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Hi all, I have an Amboyna fountain and a Cholla Fountain.... The Cholla was from Dave at Penkitz and Bitz and was very nice to turn with no air bubbles. I did also paint the hole just to be on the safe side..

I have been toying with the idea of making an upright air commpressor. I have a old air commpressor that has a buggered capacitor that they threw out at work, and of course this hoarder took it home. The trouble and strife keeps whinging about it sitting in the carport, dont know why it doesnt...

All, I've been trying to cast some snakeskin. The main issue is that using CA or Elmers turns the skin dark. See photos. The other issue is air bubbles. Even thou I'm pressure potting them at 50psi. Any ideas?

It is 4.30 AM on Friday the 6th. this day I celebrate 85 yrs born in South Australia in 1934. The last quite a while has been full of repeat dramas but the days are getting longer and from minus or low 2,s etc to twenty C Spring is in the air. Canberras Annual Floriade of over a million bulbs...

Now we have a bit of warmth in the air I might be able to get out to the shed a bit more often.

Hi all. I'm about to have my first try at casting some PR blanks. I read on here (I think it was Brad) said that with PR you don't have to use a pressure pot / vacuum chamber. So as this sounds an easier option to start with I'm going to try PR first. Apparently warmth helps with air release...

Well it has been a while since I posted anything, but seen as how I am currently unemployed and on sick (I partially amputated my left thumb a week before my employer dismissed me for my union stance, Red Robbo rides again. Apparently I should have been shopping my colleagues for CCTV breaches...

I have just got a Trend Air Pro Airshield Pro Battery Powered Respirator. It is very good except for its weight which is too heavy for my neck problem which I have. Is there any other similar respirator which is lighter. Glen:sob::sob:

I was trawling through facebooks marketplace and came across some logs of a decent size for bowl making. They are White Beam and Lime and best of all FREE!!! Would appreciate some guidance on how to prepare them for drying. I know they need splitting to remove the pith and layed up to air dry...

Morning all, Took delivery of my new air cleaner on Friday, cleared a shelf yesterday and got it mounted, my wife could dry her hair with this thing on high speed, love it. Tested the timer yesterday while we went out for a lunch and a couple of jars, came back and found the blighter still...

I need one, have an old Microclean but it's way too noisy Has anyone got any experience with these .. //http://www.axminster.co.uk/jet-afs-500-air-filtration-system-310483

I have just bought myself a 3M class 1 Series Full Face Mask, it is excellent except for one small thing. Sometimes i wear glasses like when i am sanding, this allows air to pass in and out of the mask and not the filters. Has anyone come across this problem. I am sure i have seen something...

New life for me this year! Lucky to have survived 2016, I must not have been famous enough!:funny: Any way I think we left off here. The Atelier. Whist I was still recovering, the very nice Geordie (George Burdon) came and put in a full days work for nothing to build the inner wall.:thumbs...

Hi all, I have new student and she wants to buy a small lathe to supplement her cabinet making business. Not having much money she is shopping around. Rutland is offering this Buy Woodturning Lathe & 3 Xact Precision Chuck online at Rutlands.co.uk . Now I have one of their chucks which kept on...

Has anyone used an ultrasonic cleaner for dispersing air bubbles ?

Well you might say that I'm a miserable old sod but this temperature is too much for me. It was over 30 degrees C in my shed yesterday when I first went in causing me to sweat just contemplating what I was going to do. Don't get me wrong I like a bit of sun like most people but 22 to 25 is...

Copied Ted, well I tried to. The weather came in cold dont know if that had any thing to do with it, I pressed it down as hard as I could but I got a lot of air bubbles lik on second photo.:sob::sob: