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One thing I did like about this past snow episode is that it did show that I had the insulation in the new workshop at an adequate level, as it was passable warm inside, but the snow didn't melt off the roof until the thaw. Having said that I've a lean-to that was recycled from my...

I'll put my tuppence worth. Two points on the shed insulation - one I think is the missing explanation why the 'warm-side' dpm is necessary. It's the heating of the shed which is the driver here - keep the shed cold and the membrane isn't necessary !! Warm air holds considerably more water...

I'm very much a newbie at this game, but Richard your guidance was wonderful and despite lots of nerves I succeeded in producing something that certainly pleases my eye. Thanks. Interestingly the most challenging new technique was turning the stalk - turning a spindle as thin as this was...

Thanks for that point, Roy - I'd forgotten about table tilting. That's probably why the Axminster slot is so wide as a base level plate. So I have learnt that the plate does *not* guide or stiffen the blade and is there to support any small work pieces past the blade. The need for the...

Just to add to my confusion as to what the throat plate is for, I was looking at my mate's Axminster an hour or so ago and it has a throat plate that seems to defy all that is said here. It's plastic - OK that's not unreasonable, but cheap - and round, which is a cheap option also as it is just...

Thanks again guys. A bit wiser now. Sounds like mdf as the material - or am I better to look for something a bit more sturdy. Now the question is what is the purpose of the throat plate? Is it to support the timber as it is being cut, or is it an additional guide for the blade ? If it's the...

Thanks guys Woodbloke's answer of stainless steel raises the question as to why they aren't all make of metal - why are throat plates seemingly sacrificial? Presumably BSM, I don't have to use perspex - don't have any and am not minded to going to buy some just for this when I've plenty of...

Thanks Chas - I get it now. I know this sounds a bit silly, but does paint take to wet wood ? Experience says it doesn't but that's when trying protect window cills, etc ? Rob

Steve Maskery's BS Video sent me off to check the throat plate on my new 2nd hand bandsaw - Multico BS140-04. I don't know how the previous owner managed to cut anything true as the throat plate is totally knackered. I hope this isn't an indicator of other problems !! Steve doesn't tell us...

Hi Green - Livingston way (Kirknewton). CHJ - My concern with this lump is that sealing the ends would seem a bit pointless as there is so much grain wood exposed - it's effectively a 10/11" square dish blank. This is a crotch piece that has been split down at the join. I do have some other...

I had a good load of logs delivered this afternoon which included quite a lot of wild cherry. I haven't been through the lot - and may find some more of interest yet - but I found an almost rectangular cherry lump 11" x 10" x 3" which has come from a notch; the grain is almost straight on one...

Thought it worth while bringing this back up again rather than start a new thread. Ian's (Ondablade) excellent posting on the CA glues mentions crack filling - how do I identify the thin type of CA glue suitable for this ? I saw it being used at the club the other day and forgot to ask the...

Kalimna Ooops - but it does look as if I wasn't the only one that didn't read your last paragraph properly; missed the bit about 'outwith Scotland'!! OW

Life is full of coincidences ! I don't have any pear wood, but ironically this evening I took a pear to eat after supper and before chomping my way through it, I recorded its primary measurements for turning up a wooden one !! OW

Try and find a local company that does motor rewinds as they carry stocks of this sort of thing. OW

Another plug for Patrick Baxter at Auchengrey and then also http://www.scottishwood.co.uk/ at Oakley in Fife which might be a bit easier from Alloa. By the way it's http://www.scottish-hardwoods.com/ And there is a wood mill some where out Dalkeith way but I can't locate it at the moment...

This is another option that has many more stops http://www.ironfirellc.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=14 I think I got this link of this forum some time back. I don't have an immediate need for indexing so haven't bought the wheel, but it looks a good product. Rob

I've got as far as the top end of the apple and it's looking OK !! It will be typical though of all too many of my turnings - ruined by the last cut!! Has any one tried Bobham's offset handle scoop - that is going to be an interesting challenge - all too many phases in the turning of that to...

I was involved in a university expedition to the remote SE of Turkey in 1967. Somewhere I'm sure I have a slide of the nomadic Kurdish women spinning wool as they walked. I'm wondering if these would be the Turkish spindles you are mentioning. It's not a place one would go to now but we were...

Can I add from a relative beginner's experience that it took me a bit of a confidence jump to support the wood with the fingers as Pete says, but once you've got over the worry about it, it comes quite easily. One thing that can be added is that I find the toolrest should be quite high so that...