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Old 12-04-2009, 09:03 AM   #15
Rockfish9
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My home made lathe..

once I got past using broom handles and small dowels to make poppers and needle fish.. I made this lathe.. using an old 1/2" drill and some good old yankee inginuity... originaly I used another drill and a bit to attempt carving as the plug as well as regular wood chilsels.. the lst and most sucessfull tool was the roto zip...
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