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Welcome to the asylum 🙋‍♂️ 🤪 advice of all kinds is often sought and given here just don't ask about sharpening 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

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Fareham is only an hour from me, if you fancy the drive I'm sure I can sort some spare wood for you to play with

No chance of that, I may run low on "dry" wood for bowls/goblets etc but I have more green wood from this year alone than I can get through and next month I have a large-ish Oak coming down with a lot of burr/burl on the trunk, trouble is I have nowhere to store it at the minute 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 next...

Befriend your local tree surgeon Freecycle/Facebook/gumtree etc Skip diving (with permission of course) Charity shops Carboot sales/Flea markets If you're patient enough you can do like me and grow your own 😉 I've planted close to 400 trees over the last few years 😁😁😁😁😁😁

Does seem that way 😅 We currently have 4 staff leaving, 1 is retiring, 1 has decided not to renew their contract, the PE teacher was asked to go part time but has only just had a baby so can't afford to be part time and the 4th is moving to one of our other schools.

Wow those are gorgeous, have to admit, thread chasing is something that baffles me 🤪🥴 Another leaving gift for a colleague, made from Oak and Holly, finished with Danish Oil and turned with only 2 tools, my almost worn out bowl gouge and a micro skew that was part of my gift from secret santa 2022

Sorry you're having a carp time of it mate, would you consider school caretaker/site manager? Aside from the issues I'm having with those above me it's a good job, enough routine stuff to keep busy and enough ad-hoc extras to keep it interesting. Primary schools usually only have 1 body to...

I'd agree on Ash. Definitely not Oak.

That is what I use 😉

Decided to make a baby rattle from some oak today, no reason for it, just felt like the challenge of small captive rings, also decided to make the challenge harder by doing a square, round and triangular ring. No finish on this yet, will use some mineral oil when I get some.

If anyone is curious about this lathes capabilities, it's the same lathe that I have and this one looks like it's in better shape than mine, someone will be getting themselves a bargain.

It has a red tint to it that doesn't show in the video, it's pretty hard too.

Turned a thing from s piece of Yew and finished with Danish oil then grabbed a burl blank that I was sent by @Lefley last year, stuck it between centres and rounded it off, anyone able to identify it?

Welcome back to the asylum, I'm just up the road from you in Ash Vale 😄

To be honest I know I should have charged more, probably double but other than time it only cost me a few £ for the hardware, I'm not disappointed with what she is paying me.

Hehe, I'm afraid she seems to love the photos I have sent her and has agreed to the price (possibly a little too enthusiastically) so just waiting for her to come get it 😄

It's a beautiful wood to turn, the heart will need hardening with CA or drilling out and replacing with a small plug. Definitely look best as an endgrain turning.

4 to 6 months and they should be good 👍

Here's the finished desk tidy, did not enjoy making it and as nice as it came out I don't want to make another, hopefully the lady that asked me to make it is happy with the price and likes it.