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Having recently used my brother's professional grade sliding saw, I decided to take the plunge and buy a Ferrex badged one from Aldis. Today was the first time I have used this to cut a couple wider boards - that is 200mm (I see in fact it can cut up to 350mm) and found that this greater width...

I got onto the Broxburn Club chairman and he was very apologetic about the failures to follow up enquiries. He reports that they had a major problem processing membership enquiries for a period and lost a lot of data on who'd applied. Something is written on the website about this apparantly...

I'm not at the sharp end of the Broxburn club as I once was but was down today filling in my membership renewal form, and was surprised at the number of the pre-printed out forms that like mine had not been completed. The AGM was 6 weeks ago and I might suspect that 6 weeks lying time for...

Somewhere I think I have a set of these that never got used, and would be quite happy to pass them on if I can find them !!! PM me if you are interested and that will encourage the search through the deep litter. I'm quite sure we can sort out something on the postage front if they do turn...

Musicman - the other reason for removing the waterbath is that the stone gets wet only on one side when stationary and typically then collects rust on part of the working surface. Rob

Hi Eggplant - just happened to be on when your query came through. There are two contributory factors to slow running - one is the motor drive shaft slipping , and the second, which causes it, is that the main shaft bearing deteriorates with the water from the stone. There will no doubt be...

Isn't that what crows do to raise the water level when offered a floating titbit ? Many thanks- such a simple and good idea. Rob

Absolutely,Chas. But I was somewhat concerned recently when I made a rattle for my baby grandson and the finish came off - I'd previously used Chestnut's hard wax oil successfully for rattles for other babies, but it goes off in the tin too quickly so I used a melamine spray instead, and it...

Valid point and it may well be that the M/C wax for turning is similarly modified. I'll see when the tin arrives. Rob

Many thanks for your assistance and guidance, guys. I've some of the wax coming in on 'loan'' tomorrow and it looks like the first outing for the buffing system. I haven't seen what's on the tin yet, but I see from a google search that it is used in the food industry and is regarded as safe...

I love the turning part, and am reasonably good at it, but finishing is something I do not look forward to. I suspect I just get confused by all the finishes there are, and it would possibly help if I had a regime to work to. One of the areas that has triggered this lack of confidence is...

There's a lovely depth in elm and you've got it well - well done. We're fortunate in Scotland as we have quite a lot of Wych Elms which are just a bit more resistant to the blasted bug. I was looking for beech for a project recently and ended up buying a wych elm plank from Scottish Hardwoods...

Just a note to say thank you to all who advised. I went with the acrylic spray on sealer and lacquer and the results were very much as I wanted - colours and patterning fully preserved. I'd created a shallow dovetail on the underside of the platters for turning out the 'inside' which was...

I'd forgotten about using the microwave - I did a whole lot of wych elm bowl blanks that way 15 months ago quite successfully. Yep, worth a try - thanks for the reminder. Rob

Thanks Andy - then it will just remain in the firewood pile !!! Rob

I know that holly is a pain to deal with. I predominantly do turning and did get some 'properly' dried holly for turning but have failed to achieve acceptable drying of this myself. I recently got into scroll sawing and used some holly for that which was very successful. I found that there...

The above posts on Peter Hemsley's input on these chucks I think highlight the problem that exists, and that maybe the philosophy applied to the selling of these chucks is incorrect. We have on one hand a design that gives a remarkable amount of flexibility, but then Mr Hemsley has created a...

I hold a lot of respect for people who can have the dedication to the art of learning that they can put the time to practicing in the manner Tasmaniandevil has done - well done. My practice I'm afraid was mainly for the benefit of the log burning stove, getting dig-ins and all the rest until...

Sorry Mick - I'm afraid once I had seen the words "Danish Oil" I just went on the next post. Danish may have its place but not on light coloured woods with grain feature IMO. Acryllic has been ordered ! Thanks for persisting in your advice ! :D Rob

Back again after a bit of looking at getting spray lacquer. This turned up that there is acrylic lacquer also, which I've had no contact with. I see that this has a longer 'open' time than the cellulose based melamine - would this be advantage when coating this larger item, and if this is an...