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Multi axis turning of a few women. The green one is just painted with gesso then acrylic and sanded down a bit.

Thanks, the green is just a sharpie pen then a thin coat of lacquer sprayed on top.

Did a few Christmas tree bottle stoppers out of oak.

They look great, sorry about doubting you earlier!

It could just be the light, so just ignore me if it is, but those 2 skews look to have a hell of a hollow grind on them...so much so that I'd say they are not safe to use.

It's just painted on then washed off after a minute, it turns the oak a shade of pink initially which gradually darkens. I really like the effect. I use slaked lime (calcium hydroxide).

This is turned from green oak then aged with lime and finished with hard wax oil. It's about 15cm x 15cm.

I've just set mine to 15 degrees to have a look, and have a 3mm gap between the plate and the 120 grit ceramic belt. You could either change to a non diamond belt or see if you have a gap if you set it to 20 degrees, you'll probably find this angle a bit more user friendly anyway.

Live edge bowl made from Ash and finished with acrylic lacquer.

It's open on mine, so this is what yours probably looks like.

This is made from green oak then painted with Rustina copper and aging solution.

I have one after Helen Bailey recommended them during a demo at Axminster Nuneaton. I usually run mine on half power and probably get about 5 hours run time and not the 7 as advertised. I bought the extension and have it suspended from a dust filter above my lathe using the magnetic base. My...

I always cut a relief in case of binding so i'm pretty sure it's not my technique

Hi John thank you for the reply, here's a photo: