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If I get time I will rough turn some if not cut into rounds and put in the store

Round two that is the last of the smaller pieces of Yew now done. Now onto this little lot

There are three brands of paints used, And where I got them from. Jo Sonja (The original ones I got of these were from Turners retreat) Chestnut Iridescent paints (Olivers Woodturning) Golden Iridescent and Interference paints (Olivers Woodturning) all applied over chestnut Ebonising spray

As Chas's answer for filling gaps and the like for larger ones apply ca glue and then sprinkle the filler in keep doing this until filled. If you try putting the filler in first it may not soak in completely. As for writing on the rim you can use a sharpie type pen but you will need to seal the...

is that piece for the club competition :lol: :lol: :lol:

Realistically I can't afford what I would like but as far as the lottery win list there would be too much to list new workshop would be the top of it being larger than what I have. Last year i made some nutcracker soldiers from the Woodturning magazine and am at present making the Angle and...

Nice pair of crutches Les did you take that photo in the next garden looks too tidy :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol:

i am thinking of having a go at the one in the PDF when I get chance.

https://youtu.be/UFHPbZff9Eo https://youtu.be/wAHsLzB6ayE

Just started to prepare the last lot of logs that I received but due to other things needing to be made I could not do them before now. Should get some nice pieces out of these pieces. They are 3 -4" thick and the one 2 1/2" thick remember the slabs are 18" so gives an idea of the width of them...

Since my last post my motor on my CL3 has packed up luckily the w/tee does not run out until April next year. New one being sorted by Record power but unfortunately will not be here until January. And another piece of luck it will not stop me turning as I can use my other lathe

I know what you mean by someone's journey and yes it can be interesting to read but as some have said to come in halfway through people are less likely to read all of it. Not only that but it does make it more difficult to search for certain topics, not that I can ever find anything when I do a...

I have only just seen this glad you managed to get the adjusting plate moving once free enough take it apart and clean it properly that will prevent any further problems

Another way of hollowing a piece if a join line is not required but a small neck is part of the design is to hollow through a larger hole in the bottom of a piece. This means that a chucking point is needed around the neck which can be turned off by reverse mounting the piece this can be a...

I will start off with a simple way of making a hollow form and this is something I picked up from Mark Sanger and that is to make the piece in two parts this allows the use of the basic tools. The join can then be hidden using lines around the piece or my texturing over the join line like in...

A good amount of bowls out of that plank. That is the best way to learn repeating an exercise like this. Bowls look good from here

Have a look at some of the u tube videos on airbrushing like most on there you will need to make up your mind which is good. It is awkward to use stencils on a compound curve on turning. The soldier I used a paper stencil of the soldier and held it in place with spray adhesive used for...

Think you have problems drying holly the three short pieces are holly the slabs they stand on are 18" square to give an idea of size

Have a look at Stewart Furini on u tube for one type of use of and airbrush. Then there is the type that I have done This was done using only blue and white airbrush paint after painting a white background, simply done using masking tape to get the effects A very simple use of airbrush using...

Have a look at the AWGB MAP to see the nearest club to you as North London covers a large area. By joining a club you will also get plenty of help and make the learning curve much easier