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Also to add to the order of the taps and most important is drilling the correct hole for the size of tap and keeping it square to the hole otherwise it may become harder to tap the deeper you go. Normally ends up breaking a top. Turn tape 1/4 turn in then reverse to start with as a beginner

Thank you both. It is Beech. This was intended to be this shape I also do some with an undercut I just needed something simple after my break from turning as I mentioned above

A Couple of simple pieces which I forgot to post the first is a clown from a glass ball and lights sold by Emma The tiny Turner and the second is a Pebble bowl named because of the shape from some spalted beech I had laying around both of these are the first pieces to be produced after spending...

I think a bench grinder is the way to go something like the ones that Record power show the advantage is they come with a wider white wheel and as Paul stated a add on platform either home made or even a commercially made one when money allows. Record grinders are not the cheapest around but...

I know that some of the tools work out expensive but they are a good investment I have still got and occasionally use my original Robert Sorby bowl gouge yes it is a little short now and it is over 10 years old, I have since replaced it with another. You at least get a tool that once you have...

Just follow Pauls advice like him I have a number of hollowing tools some at the cheaper end I do tend to use all of them but it depends on which one is suitable for the type of hollowing that I am doing. My most used are the crown sovereign hollowing set that is the small one and the larger one...

Very nice, I for one enjoy this type of turning as far as I am concerned I enjoy turning wood like this with voids I have even turned wood with as many voids as there is wood I do like a challenge

It is not that it is dangerous as such but the problem is that metal lathes tend to have ways that are oiled therefore wood dust sticks to it and can damage them especially as a metal lathe is used to turn to thousands of an inch unlike wood chisels. I am very fortunate that I own two wood...

Another method is to clamp the base board that you run the router jig and make a template the same as the inside/outside shape of the bowl and allow for the tapering at each end fit this to the base now fit a piece of wood to the jig that holds the router at the base use this to follow the...

Turning thin bowls first you will need to be happy doing this if any doubts then practice your tool handling some more first. But this is how I approach doing it, the blank needs to be nice and dry especially if you are a slow turner otherwise it may distort while turning. now turn the outside...

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Does not match any jacobs taper measurements

Personally knowing what I do now I would bite the bullet and get a different lathe as you will always be chasing for bits and pieces. Also you will outgrow it so fast if the addiction realy does bite

The PDF is the work of Todd Hoyer and I found it useful when I first started to turn many years back This one is a little clearer and has a couple more in it.

You can cut the bowl blank either way the one from the book just shows the two methods. It does depend on how you want the grain to look on the completed bowl. Have a look at this PDF file

Yes it certainly is a metal working chuck get the proper one for the lathe and then send that one to me :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Find a local club and join them worth the cost and you can find someone to help teach you which will save a lot of pain. Pallet wood not ideal to play with especially if you do not know what they were use to store on them, leaking chemical drums for example. Dust mask and face shield a must to...

If that model has sealed bearings it would be a good idea just to replace them at least you will know that they will last you

Not cheap but try HERE

It is no good putting waxes or anything else on a machine if you don't keep it clean in the first place. Try to put something on the bed before applying any sealers or finish, the exception is if you need the lathe to be revolving. Wipe any finish off immediate and if by chance it does get onto...