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I had one of those bad boys for a couple of years. Nice little lathe, really nothing much to dislike as I recollect. The manual belt change is a bit of a pain but easy enough when the access cover's opened up, but that's really the only gripe I found with mine. Mike G thought it would make a...

Yep, I'd agree; difficult and time consuming but not impossible. I've turned a number of out cannel's into scribing gouges by using a small grey conical grinding wheel in a Proxxon mini drill. Square off the end first of all and then start grinding; takes an hour+ :( with much frequent...

I suppose for us, this set of English Walnut coffee tables has to be the 'most used thing'.. ...as the smaller tables are used every evening, either for tea or something a little stronger. First started around 1983 and finally finished in 1998. Frames in solid walnut with 2mm thick bandsawn...

I'd be inclined to seek out better quality pine which is knot or almost knot free. It is out there, but you need to go to timber merchants or a decent builder's yard to find decent quality stuff - Rob

Spot on, nothing needed on a sycamore chopping board. If you really need to use something, a wipe over with (food safe) liquid paraffin is all you need - Rob

None of my machinery is bolted down to the floor except the large bandsaw. Even the Jet p/t is free standing and it's never caused any sort of problem, in fact it's an advantage as it's easier to move to take off the access panels at the rear - Rob

You'll find the driver will come with a sack barrow which has big soft, squishy tyres. My big industrial bandsaw was carted from the road (on a hill), round the side of the house (three 90deg corners) across the patio, down two wonky steps near the pond and then up into the 'shop via two 200mm...

'Bump' for the last item - Rob

In the final stages of finishing a very large, very heavy :shock: Korean style chest of drawers (12 drawers) in Oak and Brown Oak on a stand. Pics to follow when it's dun n'dusted - Rob

Yep, I think that's the way to do it. Even though I used to work for Ax, the first thing I did when I left was to unsubscribe from their bloody emails! - Rob

MikeG is your top bloke for this but I'd hazard a guess and say 'no'; you're going to need some sort of support mid way - Rob

A vast amount of really excellent advice from Steve here and many, many others. I saw around 30 seconds of your Tablesaur part 2 video which was enough to give me the screaming willies! Fwiw, that sort of practice has been outlawed in professional workshops in the UK for decades. Ignore the...

Agreed, but that jarrah looks a right pita to use - Rob

Yep, if it's an Ax delivery, they'll drop it right where you want to use it - Rob

Not sure on this one, I think you may be on the margins. Have a look at the video (if you haven't done so already) on the Ax site - Rob

Thanks Oscar, much appreciated. That's a piece of Turkish Walnut that was destined to be a shotgun stock and there was just enough in there to get out a jewellery box for my daughter's birthday present. There's a tale in the telling here, 'cos she's a professional archeologist and her learned...

Good to speak on the 'phone just now and I'm glad you joined the forum. As discussed, you'll find plenty of really good help and advice - Rob

Have to agree with Mike here. Get a few decent quality tools and a workbench (somewhere to use them is useful as well :D ) If you want a good first book, then Vic Tesolin's little tome is a pretty good place to start - Rob

Agreed, but if by chance you get hold of a bad bit of kiln dried oak, you'll know instantly! For the most part, decently kilned Euro Oak (which is what I tend to buy) is quite good stuff to use. Some years ago I made my brother a fairly straight forward little box... ...as a Christmas...

I bought this lot as newly converted and it was very wet and very, very heavy! Much better to buy properly air or kiln dried stuff but do beware, as I mentioned earlier, about buying kiln dried oak. It may look fine, but might hide within all sorts of defects that make it only fit for burning...