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Had a play about to test the things I keep failing on. Ply, I have successfully turned very little in the way of Ply. This time I sharpened my carbides before turning it so had fresh blades and it worked well, I have used new blades before now and ended up with bits coming away, Pleased with...

The benefits of getting divorced, I’ve inherited a step son who is an engineer who works for one of the regional tree clearance/surgeon outfits and he keeps dropping bits off! This is some of the largest plum I have ever seen, and it has, surprisingly, no rot. I think I’ve ended up with most of...

What is your absolute favourite pen kit of all time? If all kits were ended tomorrow except one what would that kit be? it has to be a currently available kit and not one that ended production when William Shakespeare died. The reason I am asking is to see if price governs our way of thinking...

Got fed up with the CA sticking to the tube inserter so made this. Dead easy job that only I can turn into something difficult. I tried to turn the PE HDPE without putting it on a mandrel and without a live centre, Ended up like a dogs dinner. I ended up trying to rectify doing things wrong...

I recently acquired a set of polishing mops to use on the lathe used them for the first time over the weekend to finish off a Polyester blank. It came up a treat. The blank was a nightmare to turn and sand. I lost two blanks due to blow ups. I bought four I have one left Out of the other three I...

Turned this earlier today. Used a friction polish followed by micro mesh. Ended up with a super smooth finish.

The shine in the picture is how it looks in the hand and not a camera or lighting thing. Silver Birch fruit bowl. This was a 15" blank but had so many shakes it ended up at 10 1/2" x 4"

Hi all just a little re stock to fulfill a few orders... Customs were a bit more harsh this time too, i don't know why it ended up with Parcel Force this time either but i am another £35 lighter

Not so long ago I thought I'd have a go at pen turning, so I bought all the gear to try My hand, this is what I ended up with, you can just make out the mistakes. :winking:

I had a call from Dave AKA Daveygee earlier in the week. Would I like to pop over for a couple of bits of wood, well I also wanted some pen kits so went over this afternoon. What should have taken 1/2hour tops ended up as three hours not including any travel time. So ended up with a couple of...