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One further piece of advice: the morse tapers should be kept clean & dry. If your centres are new they will possibly have a protective grease on them which will need cleaning off. I use paraffin. As you have already inserted the drive centre the morse taper bore may also need a thorough cleaning...

You haven't mentioned lathe speed. When sanding by hand it is recommended to turn the speed down to 500 RPM or slower but with rotary sanders the speed can be left at whatever was used for the final cut. For general spindle work Simon Hope says he will often turn the speed up to 2000 RPM - which...

Record lathes (the older ones like yours) don't have a hole all the way through the headstock. That is why you need to screw on the thread protector before inserting a drive centre. The thread protector acts as a drive ejector when it's unscrewed. For turning between centres you need a one morse...

If you mean the Clarke MGH1 Mobile Gas Heater then the instructions specifically state butane only. It's a long time since I worked in the LPG industry. So yes you can run your cabinet heater on a different size butane cylinder as long as the regulator is correct for the valve. Whether it is...

Last night we had a demonstration by Pete Montcrieff-Jury who used spanners to size his work. Rick Turns (4m.33s) - Pete used his spanners the other way up & only sharpened the top edge.

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Don't know the artists for these. + another 14 in a similar vein.

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Dunno, but I did post about one I made for the Triton 1100 - just wondering

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Woodturning chucks are normally 4", use a scroll & thus self centre. The jaws are designed to hold wood whereas stepped jaws are for metal which doesn't compress. Stepped jaws can be used but require greater care, lighter cuts & for anything that protrudes more than about 2", tailstock centre...

Branding iron using the Weller WHK30UK Wood Burning Kit The kit contains a number of tips for various applications. The plate is one of the tips included in the kit. I marked out the letters with a felt tip then removed the surrounding material with a Dremel type tool.