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Thanks Trevanion, yes it is 42" between centers (the longest sold according to lathes.co.uk) I guess I can turn back legs too with that. I've sanded off the worst of the loose plating/pitting on the tube and seems reasonably smooth so think I will leave it and give it a wax. However still...

Dear Turners, I am not a great or devoted turner, but I make a fair number of chairs and can see value in having spindle turning in my skill set. I was attempting to do that with a Nutool NWL37-4 (donated by a friend), that seemed ideal for turning 18" legs and stretchers. However I was getting...

I recently read about using a soluble boron based treatment on timber in the context of discouraging infestation when drying. It also appears relatively safe for humans. Not done it myself so suggest further research needed.

Thanks for the suggestions, Pete. I did disassemble the router when it first stopped working looking for loose wires. However heat seems to be the reliable fix, could that be consistent with a dry joint or faulty pot?

I have a fairly old Hitachi M12V router that has been a great workhorse, however in the last year it has become temperamental and won't start till it has sat in front of my fan heater for a couple of minutes. This wasn't so bad during the winter but not so great now it is summer! It is kept in...

Thanks Beau and ED for the encouragement. The latest development is that I rang Liberon Tech Support, as I though that was the best short cut to settling on which of their oils to try. Taken aback that the emphatic response to the best option for Walnut kitchen chairs was......Teal Oil.....the...

Thanks for pointing out the drying additive, Paul, but I really wanted to avoid going back to blending my own concoctions - seems like additional risk when the finished item is going in someone else's home. So turning to a Liberon oil product seem a good option and they do all the options -...

Help! Like may (I believe) I thought I had found a simple solution to all my furniture finishing needs in Osmo Poly-x Oil. However I have two chairs in my kitchen made with Walnut seats, and the one I made before discovering Osmo is finished in my version of a 'Maloof' tung/linseed/poly mix...

I first came across bandsaw tensioning by note/frequency on Phil Thien's site (he of Thien separator fame). His article is dated Dec 2009, so rather establishes prior art against Sunnybob's potential patent filing. Very helpfully Phil has built an interactive worksheet to calculate the correct...

Thanks - been meaning to do the the 'Paul Sellers 3 diamond plate' solution for some time to keep under the bench in the workshop. So just bought three single sided plates for £40 inc - not bad at all. Hopeful this will encourage me to sharpen more often. A...

Rorschach, Not sure what Chris and Tony have in mind, but these rather neat corner clamps show how they can be used in the shop: http://www.euro32products.com/corner_cam-clamp.htm Andrew

Thank Neil, but at the moment I am hoping someone will join me on this course. I certainly am interested in a Windsor chair course in the future - but my suspicion is that whilst the experience is great, very few people then go home and manage to make another. Too many new processes and...

I hope you will forgive this plug, but I have just heard that I am currently the only person to have signed up for his course at the end of April (Wed 30th April - Sun 4th May) which now might be cancelled if another taker or two are not found. If interested, please have a look here...

Thanks Andy - I am pleased I simplified the design this time. I would like to try some inlay on a project but can see it takes confidence to take a router to a nearly finished table top.

Thanks CC - I am never sure whether changing the design during the build is a good or bad thing. But in this case I am glad I did.

Thought you might be interested to see how the project turned out. Design wise three things changed during the build: - The top is Iroko not Pine My origonal pine top would not stay flat and looked weedy at less than 3/4" thick. In need of some 1.5" stock quickly, a local carpenter offered me...

Thanks guys for the suggestions - I think I have cleaned everything thoroughly and the chuck jaws tighten evenly together, so from Chas's impecable logic it does appear that the Jacob taper hole in the back of the chuck must be machined off axis..... I guess I was finding that hard to...

A little advice please I have had a benchtop Axminster pillar drill for 10+ years - the fore runner of the Axminster WD16SB Bench Pillar Drill I think. However any drill has always had a distinct wobble, that does nothing for accuracy and makes drilling large holes slightly alarming due to...

Thanks guys for the suggestions, comments and encouragement! Andy - I see your point about not too many different woods/colours. The painted frame is being guided by the fact that the selection of pine at the builders merchant was disappointing and I have some 2 1/2" poplar that is ideal for...

Hi all, I am planning to make a small kitchen table to fit in my Mum's new kitchen. The spec was a table about 24" wide by 50" long and 30" ht with a pine top (she wants a scrubbed finish, I think I will want to oil it - but that discussion can come later!) The feature is going to be curved...