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Found a pot the right size to re-pot my dragon tree so before doing so I took it out to the makerspace and made a cover for it from o e of the centres from the Ash/Birch pots, was o ly just big enough, think the base is under 3mm thin 😳, because it's such a snug fit I decided to give a heavy...

Hammer and chisel?

2 more emails recieved so officially we have 3 joined 🙌

There's a lot to consider there, I won't unpack it all but I will say, my employer is fully aware of everything, I'm not an overly private person and will discuss anything people want to know to the point I sometimes overshare and have to slow myself down and remind myself people dont generally...

@Fitzroy email recieved 👍, the first of hopefully many 😁

Spent this morning at the shop rearranging my table and doing some work in the back rooms (I've agreed to pay my table rent in handy man work when it's available) today I removed some built in shelving, I was expecting it to all be chipboard and carp pine but a lot of it was actually oak, most...

As Santa's new PA for 2024 I'm looking forward to the craziness of trying to get you lot in order, shall we get started? Same script as previous years, to keep it simple can I ask everyone uses the usual template and email it to me at [email protected], if everyone could use the subject...

I do, my tree surgeon has just set up his first lathe, it can handle 13inch diameter but he isn't exactly close by, the peace lilly does need a cover, the monstera I have a plan for, the lady that gave it to me has no knowledge of the plant but had repotted it backwards and has put 4 plants...

Yup 😁😁 it's a shame my lathe maxes out at 9.5 inch diameter, I need 2 10inch pots for a peace lilly and a monstera and can't afford a new lathe yet.

Welcome to the asylum 🙋‍♂️ 🤪

A productive day today but not finished, finished turning the last 3 large pot covers, the 2 Ash and live edge Birch are turned, sanded to 240, I then mounted the spalted Ash that I soaked with resin on Friday and turned it, the spalting is so heavy the wood almost looks like Birch or Sycamore...

A beautiful piece, as above I don't tend to worry too much about how long things take unless it's a commission or one off piece. I'm also not patient enough to spend more than a few hours on one bowl unless the wood is something really special or doing glue ups. I like the fact that your band...

Welcome to the asylum 🙋‍♂️ 🤪 Lots of helpful peeps here, once you're settled in maybe post some pics of your recent creations, there's a thread specifically for made things and another for turned things.

This resonate with anyone else?

A big open workshop with separate work stations, a partitioned area for resin work, shower curtain style dividers to contain majority of dust and shavings, especially around the lathe. An even bigger temperature controlled space to store my woods. As for tools I'd probably go with new...

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Welcome to the asylum 🙋‍♂️ 🤪 I too like to play at the lathe, I might even get good at it eventually 😁

Those two pieces of birch were pretty thin already so just seemed like they were meant for it, the centre on one of them was barely 30mm thick, I've left the tenon on both like yesterday's two so one I use a parting tool to go through I will still have enough for a shallow dish

Let's start with a pic of yesterday's completed pots sitting in their spots at my work space, 3 more covers to do for the remaining 3 snake plants in their black pots, the dragon tree top middle needs repotting so I'll do that before making a pot cover, the spider plants will also need new pot...

Anyone else think that stain line running through the centre looks like it may have been made by double sided tape?