Recent content by Barry Keen

Thanks for your help, Your right I don't have a band saw, (oh! for the luxury) will bring out the hand saw and have a go, :D

Hi all I have a bit of experience turning wood but mainly small pieces, (table lamp, light house) I recently cut a chunk of trunk found in the woods, I have no idea what it is, but have the ambition of turning a bowl, I am some what apprehensive, having never turned anything this big and heavy...

I am in the enviable position of having a woodsman as a close friend, I picked up an assortment of wood yesterday, most of it dead when he cut it out, it had been laying in a pile for about a year so I thought it would be dry, (it cut like it was dry) However after laying it in the shade...

I have softened hardened steel but it involves a rather long and complicated procedure, involving heating to cherry red as slow as possible preferably in a kiln and then cooling as slow as possible by burying in sand and letting it cool overnight, I think other suggestions given are more appropriate

Funny you mentioned Laburnum, I used this wood as one of my first ventures into wood turning. Please don't ask what it is, I just did it as a practise piece

Thanks, I have worked with Yew and Laburnum, Due to chest problems I wear RPE, and work out doors, So with your comments don't feel too panic stricken, but will certainly take every precaution in future,

Thanks Duly noted

Thank you so much for taking the time to offer this advice. As I suffer from COPD I do tend to wear a RPE. A bit difficult to arrange a dust extraction system but as I work out doors I guess this helps. Don't normally turn Green wood but got over enthusiastic and had a go. Yes ! your right...

I know I will getting some "tut, tut's" But being a pensioner and not having a workshop I felt I would like to get into woodturning. Having acquired a spin dryer motor and workmate screw and motor speed controller, I thought I would have a go. This is the result. O/K it has its limitations.

Hi all, Being new to wood turning and having gained information from this web site and watching lots of videos there is one thing that concerns me, I recently chopped down a yew tree and turned the wood when it was green, later on whilst gathering information I read that yew was poisonous and...