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Shellac would both seal and provide a finish in one hit, plus if you prefer an non glossy look it is easy to knock the shine off with some fine wire wool, yet the seal will remain.

If you check out the pdf that Chas linked to Rich, that shows the use of Chestnut's Acrylic lacquer combined with the Chestnut buffing system as a means to achieve a gloss, it doesn't tend to look plastic though unless you overdo the layers, I find 3 coats are usually adequate. I use that...

Hard wax oil? You can get a small can through Axminster now, Chestnut do it.

That'll be Joe Satriani. :)

Looks great though, that's the first time I have seen spalted Oak, I am impressed.

An easy mistake to make, I'm used to it. :D You haven't seen any of my video's yet then WF :) Thanks for the comments folks, much appreciated.

Back in the spring I received a call from a farmer in the Preseli mountains who had seen my work at an earlier craft fair and who had offered me some Laburnum when it was felled, the felling had been done and so we went to collect the prize. As always when anyone offers me wood, I always make...

Really nice Bob, quite like laburnum.

These are the big 1"+ deep industrial hacksaw blades that are under discussion here Matt, they are HSS right through (otherwise they wouldn't be much use as a turning tool) and as such are equally as hard as HSS drill bits, so while you may eventually get through one, it would be more by a...

What a great idea, nicely done too! :)

I have also found (though not on pens as such, I have not turned any) that a good finish is as much dependent on the preparation as the finish itself, for something as small as a pen I would really recommend getting some micromesh cloth or pads, for wood, (as opposed to acrylic) going down to...

Thanks for the encouraging comments Matt & Bill! :)

Well done WM! I really like your self portrait, well deserved win there. well done also to the everyone else :)

As I am first to respond I will reiterate the advice we give all newcomers to the hobby, buy Keith Rowley's book Woodturning: A Foundation Course if you do not already have it, it is an invaluable resource that will help you with many questions about turning. Tools, buy high speed steel tools...

What Mick said, you need branches. Ash would be pretty good too as it is fairly stable and easy to turn green, it will warp some when drying of course, but then so will pretty much all else, so cut a hollow base or make them three legged by cutting away the rest of the foot, they will always be...

Au contraire, I have insize thumbs! :D The box is 3" wide, I think that's about the average size for a turned box isn't it? Most of the boxes I see in Ray key's book and richard Raffan's books look to be around that sort of size.

When you know you have only one shot at it you sure are careful! :) Appreciate all the kind comments! :)

Sometime back, members may recall, I did a pair of boxes in Olive Ash, this one recently sold. The customer was enchanted with the timber and asked if I had any more, I had one piece left that had a little figure remaining in it. She sent me several designs but eventually settled on this...

An update from Bill himself which I am sure will be of interest to members of the forum "Thank you for your kind words and concern I'm recovering well from further surgery and currently going through a basic plan on pain management of which am also coping well should be back butchering timber...

The link goes to a page with the 1624 lathe on it Mick, nothing about a mandrel there I could see, did you get the link right, did I miss something?