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Personally I think that these issues can be taken rather too far, you can eat the nuts, and probably wouldn't want to eat the timber anyway (unless you're really hungry :shock: ) I suspect that Scrit has the real answer, i.e. in terms of colour tainting. Apparently apple juice contains a known...

Barry, I just got one of these too. I set mine up as you describe by adjusting until the bevel angle against the stone is right, by sight. I think that the adjustment would allow for different bevel angles (by adjusting the stopper on the stem) and a longer or shorter grind (by adjusting the...

Matt, My usual preference for preservatives is usually something that is classified as toxic to the environment (the orange and black label of a dead fish and tree). These things probably aren't good for your fish and other wee pond critters, especially if you treat it in-situ. How about just...

Paul, I put up some MDF cupboards in my garage/workshop and to get around this issue I just used a suitably sized bit of softwood for the bottom bit. I painted mine, so I suspect that Jasons suggestion of some wee feety things is probably your best bet. Dod

I'm fairly sure that there is a supplier of timber just outside Penrith, a mile or so in the Keswick direction. That said, if you need to offload any more once you've freed yourself of the misery of land south of Preston I'm sure I could help :D Good luck with the move, I'm sure you won't...

Bob, It looks great :D I too was in a similar position also not so long ago. SWMBO saw the one in GoodWood that I think Adam did, and I was required to "knock one up" in zebrano. Not so well finished as yours...... Anyway, I shaped mine with a drum sanding thingy in a drill press - it took...

skjerstad & mudman, Thanks for the responses, this is sounding a lot safer and less expensive than a chainsaw masacre adventure :D Cheers, Dod

I would recommend that you don't eat either the finished article or the shavings :shock: , they are unlikely to taste good. Basic info on cyanides here I have no idea if the cyanides might be in a volatile form, but if you feel any of the symptoms comming on go outside for a bit of fresh air...

OK, so the above suggests that a chain saw is the only way to go..... I have done a bit with a bow saw (have no bandsaw), but is splitting the logs beyond the realms of possibility, bearing in mind that the lumps of wood are probably rather bigger than wee bits of firewood? Cheers, Dod

Les, I don't tend to use a dust extractor while I'm turning (mine allegedly filters to about 0.5 microns) as I find it a bit noisy. I wear a dust mask most of the time though, and am seriously thinking about getting a rather better one than I currently have. I can see that a dust filter might...

Devon, My tuppen'orth on this is that I think I would tend towards an arithmetic progression (as used by Offcut) rather than a geometric one (e.g. the golden ratio). Why? Because I think that the drawer sizes get very big very quickly with the geometric progressions. You end up with a very...

Neil, Personally I wouldn't go for a lifting top/lid, but thats only because I know that I couldn't be bothered with taking all the clutter that would gather on it to access the space. I think I'd go for drawers if the table wasn't for sitting at, although there would be less space. OK so I'm...

DM, I have a book on turning green wood, which seems to recommend turning the walls very thin, so that they will warp rather than split. Obviously you don't end up with a nice round thing at the end though. He doesn't seem to mention oak as a prefered or recommended timber though as far as I...

I have a feeling that there is a simple formula for converting linear metres and square metres into cubic metres. 1m (length) x 1m (width) x 1m (height) = 1 cubic metre Why bother with burnicles, barnacles or carbuncles at all? Reading the link that Jake posted reminded me of the spaceship...

Dave, I (like most others who havev commented) really like to "natural" stripey wood look. If you've nowhere to put it it would look great in my bathroom :D Cheers, Dod

Andy, Epoxy has already ben mentioned (certainly my favourite for bodging stuff), but have you considered covering the finished bowl with a layer of fine fibreglass cloth in epoxy. As I understand it it's used on surfboards and boats and is clear when it's done (provided it's only a thin...

Andy, I can imagine that some kind of modular system might work rather well, although I think that it might be somewhat more difficult to make the specific parts modules so that they can do several jobs depending on the design that is chosen. What I think I mean here is that the design would...

Les, I get the feeling, from both my experiences and other comments about Record on here, that the stuff is unlikely to be great from the word go but that once all of the issues are sorted it can be fairly good stuff (for the price). Time will tell. Cheers, Dod

Oswaldo, I have a really cheap Ferm drill press from Screwfix. It can hardly be recommended for the utmost accuracy, but that said it is a lot more accurate than my drilling with a hand held drill. To be honest it has done all that I have required of it (drilling out mortices, large diameter...

Thanks for all the comments. Just to update this one, I opted for the Record lathe. The reasoning behind this was that I discovered a Record dealer less than 10 miles away (a bit of a shocker when you live in Back-o-Beyond). Whilst the product was a bit more expensive than the Axminster...