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Great stuff gents i was brain dead could not think, that was a good quick reply from you both

hi wishing to makes these on the lathe for a friend, were would i get the metal grinding parts please. If thats what they are called.

i made a gobblets as a price for the local ladies rural meeting. i was doing a talk on my other hobby metal detecting. someone gave me the piece of timber awhile ago it has not been stained just wood sealer and polished

I have started on it this evening i had to keep stopping the lathe as the curly bits kept ticking me nose as they span around :D I am using a scraper and keep retouching it on the grinder.

one of my awning poles the nylon / plastic part has snapped i have a piece of nlyon, was wondering if i could turn it down to size on my wood lathe and what chisels would i use. ?.... Thanks for reading. mod edit: duplicate posts merged together

Thank you very much a nice touch that.

i missed it to . its only my 3rd piece i have made on my lathe , only had the lathe a couple of months , was give some lovely bog oak .when i finished the piece i though, hey if i dont use it as a priest i can drill a hole and make a wooden torch :lol:

have you got a spare piece to try this on it, i have done beams and mantle tops this way, get a blow torch and burn it a little , then wirebrush it and sand it . maybe there is something on youtube that will show you what it can look like.

i love the patern in the lid,can see a figure in it , what do others see?

hi mike, and thanks, yes its the treatment that the O P was saying his brother had. Brachytherapy years ago when you went to see a specialist they said were are going to do this, now they give you the choice of how you would like it treated . the treatment i had can only be done if the cancer is...

Two months ago i was treated for prostrate cancer. i chose to have the seed implants. There is only two hospitals in scotland. I was very thankfull that i was chose to have this done. It was done in edingburgh, they only do two ops a week. Time will tell how things turn out.

i like them very much , my main hobby is metal detecting and these remind me of broken vases that have been put back together

Hey i am that poor i could not even afford a black and white one :D

I have collected the bog oak meself i got it of a farmer friend had some of it stored in the shed. I put a piece in the lathe yesterday wow it looked great when i turned itva bit, and the first thing i thought of was oh my wee dog would look great carved out of that stuff, he is as black as coal.

Thanks bob,

hi i am looking for some who does wood carving, i would like a carving of my dogs head, he is a 9 month cocker spaniel he is as black a coal. I can supply a nice piece of bog oak, if anyone could help. Thanks for reading

I thought it was when i saw the green in it, i make a few walking sticks and someone gave me a piece to make a cruck handle when i finished it i sprayed it with laquer. Gave it an amazing glass like finish.

The last picture n the first post, that is a beautiful piece of woodi

I would say its bog oak i got a tree of a farmer he pull out of his field

i want to have a go at making a penny whistle on the wood lathe i am looking for some gun drill bits , but dont know were to buy from, they seem to use them a lot in the states. i am looking for a 12 or 13mm x app 350mm . they are to fit into a chuck thats in the tailstock.