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I'm a member of the Tetbury Men's Shed and we have just moved our portacabin from a scruffy industrial estate down the road to The Tetbury Goods Shed. It's the old goods shed from the now defunct railway station. We are alongside the old signal box and there's a finial at each end of the roof...

Thank you, but no Stig. I cut the square section down to a square point on my bandsaw. Then used a pair of callipers and set them to the size of the large end and marked off the other cut lines by marking the calliper points equally across each corner and drew a line from each mark to the point...

I agree with that OJ. I was really surprised the first time I turned leylandii. The lovely grain and the silky finish you can get with it. I just need to do the final sanding and hard wax oil the oe in my workshop at the moment. I'll post the photos when done. But meanwhile I was given the job...

A commission for 18 iroko newal post ball caps. I don't do many things like this, but they were for a friend. The down side was having to use my full face pos pressure dust mask as it was the dreaded iroko I don't think that I'd ever make a pro video camera man :rolleyes:

I've been thinking of dipping my toe into this stuff, not literally you understand :oops:, the idea being for repairs on my RC Gliders? Richard, any idea where I could get some sunshine from please?

I had a request to make a large, 14" salad bowl for a friend. The only way I could get anything that big was to start glueing and got back on my bowl from a plank again. Done with ash and walnut just rough cut on my bandsaw Flattened on the lathe Cut into the rounds and glued. I do have...

This was a commission I was given about 25 or so years back. I was asked if I could do one in pewter. I don't do anything in metal, but I said I would try one in wood. Beech and mahogany and it holds a pint! He was chuffed to bits with it. I had to suffer 2 ½ years in Singapore serving our...

Back with the bowls from a planque again. Black walnut, ash and not sure what the mid coloured wood is? It's as big as I intend to go at 14" diameter. The second largest ring broke when it parted, but salvaged with some Titebond3

I was showing one of our Men's Shed members how to cut match sticks on the Shed saw with a ¼" 6 skip blade. He was quite impressed that they were about ⅛" square and no problems in doing it either. As for 1" thick, 3tpi? I have no experience of doing that. A while back I was asked to revamp an...

As a mate of mine has always said You can do small things on a big machine, but you can't do big things on a small machine. There are loads of bargains on the second hand market and as gas been said an induction motor will last you out and is quieter than the brushed version. At the moment...

This used to be a leylandii 3 years back. Best use for them I think. And these are the off cuts from the reindeer above

Sounds a bit like my ex M-in-law? I thought about doing wales, but I can never get the bit around Cardif right :unsure:

Hi OJ, I'm sorry that I haven't been in touch before, but it's had to go through our committee and all that sort of thing. It has to go through the Lottery as well, but they are being contacted this morning, so that should be through soon. So, is the lathe still up for sale please? If so I have...

What is the model number please OJ and is it just the lathe? I have found the model no. and the original post for it. So is the £450 for all the kit in that post?

Just banter and as I said, it's a very rare beast and I just sold 5 at £15 each, so who's worried, but ta for your concern Bob

I joined the Tetbury Shed earlier this year ad our workshop is a 20' converted container. Our membership is small running to about 12 blokes and all bar one is retired. We are moving from a rundown industrial estate to a much better site in the New Year and hopefully expanding and getting...

Yes, it's a lesser spotted Egyptian long necked reindeer and they are very rare

The lathe. It's for me to 'try' to teach some elderly gentlemen Shedders how to use a lathe and the basic tools. I don't know if you are familiar with the idea of the Men's Shed Association, but it's for old buggers like me to be able to get out to meet other men, have a chat and a coffee and...

Our Men's Shed is just getting established and at the moment we have a Sealey lathe loaned by one of the members untill his workshop is up and running. We also have t he loan of a small bandsaw from the same member. So, I am looking around and asking what will be the best reasonably priced...

Ta for the replies gents. The tB3 is the exact same colour and I tried it on the inside of the flaired top. There's no colour change at all. The snag is that I'm not going to have time to paint the outside so it's going to have to go as is. It's a shame. but we are away till next Saturday with...