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I bought some oak faced ply from yandles recently. Can’t quite remember the full range they had as I did bloke shopping, wanted 12mm oak ply, walked in, got it off shelf & left. But I was aware there were other thicknesses and materials available together with more solid wood domestic and...

Bowl turning demo with emphasis on tools / techniques: https://youtu.be/N7BjRcSDurM How Gouges cut - similar info but sometimes I have to be told the same thing twice before I understand! https://youtu.be/QMVGankeK0I Complete range of Stuart’s instructional videos (all well filmed / produced)...

One think to also consider is the angle of grind on your bowl gouge. Stuart Batty does some excellent (if slightly lengthy) videos on YouTube and Vimeo on bowl gouge geometry and use. He illustrates that sometime having a rest in the bowl is of limited additional value depending on tool...

Think you’ve got enough credit in the bank over the years!

As above, thick CA is fine. If you’ve got a lot to do I can recommend the evostick ‘Sticks Like’ adhesive. It comes in a caulk type tube so not great if you only need a drop. It is very good for hard to glue items. I use it to glue glass to steel etc. It had a long open time so you can move...

Hi all, Shameless pre-xmas plug - hope ok with Mods as all for a very good cause. My daughter is making and selling some lovely kiln formed glass jewellery in aid of a local hospice that looked after her best friend and family before her friend sadly passed away aged only 8. Our local paper...

I’ve gone for the ceiling switch extended by a long cord the length of the workshop also. Main reason was to keep simple / reliable and cheap. £10 for the ceiling switch an job done!

Phil, I favour the infrared type heaters - heat people and things rather than air. Much discussion normally on the gas space hearer type product with CO2 and moisture key reasons to avoid no matter how tempting / easy they look. Oil filled rads are also fine but in my experience work best...

Wow. Last week's discussion on airbrushing was great and generated some good advice, tips and of course, allowed Dal boy to once again share his excellent remembrance piece. So this week the hollow forms topic came out of the hat. There were a number of Qs on hollow form on how to simply...

This is a largish piece I did a while ago - approx 20” tall x 15” diameter. Coloured and then hint of fir cones applied via stencil.

Yes - the trail is obvious in hindsight. C/Card been great - stopped transaction and refund approach agreed. Caveat emptor! S

Also worth seeing if there is an AWGB club near you. If you have the space, the AWGB used to have a ‘lathe loan’ scheme for folks new to turning who wanted to give it a try. Not sure if it is still going but the club should be able to give you AWGB contacts to ask and also may have members or...

THanks. Cancelling with card provider now.

So I’m normally the most sceptical person regarding internet offers, if it is too good to be true, it is not. However, I’ve just chucked £50 at this: https://fashionbuy1989.myshopify.com/pr ... 3d-printer Will I ever see any product? Proof of my miss-trust, I used a pre-pay card we keep...

I really like this and being half way though the engineer’s tool drawers I’m making can fully appreciate the time and effort that goes into getting timber flat and true so you can ‘start’ making a project such as this. Thanks for sharing, Simon

One thing I’ve done is to make myself up sort of a colour chart for the colours that suit my eye. Helps both ideas for colour when I’m spraying as I’m not super arty. Also interesting with the blue purple combos, started all the same and one left plain, one ‘misted’ with titanium white and the...

Same here - for spraying spirt stain I’m generally covering an area / stencil so don’t need to control / define 1mm lines. I got a very similar set to these - at less than £8 per airbrush + fitted case you can’t really go too far wrong. I also bought some of the automotive silicon hose caps...

I’ve no knowledge of the RP situation but have been caught out buying tools that have proved impossible to get spares for in the past so now anything I want to use for longer than what comes in the box I make a point to look around for the availability of generic spares and consumables and only...

Done the three full width drawers: On to the smaller drawers at the top. Beginning to get a bit of a rhythm now! ‘til next time. Simon

A sample photo - lemon oil / finishing oil / sanding sealer and plain. Simon