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I keep looking at this piece not sure if I like it but saying that I can appreciate the work involved in getting the joints correct and get it centred for turning. Maybe a little more or different colour may lift it a bit more in my eyes. As for the bowl if you are going to sell things remember...

Little bird houses made yesterday Made with various woods of little offcuts I throw in a bin for projects like this. i am sure we all end up with bits not knowing what to do with them.There is Chestnut, London Plane, Yew, Spalted beech, Oak and Maple. The roofs are Laburnum, Oak and the coloured...

I use a wide wheeled grinder and sharpen free hand not many people do now as they say it is quicker but I can sharpen a gauge quicker than many can using a pro edge but the learning curve is a bit longer to grind freehand. Turning tools need to be sharp but not razor sharp unlike carpenters...

You don't say whether you are right handed or not. Not that it matters too much as lathes due to there construction are really designed for right handed people so most of the tool control is done with the right hand. The left is only a guiding hand in most cases. Do you have problems with the...

They are Chestnuts Iridescent paints finished with chestnut acrylic satin spray applied in thin coats The black lines I used a pyrography machine and the number of segments worked out just right to give an even number for the amount of colours

Do you ever have one of those days where silliness takes over. Well today was one of those times just found the brightest colours I could and coloured the rim of this bowl. Funnily the wife loves it will have to take the white stick off of her and beat her around the head :lol: :lol: :lol...

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:lol: :lol: :lol: Been using them for a while and it was one of their newsletters they send out. It was for some of the seconds but when it arrived there was such little scratches that if someone did not know they would have thought it was their good ones and not seconds as they showed in...

Sorry missed your post Stewart Thank you this is the second of this type of decorating

That would be a good idea down in Canterbury

I have a home made router table that would be great for someone to use. It needs some minor work just to complete it but most of it is done and ready to use, it comes with a trend insert plate and t tracks the top is a good thickness as can be seen It is constructed of a good quality ply which...

Just get one and try it just for the experience of it :lol: :lol: :lol:

They need to be cleaned out of any bits otherwise they fly everywhere so a face shield is a must as well as a mask as they are very fluffy when turning them. You can make some very interesting things with them.

The only nut from that neck of the wood that I know of is a banksia nut. Would be interested to see what nut it is you are talking about. I picked these three up for £10 for the three

caretakereg don't worry I also clean up after a session in the shed I may not dust but it does look reasonable before I start. and by the end of the day can look like a bomb has hit it. Having said that it looks like a very big bomb has gone off in there and I have not even been out there yet...

I can always put my Zeus book into one of the drawers :lol: :lol: :lol:

Some of you may remember my post workshop draw tidy up. Well i think it may have now gone a bit further than I expected this could become addictive, could this be another slippery slope I may have entered, because this turned up today. know I could have made it but at £70 as well as having...

Thank you Stewart and AES It is a hollow form AES. Some woods as you may know are a bit bland so I use those to be decorated If the wood has plenty of character then I try to keep those smple

The other thing I make from small pieces are little ornamental bird houses. I will be making some very soon