Recent content by roywathen

Can anybody tell me why West Midlands Police say that you must not post pictures on face book of a person who stole 2 vans, and if you do they will arrest you? My sons partners car got broke into and my sons van keys were inside. The thieves discovered from the contents of the car where my sons...

Have used a boots brand tens machine in the past, it worked for me and the replacement pads( regard as a consumable) are easy to purchase at boots, roy wathen

David Springett, very good demonstrator plus has published books explaining how some of his work is produced

I have one of these, I have no plans to use it and I might can sell it, what sort of price were you hoping to pay and how close are you to Tamworth, Staffs, regards roy

I used to have a Tyme Avon and would recommend you consider a versachuck from the toolpost at Didcot. Backplates are available that can be interchanged if you ever upgrade your lathe. regards roy wathen

I would try coronetwoodworking.co.uk which used to be Dereck Pyatt trading as Pyatt Woodworking here in the midlands, he used to have loads of coronet spares, regards roy wathen

I too have a lathe with a 25X2 thread. If your axminster chuck is of the precision type you can get a new backplate for it from the toolpost at didcot. I looked for an adaptor when I got this lathe only to have someone with a lot more knowledge advise me I was attempting the more difficult...

Hi, I think you need to look for Bristol locking handles, They are a standard component and I got mine from axminster power tools you will just need to establish the metric thread size that goes into the toolpost, regards roy

Regarding chuck advice I would suggest you look at the versachuck as offered by the toolpost. I have one of these as all my axminster jaws fit on it the 25 x 2 backplate can be substituted for a variety of more common thread sizes should you ever change/upgrade your lathe regards roy

I am also in south staffs ( Tamworth ) and would recommend you join a club, west midlands woodturners next meeting is on the 22nd June, which is a demonstation by Margeret Garrad, more information on their website regards roy