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If you are starting out and worried about catches you can reduce the drive belt tension, belt slips if you get a bad catch and you don't...

From the USA and too small to write Gasoline in full?

If you run a forum you need a server, owned or space rented, some connectivity, rudimentary security, a bit of tech know how, etc which...

A few forums (fora?) and newsgroups I belonged to years ago no longer exist and have been replaced by social media groups, like ones on...

Yes, I've used it successfully. Some things lasted 20 years plus. All the above about designing it to drain is good advice, on one...

True if it's a blended wax with any form of silicone in it. Natural wax blends seem to be OK as long as they are left long enough.

I think it's OK as long as the wax has cured for a few weeks, all the solvents gone.

IWM Duxford staff can be a bit "jobs worth" and they don't own many flying aircraft. But on the site there are other organisations who...

Buy a big plant pot, plant an evergreen shrub, put it in front of the damage. By Spring you will have forgotten all about it (Or one...

And for anyone else reading later, don't ever use one of those jet wash turbo lances with the spinning metal bead in the nozzle on wood...

The SC2 is a nice little chuck, I have one as well as larger ones. I happily turn bowls up to 9 inches with the SC2. There are 2...

Not wanting to deflect the topic but injecting some woodwork. During COP26 in Glasgow I turned one of my windowsill sculptural pieces...

Beech makes nich handles, heavy. Ash is fine, I guess any decent hardwood will do, If it's the kind of hollower with a round shaft the...

That's what I was thinking. If you print it and dab it with water the pattern transfers onto the wood. Then pyrography. If you search...

I think all the coper ones look like that until they get squashed flat. My worry with rubber wouldn't be leakage, it would be getting...