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I have heard of putting lead in your pencil but :lol: :lol: :lol: Another nice mallet Chas and with the added weight should give quite a clout

Hit the nail on the head with that one Chas I made one from a bowls ball for my carving tools. The head should be OK made from a fruitwood

There are a few around your area as stated check the AWGB site and look at the map which shows those near you

I find it slows me down a bit otherwise I would end up with so much turned stuff I would end up drowning in them. By decorating gets the mind thinking and it also becomes very enjoyable

Very nice Chas, I do like the small embellishment around the top of each of these just lifts them from plain bowls =D>

Spent a few weeks on Brecon under canvas many moons ago when my back would allow me now I enjoy my comfort too much :lol: :lol: :lol: lovely countryside around there. Hope you enjoyed the cream tea

Thank you Chas these will not be a pair. just making use of both halves of the spiral.

Also finished today a couple of spalted bowls the small one is 7 1/2" and the larger one 9" Small one Larger one

Thank you Marcros the paints are Golden Interference paints

Follow on from my no-name pieces this is the other part of the spiral. This time kept the base natural oak and turned the spiral is ebonised and then masked and painted with green interference paint. I also extended the support and added a ball, like the spiral ebonized and this time blue...

The added foot does not look out of place and anyone looking at it will think it is all the same piece of wood. And the reworked lines just shows that a simple change can make all the difference. And what is this I see some coloured turning from you :lol: :lol: :lol: nice little ash form I...

Thank you both. I did enjoy making this piece. Now all I need to do is finish the second one from the second half of the spiral. Chas, This is one of those that either you can see straight away how it was done or just left wondering

Finish one of two pieces should have the second finished either tomorrow or the following day. Still to give it a name. Inspired by Keith Tompkins from another site. The spiral is Yew and the base is Oak scorched and lime waxed. sealed with sander sealer and finished with woodwax22. Some very...

Have you checked the belt tension also are you using sharp tools as blunt tools quite often leads to pushing harder to make a cut and then this causes undue pressure on the machine? If I remember this is a smaller lathe and not designed for heavy cuts or over large/heavy pieces. If spindle...

The more experienced that you become does not mean mistakes are not made, it is just that you have less of them if you have learnt from them. Also the more experienced can find ways of turning them into another design instead of just throwing them away. The piece I am working on at the moment is...

Most of my pieces end up sitting next to the tele where I can see them for a few days before I really pass them. I also know the frustration when something does not go right, many I have been able to salvage and others end up in someone's wood pile for burning. I put this down to a learning...

Very nice Chas I like the two decorative bands on these. At least you have managed to complete something my work is slow progress at the moment

Thank you for that Chas now understand it's use

Looks interesting even though I don't know how it works. All the same, it does look well made

Thank you Chas just felt like turning something different and Ali certainly is something different. This was done on a woodturning lathe using carbide tipped hand tools