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Hi BT44, You sure have done it now, the slippery slope is drawing you down and your collection of tools will grow, your wood pile will grow and like the rest of us so will your ornamental fire wood! Enjoy your new hobby as it takes hold. Welcome to the forum. Regards Ian

Hi JT, Nice piece of work and the grain of the ash really compliments the goblet. I do like the beads on the stem and a really crisp job overall. Regards, Ian

Hi Paul, I quite agree with Chas that you should check for the cleanliness of the taper. The angles of morse tapers are very critical to provide good alignment and the slightest inaccuracy will give a bad fit. Morse tapers are self locking and a gentle tap will lock them together requiring a...

Good morning fellas, Thank you to Paul J, Andrew, George, Mike C, Chas, Tam and Pete. I have taken on board all your views and thank you for your positive feedback. A few points to clarify the finials are slender enough for rings and I made them for that purpose and the columbs are about 3/4...

Hi Pete II, Thank you for your comments, I'm pleased you liked the Oak bowl. Thank goodness we all like different designs, styles, textures, materials etc, etc. Its good to get feedback, nice to hear from you. Best regards, Ian

Hi Pete, Thank you for the comments and I understand where you you are coming from with the stems of the earing stands and after I had finished them and glued them up I began to wonder if I should have made them more slender. So onwards and upwards and more shaving, Best regards, Ian

Hi Blister and Wizer, Thank you for your comments and it goes to prove we all have different tastes. I can take on board your coments about the finials on the earing stands and so you would prefere to see them in oak as well I guess. I have interpritted from others work to make the finials out...

Hi All, I have been quite busy in the workshop and in other directions so I have not had chance to post any photos of the latest projects out of the shop. So hopefully if I can get the transfere right from Photobucket we may have somthing to look at. Four views of an Oak bowl and now two...

Hi BSM, I think you have posed quite a good question as to which lathe to buy next as we all have our favourites for the right or wrong reasons but if you look at your choises from an engineering point of view you see three very different machines with good and bad points. Until you have...

Hi BSM, Having tried several methods and devices I treated myself to the smaller Rolly Monroe hollowing tool at £127 and I must admit it does take a lot of beating. Its all down to personal preference and available funds. So you takes your pick and pays your money but at least you can have the...

Hi Alex, AT a demo at our local club (quick plug The East Yorkshire Woodturners) we had Joey Richardson and she described how to put an image onto her work. Having selected the image from say computer clip art, book etc. photo copy and then turn the paper over so that the image is face down...

Hi John, A super days work and all the pieces look well executed and finished. I really like the traditional platter No2 and the square off-centre bowl looks so crisp on the edges that like many other contributors I wondered if you had all your digits still in place!! Well done, Ian

Hi Loz, Like everyone else I do think the box looks really nice and well proportioned now. Looking at the crochet hook I wonder if a better solution would be to turn a user friendly handle in an exotic hardwood and fit a commercial metal or plastic hook into that? Just an option maybe? Regards, Ian

Good morning fellas, Thats a good sound lathe and an excellent motor for driving it that will out last most of us. If it needs new bearings in the motor it would be very cost effective and will give every ounce of power stated on the plate and run 24-7 which is far more than any of the cheaper...

Hi There Matt, I see you are new to the forum as I am so welcome to woodturning. I have been making shavings and ornamental firewood for almost 3 years and have developed an addiction for buying wood lathes of which 3 are in operation and 2 are in storage one waiting to be reinstalled and the...

Loz I think Andrew has just said exactly my thoughts that the base would look better without the step, I wasn't sure if the double base was part of the chucking piece. But everything else looks nice. Think I might disapear for an hours turning. Catch you later, Ian

Hi Loz, Thats a pleasant shape and almost like an egg cup in disguise. Well done! Is the lid a snap fit or smooth push fit? Regards, Ian

Well Done Thomas, Obviously a brave man and I agree with everyone elses comments because I cut one in half and turned it part way to a mushroom and gave up! The shrapnell and the fluff is terrible and the only answer is to be armour plated like a welder but with an air filtered visor! Can't...

My appologies John I would not mean to suggest that but as you said I had not found the next page. Ian :oops:

Hi Johnny, I have just read your question and looked at the link so i guess the jig takes the end of the handle and you adjust the contact point on the grinding wheel to set the angle. This is fine for normal grind gouges but to create a fingernail grind the only way is to use another tool...