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Is this still available? If so could you hold it for a couple weeks until I get paid?

That may well be it, it was 25 years ago and I've not had much use of my set since then 🤪

A tip I was taught is 3 turns in and half a turn back to clear the swarf and help prevent binding.

Today was a lesson in greed, parting the piece off I knew I should stop and saw the last bit but just had to get that last few mm first, that's when it happened, the podlet snapped, 3 hours work broken in a split second 😢 Managed to contain my anger and instead of launching it across the...

Welcome to the asylum 🙋‍♂️ 🤪

To be honest I prefer it when they warp and move, I'm just 🤞 the bark stays on for a while, being summer cut there's a very high likelihood it will come away as it dries. The base/bulb is heavy enough to stop it falling over and will also likely split/crack a little.

30 days until I draw the overseas match, currently only have Lefley that lives overseas.

Didn't have much time left today after going into work to do a few bits so grabbed a piece of Oak that was cut 2 weeks ago and turned a podlet, I had to work pretty quick to stay ahead of the splitting and warping but I managed it and absolutely love the red colouration in the bark.

Welcome to the asylum 🙋‍♂️ 🤪 Tell us about yourself, what wood butchery do you practice? I turn logs into round things 😁😁😁😁😁

Only if there's a poor looser 🤪😉

Had planned to look at balancing the disc but ended up making some more changes to the base, made the lid piece a flush fit to make it easier to fit some stays which I made from Oak, also decided to fit a Lignum Vitae collar to the lid for the upright, figure it being so dense the hole is less...

Wow that's insane 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Recieved 😁😁😁😁😁

Welcome to the asylum 🙋‍♂️ 🤪 As above, lots of helpful people here of all skill levels, what woodworking are you interested in.

Mounted another piece of spalted birch that once rounded off was just under 9.5 inches diameter and 2.5 thick with a bit of natural edge still showing, set a recess in it for the existing base to sit in then hollowed it out as deep as I dared to without hitting the mortise and chuck in the...

It could just be the stuff I have, it was super cheap.

I'm not worried, yet... 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Bump 😝 Come on guys, I know it's early but I thought we would have more interest than 8 people

I'm not a fan of the blue roll for applying finishes, I find the blue dye leaches out into the wood and the fibres get caught in the wood too so only use it for cleaning up, tried using Jcloths once but they were even worse for leaching dye and fibres, I use white paper hand towel, it still...

I still have the mortise on the bottom so reworking it shouldn't be too hard, need to see what I've got that is dry enough to work with, the whole thing is designed to come apart so everything is currently a friction fit that I've also waxed the tenon and mortise so they slide together easily...