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Had a great two days on the Dukeries Woodtuning Stand, turning loads of carrier bag handles, these where given away and in return asking each person to buy a ticket at the Air Ambulance raffle stand. We hope all of them did but have no way of knowing.

I'll be there both days, having a laugh and doing the odd bit of turning on the Dukeries Woodturning club stand. Look for an old'un with a handlebar moustache and say Hi.

Cut a piece of wood to hold it up. Steve Good has a pattern for a hold up in his pattern catalogue, in the tools section, it's called Dee & Walt. https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/index.php.

Chinese take away cartons, they're clear and come with a lid.

That's good, I suppose we've strayed enough for now, best get back on topic. :D :D

Yes the Hobbies are treadle, one I was given most of the metal parts, by a member on here, Martin, I had to make all the wood bits plus the clamps, the black one. The one with green paint my son bought me as a birthday present.

AES, I bought the Original brand new in the box from a wood show that was held at what is now called the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre in 1994, the others, one I bought from a friend, one from off of ebay but was local to me and one my son picked up from an auction in Cleethorpes. I don't know...

Hi John, if I understand you right, you're looking for animal shaped buttons, if that's the case then google animal silhouettes. shrink them down to the size you need and drill either 4 or 2 holes in them. that's what I would do if asked.

AES, here are some photos of my Deltas, while you wait for Harrys, I have two 40-560 (two speed, the one in the top photo, is my original saw purchased in 1994 and still used now) and one 40-540 (variable speed, bottom photo), I had two of these as well but just sold one to a friend.

Why not make the doors out of solid wood and rout the slots?

Niqua blades are good, available from several suppliers, Hobbies, HegnerUK and Original Marquetry to name 3. Pegas blades are available from Axminster, Workshop Heaven and Classic Handtools to name another 3. Other suppliers are out there for both brands including Amazon and ebay. I personally...

Those Pegas with the notch are the problem, they have been breaking a lot according to our American Cousins, so much so that quite a few scrollers have been returning them. Try some blades without the notch, even try a different brand.

Gordon or King ****

Harriet, Here's a copy of my DML 24 manual.

Hi Harriet, there's not a lot in it but here's a copy of my DML24 manual.

The slowest speed of my lathe, a Record DML24 is 450 rpm, I've learnt to hand chase threads at this speed.

Mac Timbers is near Peterborough. http://www.mactimbers.com

There's some on Amazon and I'll bet there's some on ebay as well.

I've often dreamed of doing this but my dream was to insulate with straw bales all around the outside of my timber frame, assuming that my lottery win would buy a big enough barn. :D :D

You probably don't realise it but it sounds like you're putting on side pressure when cutting, which makes the blade cut at an angle, slow down and let the blade do its job