Here is the new thread guys for discussing the 2012 LE. I cannot wait until summer.
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Rudy, you do this all without a jig? Do you make marks on your cutting tool so you know where it should be in relation to your hands so that each section is the correct size, or is it just muscle memory from doing this so long?
very very impressive! i remember my dad turning a lot of stuff on his lathe, and when he was mass producing stuff like you are here (he did a lot of balusters for staircases) and he had quite a few sets of calipers locked down so he could quickly check diameters. then he got lazy and got a duplicator!The third picture shows some kind of "jig". I made two, one for the cut length for the band saw, and one where I have the diameter and some lengths marked for the brush. But, most all is done by hand, one at a time. I always say that there might be slight deviations, but I try to make them as close to each other as I can.