above your lathe and not being able to find something you like. Laguna makes an LED lathe light that is adjustable in both intensity and temperature. May be something to consider as you can always change the color to something that looks good on camera. That was certainly one of the reasons that I bought mine. The other being that I actually have a Laguna 1836 but, the lamp comes with a clamp mount so you don’t have to have the mounts on the lathe itself in order to use it. Plus, it’s not astronomical in price. If you’re interested, let me know and I can email you some pictures of my setup. Thanks for all of your videos this year! I look forward to what you have in store for us in 2021! - Seth

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

I would love some photos. I went on the Laguna site and there’s no price on it, must be sold out?

@BrickhouseCraftWorks

3 жыл бұрын

Sure thing Jim, I’ll try to get you some pictures tonight or tomorrow. Shouldn’t be sold out but, I know Laguna generally doesn’t sell direct, only through dealers. Then again, I could be wrong.

They make a flush mount light it has spring clips in it... it is about the depth of drywall. You can get a range of different light whether it be 3k 5k or 8k and probably higher. I use them a lot in Homes during construction due to their clean look. Reason I am telling you about them is because they are relatively cheap between 30 to 100 per light depending on manufacturer and you can run 25 of them on one circuit. Super bright and very wide area of lighting. You should check them out they will light your shop up unbelievably! They are LED. Keep bringing me content Jim. Congrats to gene!

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!

Just subscribed to your channel and to your instagram as well. Great work from what I have seen. As a fellow Canadian, thank you for your service in the military. I am a retired dentist and have been woodworking for about 20yr now. I enjoy the fine detail of your inlay work. One suggestion with the soapstone...I use a fine file to create my soapstone powder for my inlays. Easier than crushing for me. I also save the sanding dust from many of the woods for inlay details and crack repairs. Now, back to watching more of your videos. :)

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks 🙏

Very nice shop .Congrats

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ahron!

Good tour. Cool shop. You gave me some good ideas. I like the custom tool holders. And the old felling saw you have hanging on the wall. Is that an antique? It's a nice touch for a wood shop.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

It’s more reliable than my chainsaws some days, lol. It’s probably 100 years old and has seen a ton of filing, thanks.

For sharpening the huge game changer was switching to CBN wheels and diamond hones. Never again do I have to dress a grinding wheel and the edge they leave is far superior to anything I have ever seen before. The industrial cutter grinding industry has been using CBN wheels for decades day in and day out. I too am left handed but have no issues with threading direction on my Powermatic 4224B lathe.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, do you run the lathe in reverse and turn on the outboard end?

@jamesstanlake4064

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpragueWoodturning The headstock on my lathe slides the full length of the bed and my outboard tool rest stands on the floor. I can turn either direction as needed depending on the wood grain but it is seldom that I have to turn in reverse. I too am left handed but there are many things I do right handed mostly from living in a right handed world..

You’re welcome! Please don’t feel like you have to respond to my messages, I like to tell the artist how I feel about the pieces they made. When you don’t have that talent it’s a true “show” for ya. Love woodworking!

@SpragueWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

I respond to all the comments. It’s getting taxing though. Lol. Thanks

I love my tormek!!! I have a t4 and have used a t8

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

I wish my shop was as great as this! I'm turning in a closet right now haha

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a great space, thanks 🙏🏻

Hi Jim Great work you do there. You mentioned that your tailstock doesn’t lockdown solid. Does the tailstock entier surface completely sit down on the bed ways. I had that problem with my Rockwell Delta. If this the issue there are two fixes for. First your lathe must be perfectly level to the floor if your bed ways will be twisted a bit. Second tape two strip of sandpaper on each bed ways and slide the tailstock back and forth on it until the tailstock gets full contact. Clean up and your good to go. Keep up the nice work. You explain things well.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Good info, I did do the sandpaper thing and it was ok. Thanks!

really enjoyed the tour will help me on my shop build

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks!

I used your discount code for sandpaper.ca and it worked! Thanks.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

That’s an impressive set of machinery Jim.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

I had the nice Tormek but quit using it after I put CBN wheels on my slow speed grinder. The Tormek was just too slow. Woodturners Wonders has some great products and videos to guide you if you go the path of CBN wheels. I use mostly the 600 grit wheel. Takes off very little material and makes a scary sharp tool. CBN wheels are very aggressive so err on the finer side.

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to look into these as well, thanks for the info!

Good stuff dude.flat surfaces always get something. There can not be any areas clean of stuff.my shop looks the same but probably 3hrs. ago when you cleaned.lol

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

A clean shop is an unproductive shop, lol.

Hi I've got the Axminster trade at200srg slow running grinder with cbn wheels, it's brilliant, also got the record power wg250, 10" wet stone sharpening system also not bad, enjoyed the work shop tour, stay safe

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks for the info!

15k and that was a year ago. You’re double that plus now! I think doing another of these at 50k to show your growth and the technology differences could be good!

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

If I ever get there, lol. Thanks

I would like to pull up a chair and just sit and watch you work. I love your shop.

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video. I am working on getting my garage setup to start down this fun hobby. Id be interested to see how things have changed from this video to today with some of the tools you are now using versus what you used back then.

@SpragueWoodturning

Жыл бұрын

Not a lot has changed. Probably the big difference would be Hunter tools. Thanks for watching

great video Jim

@SpragueWoodturning

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

love the shop!

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

It’s too small, lol. Thanks!

Will Jimbo...you seem to be one of those people who no matter where you pause the video on your face...you are photogenic...so make a bowl for yourself and pat yourself on the back and congrats on the 36.7K subscribers as I write this.

@morgancalvi6675

2 жыл бұрын

By the way, I like all the teaching...anyone can do a speed video...if you don't know about wood turning...all the speeded up videos don't do a darn thing. Everyone has to learn sometime.

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Not me, lol. Thanks!

@SpragueWoodturning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

@morgancalvi6675

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpragueWoodturning hey, we're all in this crazy world together.