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I also have the 'Bosch glide thingy' and use the push cut and wait methoud. The cut quality, even through 4 inch oak burr is a thing of beauty.

Hi Derek. Seems a shame to do two different woods this time when it will be required for the next challenge but...... The rule said a 75mm cube of wood. It didn't say the cube couldn't be fabricated. I am liking the sound of all these plans :)

Good for you Maddy. :)

I have a plan as well Bob :) Melinda..... The object needs to be primarily a wood turning. To my mind that would make a clock mechanism ok but probably not metal pot lids and feet because they could be turned in wood..... but I am not the judge so I guess anything non wood could be a bit of a...

You will have to be a bit more specific Melinda. :)

Not being mechanically minded...... would moving and changing the switch be difficult ?

The pump is an unmarked cheapie from eBay plus a manifold/gauge/airline bundle from the same place but my problem ( for the moment at least ) is more at the lathe end. The pump attachment that fits in the spindle ( the link in the OP ) separates in the middle with what I now know to be an EF or...

Ahh, OK thats it. a LEGRIS MALE STUD ELBOW. But now I'm thinking I am barking up the wrong tree here. I need something that will go into the end of my airline and plug into that but thats not how this one works is it ?

Hi all, I have just brought a vacuum pump to use with my lathe but naturally the fittings do not match "_ This link is to a fitting for my jet lathe. Does anyone know what type of fitting the right angled black bit on the end is ? http://www.axminster.co.uk/jet-vacuum-c ... hes-504662 Many thanks

Thank you Greg. Means a lot. :)

I love my Pro Edge but the one thing nobody explains is how you sharpen a curved scraper or skew when the handle keeps hilting the on/off switch box before the end of the curve.

Depending on what you have decided to make, Tenons/ spigots / mortices etc can all be woven into the design and finish anyway.

Ummmm The block needs to be 3x3 Nothing stoping you glueing it to a glue block for holding I guess :)

I am not sure why I started doing this but when I leave the shop/shed for the day EVERYTHING gets unplugged. It feels a bit odd because I do not do it with the house but I am going to carry on doing it.

Hi Bob. What was worrying me was that the post was met with total silence. Normally you get one or two comments so you know people are interested !! :)

The object is to make something from a 75mm cube. There is nothing to say it has to stay as a cube or that it could not be a cube made up from several bits of wood. All part of the fun. :) It is nice to know people are doing something. I am entering as well this year and I was beginning to...

I have a piece of wild mango on the lathe at the moment turning a box. Lovely stuff.

Bring on the Cube !! The Spring 2016 Challenge is for anything you choose to turn from a 75mm cube ( that’s 3 inches in grown up measurements ☺ ) . Paul Hannaby has kindly agreed to judge this quarter’s Challenge, I chose this size because most places sell 75mm square spindles and this will...

This year I thought we could do something a little different to try and encourage more entrants…… so I am not going to tell you what to make. <evil smile> As with last year there will be four totally separate challenges which, for the sake of giving them a name, I will call the spring, summer...

The tailstock on the 3520 and most other big lathes is certainly heavy and moving it about is something you can do without as you get older but all it takes is a smallish wheeled cupboard next to the lathe with a couple of strategically placed bits of 4x2 on the top exactly level and in line...