Recent content by Mr Mannanan

That is amazing. I am in awe.........Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for all your very kind words. I must say I've learned quite a lot in the last few weeks and intend to carry on putting these new skills into practice.

As I mentioned in my first post I've had my lathe quite a few years now and all its done is gather dust until last year when I made my first bowl, since then nothing. That was until about a month ago when I decided I'd neglected it for far too long so I cleaned it up and set to work making a...

Beautiful.......My aim is to make something like those pretty soon......Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks.....Being a born and bred "Brummie" it was odd to find that I have sea-legs....Been living on the Island 13 years now and been volunteering for ten of those. Retired off the boat last year because of my arthritis but am still part of the shore crew....

Thank you CHJ.......After taking advice from here and watching many turning videos, I've spent some time in my shed today on my lathe, between launching and recovering the Ramsey Lifeboat on exercise, and I must say things are a lot easier and I can see some actual progress, so once again a...

Thanks again Procell for taking the time to have a look and reply. Greatly appreciated....Spindle gouges it is then....Since visiting these forums I've seen a lot of things I'd like to try making, especially the easy stuff. I quite like the idea of honey dippers. What tool would you suggest and...

Procell, thank you for your reply. All the tools I have are pictured above.

PaulM and CHJ, thank you so much for your quick replies, and info, I really appreciate it. I'll try and take some better images.

Hope this works and that you can see them ok.

Thanks again. I can't tell you how pleased and encouraged I am by all your responses....so I have more questions......sorry....In addition I have some idea as to which tool I have does, however I'd like to be sure of these things so if I managed to post a photo of those I have got could somebody...

Gent's, thank you all so much for your very valued comments, I'm taking everything on board. If I'm honest with you I never knew there was a difference between a bowl gouge and a roughing gouge so I could in fact be an accident waiting to happen.....I did a little turning at school and then...

Thank you all so much for your very welcome advice. No time to do anything today but with the weekend coming up hopefully I will find some time. I must say i'm a tad disappointed in the Robert Sorby tool because it's advertised as never going blunt. whatever, I will persevere.....

Hi there again. Thank you all so much for your very prompt and informative replies. I certainly intend to get a copy of the book because reading various posts on different issues it seems to hold a great many answers, I'll also take on board your other suggestions. One thing that stands out in...

Hello there. First time poster here looking for some guidence...A few years ago my wife kindly bought me a starter lathe from B&Q along with a few tools as a Christmas present after I'd given an indication that I wouldn't mind turning a bowl, I'd made one at school decades before. After many...