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I have recently made 3 tipped tools from purchased tips (5 for £15) and materials lurking in my shed. I am so delighted with them I'd like to share them with you. Today I have had the most fun in ages. I was given several pieces of pear tree a few years ago but had no use for them at the time...

Wow this is really impressive. I have one question, how do you clean the glass? For years we had a tank with a fish that seemed to live forever and I regularly had to clean the tank. Even with easy access it was hard to reach the bottom and get it a clear as yours is. Cheers Martin

Thanks Chris, your diagram is exactly what I would expect but what the bowl seems to have done is the opposite shown in the heartwood section, i.e. the centre has contracted the most and the outer edge retained its thickness. Yes the wood was still very green, its such fun turning when its like...

Why has this little pot warped in this way? Yesterday I turned this little pot and lid from a piece of Bay, which I rescued from a shredder I happened to be passing, last summer. I expect when I turn something from green timber it to warp, which it has already. A gap of over 3mm has opened in...

I understand that copyright of a piece furniture design is much the same as for a piece of music or a painting. You need to have a dated drawing or photograph and its a good idea that it is witnested. The question is what is the aspect of the design you are claiming to have created. I remember...

Your chips were expensive. We had to take you 3d for subs to cubs and 4d for the phone. The 4d bought chips on the way home, 6d was a big bag, enough to share with my brother, 1d profit for each of us!

Oh dear, is that my future? My graduate was scrap more than 30 years ago and sat in my garage waiting for me to retire and restore it. All it really took was a new belt and an inverter made by Bob Minchin, to make the 3 phase run on single and give variable speed, which is brilliant. Six years...

I remember years ago a friend faced the same problem when he requested permission for a workshop, the council refused permission. He then submitted the plans but called it a garage and it passed. He then worked in it without any problem. The double doors turned out to be very useful. If noise is...

For someone new to the excitement and thrills of a band saw, your giraffe's knees and feet are a tour de force!! Well done.

I remember a ground, broken, hacksaw blade with a masking tape handle, particularly good for marking dovetail pins from the tails.

I don't have a 3D printer but before I retired I got one for school. One of the kids decided they wanted to make something that would fit onto Lego Technique, he had. We measured the Lego really carefully and drew the piece exactly but the piece contracted quite dramatically as it cooled so...

When do you consider a table to be modern? We have an oak gate-leg table from my great-grandparents' home, which must be well over 100 years old. The rails of the gates join the legs with dowels. I know as a couple have come loose and I need to fix them.

I can't add any statistics about B&D, as I bought a Bosh and still use it, at least 40 years ago. (Argos was the best deal then). However I would have thought this forum would be the place that settles any urban myths like this. There must be some facts, in all the experience listed above, that...

Thank you Tris, the link is very interesting, and your method of turning the taper makes sense. Re the wooden balls. I turned them to match a template down to a 10mm shaft, then parted off. I then turned them around so the equator was now on centre and fitted the balls between hollow supports...

A sketch or photo of such a collet would be brilliant . Also you make turning the taper that is a good fit sound easy but I would have thought working free hand on a wood lathe its a very skilled job. Whats the trick? Similar but different. I found it really difficult turning a tapered hollow...

That's odd, when nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition the preferred method of torture was the comfy chair.

I also have a Graduate and the Patriot chuck. I would like a second chuck as its such a nuisance taking the jaws off to hold a straight shank. And even the Patriot doesn't hold more than about 12 mm of a shank. I like the collet idea but I presume the collet is for really quite small diameters...

Thanks that seems something I can manage. I'll post a picture on the recent projects line if I'm successful. Any ideas about the hinge?

I was given some bits of pyracanthas which I sawed down the middle to stop it splitting. It’s a lovely creamy colour and seems quite hard. I was wondering if I might be able to make a locket or other similar small pieces from it. If I was to turn it I have no idea how to hold it on the lathe. Is...