Recent content by T. Walton

1st tekno.mage Well-proportioned and executed inside and out including the texturing and colouring 2nd Haldane Very well made box nice shape clean lines and finish 3rd johnny.t. nice decorative box would have been higher up but I felt the walls of the box were a bit too thick in comparison...

I don’t see any problem in the competition as it is, I am not disputing the judging as the judge’s decision is final, I can’t comment on any of the other past competitions but the competition for June only asked for a box with a well-fitting lid, not a functional nor an ornamental box so in my...

I’m sorry if I have offended anyone this was not my intention in similar words used in the quote above, it was suggested that if I continued I would possibly win every month and win the overall trophy, basically I was polity asked to withdraw as I do not want to cause problems and in the...

I've never used the Sorby proedge grinder so can't comment on that but white grinding wheel's come in different grades 60 grit, 80 grit and 100 grit I have 60 grit on one side of my grinder for reshaping and grinding back after hitting a nail or some other object hidden in the wood and 100 grit...

Some pics of the items showing the tool marks would help, if we can see them we might be able to explain the reason why.

Thank you to those that have PM’ed me to comment on my box and about me withdrawing from the competition but as a full time professional turner I thought it was the right thing to do. I will of course be keeping an eye on the competition and continue to contribute to the forum maybe post some...

I did not know much about the competition when I entered but have decided that it would be unfair to the others taking part in the competition for a person of my skills to be entering and have decided to remove my box from the competition. I will of course be keeping an eye on the competitions...

If i have time i can do some fruit as well, what sort of fruit do you want, I do apples, pears, oranges, lemons and grapes but i'm sure you would not want to see me make a whole bunch of grapes :lol:

Hi All, it’s a 3 and a half hour drive for me but I will be there. I will drive up the day before and stays somewhere for the night so I will be ready for the morning start. Pat testing, consider it done, I do pat testing and will bring my Seaward Primtest 350 with me. I’m also happy to do a...

Well done on your first bobbin, pleased to hear my advice was of some help. You just need to make a 100 more to get them perfect :)

Well done, I admire your perseverance and hope the MK4 worked out ok. Practise make perfect and it looks like you’re getting plenty of practice. Tony

A scraper is the wrong tool to use when holding in a button chuck, a scraper tends to pull at the work as it cuts and will try to pull it out of the button chuck, my suggestion would be to use either a 1/4 bowl gouge or a 3/8 spindle gouge with these the bevel is rubbing and pushing the work...

I updated my website the other day and it looks like some errors crept in, i have corrected the problem and you should now be able to enter the shop. To stop the slide show click on the pause symbol just below the slide show center, it is set to auto play and change every 5 seconds. For some...

Because blackwood is such a dense oily wood anything you apply to it will only sit on the surface and not soak into the wood because of this i only use a wax finish on blackwood

I found the best way was to turn the lace bobbin with the bobbin end close to the headstock, this reduces the tendancy for the wood to whip when you try to turn the bobbin section. I also found that the skew was the best tool to use to turn the bobbin as this again reduces the whip any other...