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Peter
Today I received 4 x 20" bowl blanks the largest I can go up to on my lathe without the outboard attachment is 16" at a struggle so what to do with 20" bowl blanks ping on come the light Violet (that's my wife) you know I have just spent £200 on them bowl blanks well I cant turn them why she...
Good afternoon all
I recently posted a thread looking for a multi coloured blank that a customer requested but didn't realise that I had to post 5 times before I could attach a picture file so I imagine there are a lot of scratched heads out there? I was advised to introduce myself so here goes...
Hi, Guys,
Anyone have a recommendation re buying a lathe chisel plus carbide tips suitable for pen-making? I've had a punt around on the Internet and there are plenty for sale - but only if I remortgage the house! Bloody ridiculous prices!!!
I have been a long-time user of the one Woody made...
Following the making fitting of the dust collector on the Tool Rest of the Vicmarc VL100 yesterday after the Melboune Cup David from Timberbits rang me and sent my new chuck engineered with my lathe spindle size integral and an adapter for another chuck. They arrived 9 am today.
Some pics of...
No where on the floor for the small vac, it will fit behind the lathe when I clean up(just finished making this unit.
I used high pressure water pipe fittings).
Drilled and tapped two 6mm threads in the tool rest holder. (not much width to work with).
The idea is the extractor moves with the...
More of an "upscale" than an out and out "turning" tbh. I am currebtly recycling an old curtain pole into tealight snowmen and wondered what I could do with the old end caps. The finial was removed and the hollow cut for the glass holder, a severe sanding back to remove the horrid original...
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 checked the accuracy of their mandrel? I tried mine with a dial gauge and it was miles out!!
I ended up throwing it away and made my own using an old 2 morse taper drill and a bit of round rod. I am lucky in that I have an engineering lathe as well as a wood lathe but I wonder whether...
Hiya Im just wondering if anyone has seen something like this Live Tailstock Chuck Adapter: 1 in. x 8tpi - #2MT Shaft at Penn State Industries in the uk for sale but not a live center, I nead it dead.
The reason why is at some point to save space not getting a metal lathe I want to use my wood...
Hi all,
My first questions!
I have recently got my hands on a used but excellent condition Axminister chuck (CSC500C) it is no longer produced by Axminster. However, this came without the insert (or the tightening bars) which would have allowed me to use it on my Record Power lathe: the chuck...
Hi all
I put my Record lathe up for sale here a few months ago, and it was also advertised in my woodturning club's newsletter and website.
After no interest for months, I'd rather got used to having two lathes!
However, I was contacted by email by a potential buyer earlier this month. The only...
Hey guys, I'm new to both this website and the world of woodturning so excuse the lack of know how!
I recently order a pen turning mandrel and when looking up what MT my lathe was I accidentally looked at an alternative model which was a different MT to my own. So I now have a mandrel with 2 MT...
Looking for peoples opinions here.
Which lathe should I upgrade to? Yes I know the best I can afford. And the question will bring our the Brand war
It has to go in a shed, so I am going to put a couple of planks down at right angles to the floorboards to spread the weight.
I'm down to a...