Recent content by CliveB

If you are using a pillar drill, you could just use a cross table or x-y table together with an edge finder to touch off both sides to find the exact centre.

I have a design for woodturning that I haven't quite finished yet for a 170mm centre height lathe. This will provide for a max 110mm diameter workpiece. However, it really requires a milling machine to make, although some patient work with a file would do it. The "ring" in the photo attaches to...

12 tonne hydraulic press. Working range 650mm. Total height approx 1200mm. Less than six months old, in full working condition. Used only a few times. £50 Collection ONLY from West Malling, Kent, ME19 4FR.

I love turning Christmas trees, they make great gifts..

Thanks for this clarification, I also use an RCGT tip (6mm polished type designed for aluminium) for hollowing - works extremely well and lasts for ages. This holder is made from 12mm dia silver steel (unhardened) held in an ER20 collet chuck. The shelf holding the cutter looks looks a little...

The Torx screws for many of the insert types should be one with a 60 degree taper which matches the internal taper on the insert - see Torx screw taper. This will keep the insert secure.

Most likely due to changes in relative humidity (RH), the spruce will shrink as the humidity decreases and later expand if the humidity rises again and so on. I am no expert but I have built one acoustic guitar. You don't say how much the movement has been? If you're currently in a "dryish"...

Before I upgraded my garage/workshop to draught-free, insulated doors, I used to use these: nylon work gloves

"Buffalo Board" would be a good choice. It's plywood with a phenolic layer on either side (one smooth side, one textured side). The phenolic material has similar characteristics to Tufnol. Available in various thicknesses. Clive

Thanks for the tip, I think I'll try that. Clive

A lidded pot I made using some cherry from our garden, 90mm diameter by 75mm high. I wish I could say that the design was my own, however it's lifted from a book by Richard Raffan. Clive

Just finished this Ash fruit bowl - it's 10" diameter by 3" high. Think I may have left the rim a little too wide though. I've used just a coat of cellulose sanding sealer so as not to darken or yellow the colour too much and was going to just wax it with microcrystalline wax. However, I have...

I have a very nice Record No 8 (or 08 to be precise) plane for sale. I use this so rarely it's not worth me hanging on to it, £165 plus £10 P&P or collection from West Malling, Kent. Clive

Just finished a yarn bowl made from cherry, it's 7" diameter by 4" tall. My wife designed the slot. Clive

Accurately ground steel strip is available as "ground flat stock" down to 1mm in thickness and up to 36" in length, this may suit your application:- Ground flat stock