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Hi all thanks for the info, I have the wood toxic data base, I made the made the mistake of going on line and scared my self lol Just turning some pine poss yellow pine as it is full of sap. One piece cracked 3/4 way through so that was thrown in the wood burner pile.

Have a look at making your own friction drive

Stig. Thanks for the reply on the walnut I bought two 6 by 2 inch blanks, then I did something daft I looked on the web about the risks...... scared my self. I was about to “bin” it and call it a costly lesson learnt I use a full face dust mask the 1st layer is p2 filter followed by cartridge...

Did you use a spinal Chuck /jaws for the trees? Those bows made from road kill were a step out of my comfort zone. I normally use a face plate to start These were turned using button/Cole jaws and Axminster a plus jaws, (much wider than my normal jaws) Turn one bit reverse, turn some more and...

Hi all Advice please I have some black walnut, blanks. How much risk is there turning this wood Thanks

I have been using the high wickham store, I do telephone orders, hope they stay afloat

Road kill I picked up a chunk of silver Burch that was in the middle of the road, did a rough turn to remove the bark and knots After that I coated it with pva on the o/s edge then left it to dry. Today I cut it in half and made these, some nice pattens .

Give the handles a wipe over with linseed oil…. REM to allow a few days so it’s dry I see a nice selection of tools there. Nice restorations

Naa leave the post code…. That way we can pop on for a cuppa lol

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Looking good

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I bought mt1 before I knew the difference, I have since bought a sleeve mt1 to mt2 so the I can use the live centers When used will post as how it went

I know this thread seems ouite old So if anyone is interested fareham can’t spell but the place you borrow books from On one sat a month a chap does a session on wood work and poss woodturning don’t know the dates

This post reminds me when we built seats for kits at school out of old sleepers.... Uh oh. Bad choice, we had the tar come out of the wood on hot hot days .... ended up putting plastic grass on them Luck was the parents helped build so we’re very understanding as they did “see” the problem at...

Cyclone... would be a nice addition however, space is somewhat limited the new vac is bigger than I thought. But never mind it’s a hobby not a job.

The bowl is brill ice work Well I am done for a few days, I run most of my tools on solar panels batts and an inverter The problem this time of year is limited sun light, I am now taking more out of the batts that is getting put in, I have now reached the point where, there is not enough left in...

I finally decided to get a “proper” vac for the workshop, my leaf vac conversion is ok for the wood thicknesses but sanding dust from lathe work .... So I got something that goes down to half micron, it’s made a huge difference in the workshop

Nice piece of wood what are they? Someone here gave me advice on my out of balance bowl, can’t find the thread now However, thank you, I did look at the alignment and it’s spot on thank you . Just had a play with an idea I wanted to try, I wanted two coloured lines on the edge of a bowl Images...

I like the natural edge bowl, I don’t think my skill in woodturning is that level yet so it will be a while before I try