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   flairwoodworks | Apr 09, 2009 04:05am | #1

   Stuart,

   Thanks for sharing. That is absolutely incredible. Or should I say insane?

   Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
   (soon to be www.flairwoodworks.com)

    - Success is not the key to happiness.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   RalphBarker | Apr 10, 2009 01:07am | #2

   Yes, thanks for sharing the link, Stuart.

   Loved the shot of him riding on top of the turning "blank".

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   WillGeorge | Apr 10, 2009 01:38pm | #3

   Loved your post! Thanks.

   Now that looks like fun woodworking!

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   Napie | Apr 10, 2009 03:35pm | #4

   The guy who kind of started the "big turnings" idea.

   http://www.woodturner.org/products/videos/video_moulthrop/

   http://edmoulthrop.com/

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   RickL | Apr 15, 2009 04:57pm | #5

   Go to old FWW. Stephen Hogbin was turning 8' diameter pieces before Moulthrop.

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   Napie | Apr 15, 2009 05:39pm | #6

   There is an article on Hogbin in the March 1980 FWW #21 pages 56-60.  One on Moulthrop July 1983 #41 pages 48-53.  While the Moulthrop article was written latter I believe he predated Hogbin by a number of years.  Moulthrop started turning “fulltime” 1973 after many decades of doing it as a hobby while running his architecture practice.<!----><!----><!---->

   He built a number of giant bowl lathes and his own harpoon like turning tools, 36” spherical vessels were a pretty common item for him.  <!----><!---->

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   RickL | Apr 15, 2009 10:35pm | #8

   Hogbin was doing  77" turnings. Patternmakers have been doing bigger stuff earlier than that. Look at the old Oliver patternmakers lathes.

    

   http://www.makersgallery.com/hogbin/109Hogbin-jkjl.pdf

   Edited 4/15/2009 3:51 pm ET by RickL

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   Napie | Apr 16, 2009 12:17am | #9

   Who's bigger, who's earlier, how many angels on the head of a pin... whatever.

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   WillGeorge | Apr 16, 2009 02:09pm | #11

   how many angels on the head of a pin.. Just one they work alone I think!

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   tom_47 | Apr 15, 2009 09:08pm | #7

   Stuart,
   Thanks for the post.
   Tom

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   WillGeorge | Apr 16, 2009 02:04pm | #10

   LOL.. I found this Picture on ther net.. I bet it worked somewhat'

   http://www.streettech.com/storypics/drillLathe.jpg