Recent content by christofloffer

well i found some bar and sorted out the levers. is that all there is to it? i have been trying to get some bits done on it today and its very inconsistent. it seems to be gripping ok but somehow it keeps coming off centre. i was turning the tenon down on the big lathe and first i tried a simple...

hi robbo, the bigger lathe is a woodmen SP 800. it about twice the size of the hobbymat but its pretty coarse. the woodscrew was mangled so a made a spur drive with a bolt/wingnut which was woking well enough but the fixed centre in the tail was being really bad on seasoned timber, got rather...

hi folks, i am new to world of turning so bear with me. i have a couple of lathes, one which i picked up for free which is a larger bench top sort (a Woodman i think) and i recently picked up a Hobbymat smaller one. the Hobbymat i just bought came with a chuck but i cant figure it out. i have...