So it's been a while since I've made any serious dust but that is changing. I finially got the shopsmith working and stopped in to see a friend at the sawmill. Picked up a large 2"x 16" by 6' of fresh cut cherry to make some router bowls from and mentioned that I've been doing some turning as well. He reached down and gave me a piece of walnut 4"x4"x 16" and said " can you use this?" So I got some lathe time and drill press time in.
It had some serious cracks in it and my aim was to see if I could really do this. I got the directions form this
website . It was easier than I thought it would be, at least unitll I started to sand the insides. I did not spend to much time on getting out all of the turning marks and just a few coats of tounge oil. still need to buff it out a bit.
Now the wife thinks that it'll make a good pair of lamps