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The SC2 is a nice little chuck, I have one as well as larger ones. I happily turn bowls up to 9 inches with the SC2. There are 2 families of gouges, bowl gouges and spindle gouges of which spindle roughing gouges are a subset they are very different so check what you have. Horses for...

Not wanting to deflect the topic but injecting some woodwork. During COP26 in Glasgow I turned one of my windowsill sculptural pieces, calling it tipping point. I sense that the wave is even closer to crashing down on us.

Beech makes nich handles, heavy. Ash is fine, I guess any decent hardwood will do, If it's the kind of hollower with a round shaft the issue might be stopping it rotating in the handle, swan neck tools want to twist, depends a bit on the offset. Epoxy in the hole perhaps. You can use a short...

That's what I was thinking. If you print it and dab it with water the pattern transfers onto the wood. Then pyrography. If you search online for random line generators few pop up. Some are lines as in lines of text, some are lines as in ...lines

I think all the coper ones look like that until they get squashed flat. My worry with rubber wouldn't be leakage, it would be getting it undone after a few thousand miles of hotness

AWGB have, or had, some guidance on their website. In short, guidance was don't do it. Ah, found it https://www.awgb.co.uk/woodturning-safety/fractal-lichtenberg-pyrography-policy/

Wooden vessels mostly fine, not Yew though unless it's for looking at rather than using. Laburnum is toxic too. I leave boards and bowls unfinished or use rapeseed (canola) oil which is the basic cooking oil in most supermarkets. Let it cure, not just touch dry so 3-5 days before you use it...

Sorry to hear of your situation. Vodka will be 40%* ethanol, 60% water. Likely to have some sugars and other things in the water bit so might not dry clear. Meths will be over 90% ethanol. Likley to be better, quicker and harder drying. British meths has a purple colourant in it (not so in...

Sometimes using a releasing fluid then repeatedly tapping the head of the bolt lightly with a hammer can help the fluid run down the threads and begin to vibrate it loose. Leave it a while and maybe do it a couple of times then try to undo.

When a company enters administration the appointed receivers have a legal duty to recover as much money as possible for the creditors. If they can get a few ££ for brand rights, customer list, any stock, equipment, anything at all then they must. A lot depends on why a company goes bust - in...

Thanks for all your helpful replies. I do wear varifocals and have no trouble with lathe work or general diy/woodworking - its the small stuff. I agree about lighting, changing my garage/workshop lights from fluorescent to LED a few years ago made a huge difference, and I have a variety of old...

The first question to ask for a diy job us "where will the new stuff go when its delivered" - especially if it is pre assembled. I fitted my own about 12 years ago - IKEA. Big-ish Kitchen. Just counted, 25 doors and 10 drawer fronts. Full height fridge and freezer, decided on freestaning -...

With age and deteriorating eyesight I am struggling with small work like fine soldering and small screws. What I think I need is one of those magnifiers on a stand. Looking online there are zillions to choose from, some with more arms than an octopus, some promising multi coloured led lights...

Here's an idea. Dig a hole, fill it with gravel/old bricks etc., as a diy quasi-soakaway (proper ones are very deep) put a couple of blocks on it and mount a water butt. Run gutter into butt or butts - I found some slimline 100 litre ones that you could buy as a pair for little more than just...

I have the Simon Hope carbide pro hollowing tool, heavy round shaft with a 6mm carbide tip. I also have the hook end for undercutting. For a while I struggled with it, horrible grabby thing, so barely used it. I wished I'd got a square shaft tool which seems a bit easier to use. Then it all...

If you nail into oak I think you need to use stainless steel nails or similar for longevity. There is a village near us with a few oak framed, doorless but sided car ports. Can't see any problem with what you want to do. If you do add doors you have the bother of opening and closing them...

Cover it up? You could get some L shaped wood section, some call them trims other calls them mouldings, to fit between the side doors. Stain it or even paint it black. or even look at some aluminium. Trim. Fix with double sided tape. Wait until dog grows out of chewing and come back to do the...

Chaps? Is it not possible that a non-chap might know what it is? Cultural fast rewind to 19th century perhaps.

Last night I stumbled on this programme on BBC iPlayer and watched episode 10, 20th century. Filmed in the 70s and by today's standards very stiff and formal, 2 men in suits and ties talking about items of furniture they are standing next to. On the plus side, the chatter free approach means...

If you are still struggling after your next trial you could think about a change in design. Put a pulley on the drum shaft, put a pulley in the drill bit, mount the drill so the pulleys line up and connect with a rubber belt. Think old fashioned Meccano parts as design inspiration.