Search results

.... as the actress said to the bishop :wink: :lol: ( sorry couldn't resist it :lol: :lol: )

Try also.. to ensure your toolrest is as close as you can get it to the workpiece, the less of a given tool ( lengthwise ) thats hanging over the rest, the less vibrations you should get ( in theory ! :wink: ). I'm an absolute master at 'howkin great divots out of my work' ... :lol...

Right enough ! I forgot that it was Yew you mentioned... As George advises.. ( and George is someone definately to listen to.. ) Yew is considered to be poisonous by many. For 'consumption' use ... sycamore is your man, I believe Maple is ok to , but stand to be corrected on that. Do some...

We've exchanged e-mails :wink: :wink: ( & stuff ) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

If its going to be 'used' ... I'd suggest a Melamine Laquer... several good coats. You can get it in aerosol form ( Chestnut stuff ) or also their 'Wipe / brush-on cans. I personally would always go for that, if its going to be used. Hang fire and see what others say... Food-safe finishes...

Sometimes people don't see the wood , for the trees :wink: ( or maybe I'm a bigger crook than most ! :lol: :lol: :lol: )

Am I really dozy ( its eminently possible ) .... but, in the event of an accident, is there a history of the insurance company ( assuming you'd actually speak to a human being, not just 'forms' to fill in.. ) ever asking.. "and where exacty were you going sir ?" More fool you, if you tell...

Si... you do what YOU think is right, Mate ... Bol*ocks to what anyone else thinks... and nobody will think any less of you, for doing so. Its easy for the rest of us to spout off about what we'd do ... we don't actually have to do it.. and if you're more comfortable going a certain route...

or to give it its 'full' title .... Greenock Morton Nil, Dundee United four. :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

GITFACE will be worth making contact with too .. he has the same lathe as you do :wink:

Could be KEVIN that changed his name to WOODMAGNET :wink: Same one ?

we do, but Blister looks bloody amazing in a set of stockings and suspenders... or a nice tweed twinset of a sunday :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Now you'll know who to blame when it goes 'the way of the pear ' :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: You should be fine - :wink:

:lol: PMSL @ John :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Rog... check it out here : https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... hp?t=15125 Shows you who's got what :wink:

Apologies to Tam, before I go any futher :wink: :lol: ... I'll be expecting a clip round the ear from him for this ... This is about the Tormek sharpening machine...well it is, and it isn't ... I was in at Grampian P/T this morning getting some supplies ( Lemon Oil :wink: :lol: ) and...

Thats excellent Alex ... Pete (Bodrighy) does similar, i believe. I'm only a mile from Cruden Bay ... Must go over and have a look ! 8) 8) 8) :lol: :lol: :lol:

I guess there's a few ways .... The way I do mine (and I'm "mince" at goblets )... mount between centres, turn a tenon for the chuck end and make it nice and 'square-ended', with just enough so that when mounted, the 'shoulders' give added stability at the chuck-end... Keep the tailstock...

:tool: :tool: :tool: :tool: =D> =D> \:D/ :occasion5: Congratulations ! I hope you will be very happy together ! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:D \:D/ =D> Welcome along, Norm ! Brilliant to see you ! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Don't you two fellas start gettin all cuddly and stuff, now... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: There are 'standards' to be maintained, :P :P :P :P :P :P :wink: