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Well now I have a chuck I can try some other things, so here are today's turnings. I think the wood is holly, trimmed from a tree in the garden last spring, it surface in the wood shed while collecting fuel for the wood burner. :shock: No finish on them, the mushrooms are straight from the...

I agree that they are now expensive, hence the 10% days. They were part of the Sainsbury group, but were bought out by B&Q, not sure if they still own them as I lose track of these things. I only used them if something is need quickly, ~3miles up the road, B&Q are ~20 miles, so for the odd thing...

I think you may have over done the meds Tom, best find a dark room and lay down for a bit, before going near anything with a sharp edge on it. :roll: :wink:

Well a diamond stone should cut faster than an oil stone and a good one will be flat and stay flat. :D Oil stones do work and I used them for many years but have now changed to a wet grinder and ceramic stones for the final finish. I have a diamond stone that I use if only a small amount of...

Neil, The other thing that makes a big difference is waxing the bed of the machine. I have the old Axminster Perform planner/thicknesser and use Liberon lubricating wax, something else to try. :)

There are indeed blogs attached to this site, look at the top of the page for the link to set one up.

They now are using the name MacAllister for a lot of their own brand stuff. I had a quick search of their web site and cannot see anything that is like what the thread was about. The last ones they had were a metal drum, with power take off but not soft start, in blue and yellow boxes.

Hi Phil, Welcome to the forum. :D Sorry to hear of your problem, have your tried ringing the help line for the machine? I had a problem with brushes on a PP router that was out of warranty and they found me a spare set.

This sounds like a gloat to me, makes your lathe sound like a monster, I can do ~ 3 1/2" on my lathe. :roll:

Hi Olie, Welcome to the forum. :D I think I have seen Brook planes in Tilgear, I have never tried one, not even held one. They were quiet cheap compared to LN or Veritas but the finish did not look as good. I am not sure were they are made, they could with a little fettling be a usable tool...

Chris, Telling us where the machine is would help when deciding if the journey is not too long.

Trouble is they only have 1 at that price, when I tried to buy 12 it came up with this message: Shame as they look good casters for cast iron machines. :(

Well having now joined you spinney folk, due to large amounts of Slope greasing, I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Spinney New Year. Over the last week at work this group has slowly grown. :D :roll: I do try to limit myself to one a night. :wink:

Now I love making toys. My grandson still goes back to play with wooden toys I made for him when the electronic toys are boring. :shock: You will of made someone very happy with those, well done for supplying hours (probably years) of fun. 8)

I have a new chuck for the lathe Now I know that wood turners normally use a 4 jaw chuck, but the thread on the headstock of the lathe I have is 14mm*1mm and the only chucks I could find to fit were all 3 jaw. I also have Woodturning a Foundation Course by Keith Rowley and Turning Pens and...

Well I opened my present and was very pleased to find this Now for those of you who have not had the pleasure of trying one of these, it is a Philly Shave. 8) And as I know the rules about without pictures it didn't happen, here are some shavings I made a little earlier :D Thanks must go to...

So I am not the only one counting \:D/

Very nice, old pine looks good, nice to get it for free. 8)

Well I wonder if its a bit of fence someone nailed to the tree? :-k Is it an encased bit or is it just discoloured? :-s

Well I see you have figured how to post pictures, well done. :D What good looking workshop, lots of space and load of good equipment, you must be well pleased to have got that finished. Wood burner looks great, I have a small one in my shop, gets the place warm using off cuts and broken...