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hmmmm.... :-k well to be honest..... to save a lot of time, effort and above all money.... i'd be buying a small block of pre-cast resin if its just for a shaving brush handle. However..... if you do want to give it a go..... Yes, resin specific pigments (it's been a while, but i'm sure...

Hi Jack The best is epoxy resin The cheapest is polyester resin both completely different in many ways Colouring is by use of pigments / glitter / coloured thickening agents Can you be a bit more specific as to what it is you'd like to 'try' making.... bowl, goblet, pen etc...? To be...

Cheers Bogmonster.... These are Turners Retreat kits, normally buy my gear from them, and in all the years i've been making and selling pens i've never had a problem. Nick

Hi all, thought i'd share this with you.... A friend of swm's'bo has an elderly friend and wanted a pen made as a birthday gift. Out of all the samples i showed her she picked the cheapest kit and one of the most expensive blanks..... :? :shock: Anyway..... here it is (please excuse...

Hi all.... Anyone got any idea where i can get hold of a tool rest body 'Lock Handle Assembly' for a Jet 1220vs please..? Mines started to 'jump' over the built in teethy things and i reckon they've super glued it together cos i can't get the blessed thing apart (hammer) Failing that...

Anyone got any views or experiences of a portable backup drive please..? Looking to save gazzillions of photos / vids / doc.s / xls / pdf's / etc etc.... A quick look on Currys website and there's loads that aren't toooo expensive, thinking 1TB... Are they pretty much foolproof.? as in do...

Hi Kev I'm betting they're only peeling around the bottom edges, or an edge that's next to the cooker etc..? So.... worst case is you're thinking about totally stripping them..? a lotta hard (and possibly smelly) work.... How about you just try with a nice new Stanley knife/blade and...

Hi guys.... have any of you got/had experience of the BIG cheap gazebo's that a lot of places are selling..? We're thinking maybe a 3 x 9 mtr one at around £65 We're looking to set one up in the garden for people to use (rain or shine) for my mum's wake next week. We're anticipating all the...

Giles.... I've got the Jet 1220VS and cannot fault it. Bowls, pens, box's, spindle work etc.... You're not too far away, so welcome to come and have a 'mooch' if you like.... Nick

What a nuisance..... Dont know how but i've gone and managed to lose all of my saved 'quicklinks' to my fave web sites when using Chrome. Anyone know of a way of restoring them or is that it... they're gone..? :( Nick

Tell you what.... i'll give it a go on the next one and report back :D Nick

'peanut' bench...? is that the same as a banana bench..? i.e. a curved bench..? To be honest i have heard some reports telling you not to pressure wash your wooden furniture..... but cant remember why tho. Maybe its to do with the pressure lifting the grain on the wood then having to sand...

We bought a teak set of garden furniture 8 years ago. And this 'summer' i've decided to restore it back to new. Here's some pics.... Chair before starting.... Chair after sanding, with the next one as a comparator... same chair but now with a coat of teak oil.... and the next seat to...

Having 30 years experience of using mostly epoxy resins building massive carbon fibre resin infused moulds (and i mean anything up to 50mtr long) yes, the the curing is an exothermic reaction. This also has to be controlled (by means of heating then cooling at just the right time/s...

That's not strictly true...... yes it can extend the cure time, but as with most (if not all) epoxy systems its the ratio of mix i.e. resin & hardener that is the true dependent on cure. Unlike polyester, vinylester, furan resins which you can add more (or less) of the hardener to...

I've managed to sell a few :wink: at a tenner each.... i think the buyers are happy to know that theirs are totally individual and much nicer than the commercial ones you buy. Dickm..... not sure about the loo roll theory :shock: and yes the tampers are for lightly squashing the fresh...

err..... start by turning parallel then when happy with the shape just set the tool rest to a slight offset angle and away you go..... no way in a million years would i class myself as a pretty good turner :oops: I then measured using my cheapo digi calipers from china :D (homer)

Here we go..... Just had a quick measure..... and the taper is very roughly 1mm over the length of the potting part, which in the crab apple case is approx 115mm. This is the most recent one from a piece of Crab apple cut a couple of years ago that was overhanging from neighbours garden...

I've been making these for about 4 years now (hammer) after having seen one in a National Trust 'shop' at Mottisfont, my missus commented that they would be good. Stunned by the price i knew i could make something better for free. For mine i use the insides of a toilet roll as my 'plans' (as...

ahh..... just tried the 'freemake' video converter, and although good, unless i'm doing something wrong, the aspect ratio is all changed i.e. i've now got a short but wide video instead of a tall skinny one if that makes sense..? Sheptonphil.... point me in the direction of Windows Movie...