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Why not turn the obvious. A perfect apple ! Then post it! Or like i was thinking yesterday. I have a big 6 inch round branch off a crab apple tree a bear broke off last fall I had beside burn barrel. Looked at it and thought have not been practicing lately in lathe should turn a couple green...

Yes you can guarantee that guy is never using that lathe with the carpentry skills he has. He is a utuber making videos trying to get subscribers for extra income. But hey, that is an awesome build that could be used by a lot of people in different countries, including ours.

I’d love to know what he uses to design things. He has to use Sketch up or something!

They call it a spindle moulder in England I believe.

How about mounting a router where your tool rest would go and turning your blank by hand slowly using the router to true up blank to round state. Then using same procedure to take some face cuts to true up the blank the other way. Then you have a round blank. Off to the races!

At my worksite it’s the young ones that refuse to get vaccinated. And then when they get really sick they said it was pneumonia that put them in hospital not Covid. They are so stubborn. They will drink and smoke but somehow they believe the vaccine is not good for there health. I believe...

I see your mistake right now. You called it a summerhouse not a summer shed!.,!

Over the years I’ve taught hundreds of guys to frame houses. The worst guys were the ones that had one or two bosses in there life , learned one way, the right way they say and have a closed mind. The best guys were the ones that had multiple bosses including myself and took the best of what...

He certainly has credentials. But it sounds like he is doing it wrong as he doesn’t do it the way you learned. Is that what I’m reading? Popcorn maker is on!

Sacrilege ! People go to great lengths to get good spalting! Glenn Lucas wood not be selling many bowls!

Okay how about this mortise chisel.

Are these any good for mortising?

Can I ask why you feel the need to try and constantly cut up another member. Is this common place on English forums or just lack of moderation?

I love two different opinions. You usually end up with the right answers. I’m so guilty of not listening to the other person. They are usually saying what I’m saying just a different way that I can’t see. Or they are from a different generation using new techniques that outdated my tools that...

How do you size a crochet hock?

Well that worry about bending the rod is about 1 second of the buns life. If they bend , bend them back and then they should be good forever.

You are so right Derek. We still don’t have the whole picture. As an ex structural engineer. You are asking us to design a part to go on the end of a bridge structure without showing us the bridge!

Snakewood will crack just looking at it. I’ve had people make really high end wood turnings to come pack in a week and it’s cracked top to bottom. Nasty stuff.

typical in Canada. 200 amp service in new houses. This is my old 100 amp service. Had to add a second 100 amp service in my garage/shop as I was using all house power..