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I have to come on the side of the 'agree-ers'. The only question is whether the framing is solid. That looks remarkably like my bench - I'd better just pop into the workshop and make sure it hasn't gone. This looks likes a beautifully solid pine bench that weighs a lot and is worth every...

A friend phoned me across yesterday to ask about why he couldn't get the baseplate off his pretty new large Ryobi router so that he could put it in a table. We attacked the screws with gusto and failed to move them. "Phone Axminster" - (ie phone a friend). I was a bit gobsmacked when he...

Well like all tools it is horses for courses. I've always taken the policy with the purchase of a new type of tool (there must be exceptions to this - yes battery tools!), that I buy at the bottom end to begin with on the basis that anything more expensive is going to be better when the cheap...

I went through this a year or so ago - I'm out towards Livingston. As far as I could find the answer is No unfortunately, short of going to Jen Burhouse at Dunkeld If you are East Lothian it might be worth enquiring at the wood working school up behind Haddington. I don't have its details...

And what is wrong with the cheap ones ? All the resistive ones do is to measure the resistance between two terminals and as all electrical / electronic engineers will tell you, that is a very, very basic function. I could do it with my general purpose digital meter and some probes but it is...

What have I learnt in my brief life as a wood-turner? All of the above and really very little else. I still get catches - I still make creations for the rubbish bin - my wife does wonder quite why I spend so much time in the workshop and produce so little. I do have the bonus of experience...

"and buying a bigger lathe will not automatically make you a better turner !" and there are plenty of good buys on Ebay, so that's not true either. If you can't do your homework properly, then you *do* deserve you get your fingers burnt. Rob

JJ - I was about to call you something distinctly un-gentlemanly before I got to the end of the sentence !!! :D :D I might well send it back to Taylors anyway - it would certainly help if I could find the projectile, but that will need to be a bit of luck as you can all imagine - despite this...

Come on Chris, don't be chicken - say it - say it. It was Mrs R all the time - he's trangressed and got a come-uppance!! :D Glad all is OK - having had what seems like a rather narrow escape myself recently with a tool break, I can sympathise. Lucky Chris to have a near-by missus to pick...

Hi guys - thanks for all your comments. It is obviously a rare occurrence. The offending tool is a Henry Taylor. I took it down to the Club today and it was detected that there had been a crack at the fracture point. Yes, there had been a bit of tool mishandling on my part otherwise there...

OK I'm still pretty green at turning and still abusing wood and tools, but this event did catch me by surprise and one that perhaps doesn't occur too often on the basis that I haven't heard anyone talk about it. Simple bowl - wanting to undercut the lip on the inside. I'd used a 3/8" bowl...

Many thanks Chas and Ben, your answers give me somewhere to go ! Ben - your answer about wood being workable after river immersion does connect with several comments recently made on this site about immersing wood, notably holly, into water. In my process of cutting out these burrs I've got...

To follow on your comment about fitting any sort of paper, how is that done ? I bought one of the cheap drum sander sets Screwfix I think and they work well in the vertical drill - I'd never thought about sideways force but I suspect it may be small. Axminster obviously don't think it's a...

I also keep bees. I have cedar hives which came to me from an old beekeeper near enough 50 years ago so are seriously old. I've had to do some repair work on the rooves this year, but otherwise they are fine. Before you get started just check that the mother's keeping bees is not going to be...

I would back up the comment about maintenance - a good paint job keeps out the wet. For what it's worth my front door faces west, is a framed ledge and batten door in elm. Put in over 20 years ago and is perfect. My brother nmade it for me in conjunction with a window and kitchen so I can't...

Is there a difference between the wet in old wood and that in wood recently felled? This is a follow on from the thread I put up about elm burrs. I've now separated out the two burrs on the log I collected - combination of hacking with the chain saw, the band saw and a hand saw! One is 300 x...

I put an query in the General forum asking about processing burrs and didn't get any answers - let's see if anyone here can help. I found a fallen elm tree while out walking, partially logged to get it out of the way. It is covered in burrs. Before I even consider pursuing who owns the land...

Paul - can you explain why the pith needs to be taken out and, without having seen it, what does it look like, and how do you do it? I've got various bit's of cherry and apple - on the fruit wood basis, should apple be treated the same ? Rob

Chas Going OT a bit - Will the melamine finish keep wine at bay ? I have a design I would like to do for two wine coasters - one in a white wood and one in a dark wood, but the red wine will inevitably end up in the wrong one and in all likelihood stain it. Rob