Recent content by bobh7

I struggled with a bench grinder for 2 years and then bit the bullet and bought a pro edge and was getting a perfect grind within 5 minutes. Excellent bit of kit, highly recommended.

All the information is in the YouTube link on the first page of this thread if you can't get that to play for some reason the company I've ordered from is https://www.shapeways.com Got an email today saying its been dispatched so hopefully it'll be here in a week or 2.

Both the ones you linked to are independent chucks in that all the jaws are opened/closed independently from each other. What you need is a scroll chuck where the jaws all move at the same time thus centering any object automatically. I've never heard of anyone using an independent chuck for...

Here's mine, 4 3/4" x 2 3/4". Spalted beech, very punky but it sanded out. Much prefer the shape and colour of yours though.

Wow! That's one hell of a coincidence, I've just turned almost the exact same bowl this afternoon, punky spalted beech and almost the same shape. I'm just have a quick cuppa then back out to the shed to wax and polish. I'll post mine here when done. Love yours by the way.

Yep you're right From Oban its 40 miles shorter and a whole 12 minutes quicker to Harrogate than from Aberdeen to Harrogate. We won't count the 1 3/4 hours that it takes me to get to Oban though :D :D

Thanks guys Its looking like Harrogate then. Distance wise, everywhere is quite a long way from Mull so its a trek anyway. Will probably do it over 3 days/2 nights so there's no rush and can visit a few places/shops on the way back.

I'm planning on getting to a show at some time this year to get a bit of inspiration and probably buy something new and shiny. Which show do you guys recommend? So far I'm looking at Harrogate in November, not a massive distance away from me on the isle of mull (well 5 1/2 hours but its all...

Having read this I've just designed and ordered one. Well I say just but I've had to get my head round Google sketch up in order to design my 3d brand. It was reasonably easy and would have been even easier if I wasn't trying to keep it to less than 3cm across. Anyway, I'll update again when it...

That's an absolute bargain! And will do you really well. Just got to sort out a sharpening system and some wood and off you go

Can't find out anything about it online, what's the full story?

Turned up at my mothers at Christmas only to find that she had had her fig chopped down an had let the neighbour take the trunk for firewood! Wasn't the biggest of trees but the trunk was a good 6".

Indeed this was a question I asked myself after I'd knackered the head :D

I used a makita impact driver, and they rounded off. Still surprised at how delicate they are, Ive used the impact driver on many different fixings would have expected them to hold up better than they did.

Got exactly the same problem myself, was quite shocked at how easily they rounded off. My plan is to start by driving a torx bit into the rounded hole and see if I can get that to grip, if it works it'll be quicker and less faffing than drilling it out, if it doesn't work then no harm done...