Recent content by Currantbun

He has a very good design tech teacher and technician at school, and they have a lathe which the technician is going to teach him to use. I am ever mindful of my dad's little sayings - but cheap buy twice was his favourite closely followed by measure twice, cut once. (he was an engineer! Pity...

Sneggysteve, thanks for your message. I can't reply to you as I am new to the forum, but will keep that in mind.

Thanks for that info, I had found those groups on the map link, but they are just a little too far away and no do-able at the moment, but I will keep the details.

Thanks for all the replies and advise. We are I Warrington, Cheshire. I can't find a course or a Wood-turning group nearby - the nearest group is 45 mins to an hours drive away. However there is an Axminster shop which has a demo session on Saturday, so we are going to pop in there.

Hi all, my teenage son is very keen on woodworking and has asked for a lathe for Christmas. He's seen this on amazon - (can't post the link, sorry!) Sunwin Metal Mini Wood-turning Lathe Woodworking Power Tool. It only has 2 (terrible) reviews. Obviously I don't want to spend a kings ransom to...