hot glue gun

sorry for the late replay, I got the mandrel from D-Ways tools. It is not on their site but if you contact them and ask JImmy he will sell you one. It was about $75 if I remember right.

In addition to getting the mandrel from D-Ways tools, you could also use a bottle stopper mandrel. You'd just need to make sure whatever threaded insert you used matched the threads on the mandrel.

Back at ya from OP Florida. Always wanted to go there. And i do zoom in on Pat Carrolls meetings when I can.

Thanks 🙏 for the inspirations. Love your show. Especially the 4way work.

It is an addiction, and probably because I always find something to do with it years later. LOL

Thanks for watching and they are fun to make, the more I make the better I get the more creative I get. Every time I gift one I end up having to make another one. You cant do just one.

a good piece of 3/4 plywood with a 3/4 and a 3/8 piece of plywood raising the grinder. You don't need that if you have a 1 hp versions. thanks for watching

@@haroldsworld Thanks. Yep I got the 1 hp version.

I usually look right after Christmas at the big box stores (lowes, home depot they are the cheapes although I have found them in Michaels and holly lobby). The ones I used in this one I collected over the last couple of years. If you go to amazon and search for tea lights 1.4”, they are close and all you have to do is hit it with a box scraper and take a little off the sides. In fact, that would be a more accurate way to size the candles. All the ones I have looked at are straight side.

I can’t take credit for the threaded insert; I saw Jimmy Allen (cool dude) of D-Way tools do that in a club demo and it prompted me to buy his mandrel he used from him. They do not list it on their website, you need to email them (Jimmy) if you want one. They are about $75 and comes with two blocks with inserts already installed. I have found the brass inserts on Niles bottle stopper site for about a buck and they work too. But what a brilliant idea. Oh and thanks for watching

thank you for watching my video, glad you got something out of it

There is a ton of option with this design.

not sure what you mean by blacked out, I can see it all.

I could see it. Just barely could hear it with headphones turned up to 100%.

I have had any other people with that issue. Might want to check you system volume. Thanks you for watching @@Dipstick252

Thank you for watching and I am glad you got something out of it. My goal is to help others to not repeat my mistakes.

If you have a problem in the vertical direction it can only be fixed by some machine work on the bed or you need a new lathe. So you only need to be concerned with the horizontal direction. Loosening the tail stock is usually not the issue. All lathed do that and will return to center. You really can’t turn without doing that. I move my tail stock a lot when working on a piece. Now the headstock is a different story, because this one rotates, you should check it every time you loosen it. Which is why I went to a lathe without a rotating head. Thank you for watching.

my point is that Nova could be a bit more careful in what they produce or have produced in China. The alignment issue is one that could have been avoided if they had the slot between the bed rails precision ground so that the head stock and tail stock could not get out of line. Even if you use their tool and align the head stock and tail stock, and then loosen the tail stock and slide it away from the head stock, the next time you bring it back to the head stock it may be out of line as there is quite a bit of play between the bed rails and nothing to keep it true. Don't get me wrong. I really like my Nova Galaxy with the way the speed is controlled and the drive system works but, there are definitely some areas that I feel Nova has dropped the ball.

did know I could live stream open up a whole new world.

Yea my daughter snatched that one right up.

Thanks for watching. Glad you like it Christina said you were interested.

I am trying to master the skew and turn eggs with them to get more prolific. I am well over a hundred at the moment. at least an Egg a day! Repetition

@@haroldsworld I try to do a turning project a day. I'm Retired and worn out but still learning every day. Thanks for the videos.

The block I used is a 2”X 2” X 5.5” You could get away with a shorter block if you did it between centers. Diameters The base is approximately 1.85” The belly is approximately 1.85” The head is approximately 1.50” The hat brim is approximately 1.75” and the hat itself is approximately 1.25” My overall length is approximately 4.70” There is really no magic to these number. If it look good use it. I always make some minor adjustment base off my eye. The base looks bigger but it is just the cove that makes it look that way. I probably should have added them to the video, but it was a quicky. Thank you for watching my video. I hope this helped you. It just dawned on me you might have meant the lengths. These are all approximately Hat is 1.25” Brim is 0.20” Head is 1.10” Body is 1.60” Base is 0.50”

@@haroldsworld thank you so much i can’t wait to try this tonight and make my Alaskan snowman ☃️