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10" swan neck recieved with thanks. Top man Steve! :)

Pm sent :)

I finished my last bowl by hand sanding the sides of the spigot and then scooping out the base with a spoon carving knife sanding the resulting indentation. It looks a wee bit olde worlde but wasn't too bad. ..

Happy New Year one and all! Here's to a good one!

Thanks to everyone for the advice and the warm welcome :)

Here you go Gray: http://www.hpwt.org.uk :)

The next club meeting is on 6th January at 7.00pm, the venue is Altrincham College of Art, Green Lane, Timperley. They meet every Monday at the same venue and have full access to the college workshop. It's handy for me as it's near where I'll be working this coming year. I'll definitely be...

Cheers Elaine! I'll be sure to pop by. It's not to far up the road from here :) Dan

Cheers Brian. Sound advice indeed mate :) next stop is shopping for a respirator :)

Lol, even to my safety conscious eyes the second link looks a bit much :D I'm just down the way in Levenshulme. I'm just starting out turning after a year of hand carving, and was planning on going along to Trafford Woodcraft to learn some of the basics. Pretty excited to get started really :)

Thanks Gray :D As a bit of a noob I was reading up on some H&S here and thought it best to get something a bit stronger than my elasticated safety goggles. You reckon these are overkill then? Good to see another clothcap wearer here btw! :D

Hi Lads and lasses. First time poster here. I was wondering what people think to the suitability of chainsaw visors for protection against rogue bowls and flying projects. Are they strong enough and how's their visibility? I was looking at things along the lines of the Makita Chainsaw Head...