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The chap who gave me the pump was a retired aero engineer and after an interesting discussion with him the plan is to turn a fitting for the pipe end from brass or delrin, into which I can press two shielded bearings. An airline fitting will be epoxied into the inner races and that will fit into...

I can imagine the ad- 'its a wrench to sell this but...'

I've been lucky enough to have been given a high quality vacuum pump and a length of 6" dia PVC rod to form the chuck. All I need to do now is make time to put it all together and that seems to be the hardest bit :LOL:

Or this? https://swanseatimber.co.uk/hardware/locks-latches/cupboard-drawer-locks/hafele-238-06-108-hook-bar-mortice-lock-9mm?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAlcyuBhBnEiwAOGZ2S3_mRpou6TDAQhTNxxK8h4Ty48owaIgELfUyn4x-6BMmmEMdgYFPSRoCuPMQAvD_BwE

Could something like this be adapted to suit...

Sounds like a perfect job for a vacuum chuck. Paul Hannaby has a great section on his website about them. Another project on my to do list

If you are anywhere near Hayle I think BHGS still stock it

Rivnuts are brilliant to fix into metal, used them in my camper build last year after a recommendation on here. Not sure if they would rip through ply though. To fix ply to metal you could use trifold rivets if there's not much load.

I built a jig like the one in this video which works well. For a rough and ready table I've plunged the bit through a piece of MDF, clamped the router to it with a couple of thin battens and hung it in a workmate type vice. Fence can be timber clamped on to suit the task

We must be on a flying saucer!

If the earth was flat cats would have knocked everything off the sides

I think it's the knowledge that you've just saved future you twenty minutes every time something needs to be found. If decathlon analyse their sales figures they may be puzzled by the sudden increase in fisherfolk Off to add to the rush so future me isn't wasting time, well at least not in...

Xanthan gum gets a mention about halfway through this video in a list of things bad for the gut https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h6n3py

Stroke it twice it becomes a whole tentacle

Don't touch it To do 900mm spindles your lathe will be at least 1200 long. I have a jet 1442 lathe that will turn a 14 inch bowl and a 42 inch spindle (without a chuck otherwise it's 38") You could probably pick up an Axminster, Draper or charnwood clone of that one with all the accessories...

This is something the French do so well. Is it a spin off from La Machine or Royal Deluxe?

If you need a magnet supplier I've used this company before and found them very helpful. https://www.first4magnets.com/

Beautiful box, love the Rorschach effect of the spalting. Anyone else seeing a sloth reading a book in the last pic?

Did a double take there, then put my glasses on. Thank god it didn't say what I first thought. Ouch

To bend your ply look for a cheap wallpaper steamer on secondhand sites. Some thick polythene and duct tape will make a simple steam chamber, or build a simple ply box. As long as you have some simple formers to clamp the ply into once it comes out you should be able to get a decent result. I'd...