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Thank you for all of your kind messages and warm welcome. Parametric art is using slices of wood adered to a backing board to build up a 3d image. Can be hand cut but most people use a CNC.

Chaoticbob - you may be onto something but unfortunately i don’t have a lathe. If I can get the main pulley off (the one on the shaft) I may see if I can gig up a heath robinson way of checking the balance. I have already tried to remove this pulley, but after taking the big nut off I could not...

Hi all - thank you for the replies! Shaft run out was minimal at the quill end but was almost impossible to measure at the other end due to splines machined into shaft for drive. All of the bearings seem to be in excellent condition with no discernible play. Forgot to mention that when you wind...

Hi all I recently bought an Axminster bench drill from a deceased estate and as it looked in fantastic cosmetic condition I stupidly did not try it. When I got home and tried it there was an immediate problem with vibration which got worse as the quill was lowered. I hoped that it was a problem...

Hi all - my name is Neil and I am based in Wallsend - just outside of Newcastle. I am relatively new to the woodworking world and have been assembling my workshop for the last 5 years following a cycling accident. I love my power tools as I can’t seem to cut a straight line by hand and use my...