Recent content by david

thanks a lot chas very nice of you to get back to me with that info regards david

hello all i havent been on for quite a while and hope you will help me with a problem as you have done in the past, here goes, i have a clarke cwl 30 rv lathe and would like to put a arbor and drill chuck into the tail stock the problem i have (dont like saying it)is is it mt 1 mt 2 etc and also...

purchase a inverter which will transform 12 volts to 240 ac you can buy them in various sizes depending on the wattage you require.hope this helps. david.

thanks for the reply blister i had another go with it this morning and have managed to work with it albeit a bit slow, hopefully it will come easier as time goes by.thanks again for your advice regards david.

thanks for the swift reply pete, yes i never thought about using it on a bowl first to see what is happening, it seems a very good tool in the right hands for removing material fast, so shall give it a go this afternoon. thanks again for the advice regards david.

hi all not been on for a while thought i would make a few goblets with some beech end grain i have, my problem is what is the correct procedure for using a ring tool, only aquired it yesterday from hamlet, "but" i now feel like an absolute beginner again with snatches and dig in's any advice...

thanks to you all for responding to my question i suppose its back to the drawing board for the time being, regards david.

Hi everyone. hope i am in the right forum for this question i have, some of us remember model train sets with a transformer and the more we turned it up the faster a train would go,, is it at all possible to do the same with a lathe motor. mine starts from 500 revs up to 2000 but would like it...

thanks for the link pete. i have got fixed up now and i am up and running again regards david,

hi blister yes i had a design in mind for a small goblet and didn't want to do any fine detail(being my first attempt at a goblet, finish was sanding sealer followed by two coats of woodwax 22. regards david.

thanks again for your kind remarks finish is one coat of sanding sealer and two coats of wood wax 22 buffed up regards david.

thanks for the kind remarks chas, getting there albeit a little slower than some, did quite a lot of green turning a few weeks ago but still not dry enough to finish off, will post pictures at a later date, regards david.

got the lathe working again this morning and managed to turn out this little goblet 6" tall by 2" wide. regards david.

thanks to all of you for your help i have emailed all the companies,,,,,but most say they cannot help me without the specific length of the old one. alas it totally disintegrated when it gave up the ghost. what i am going to do now is purchase a step down pulley with five vee grooves so i will...

thanks to all who have tried to help me obtain a new belt for the lathe had a new belt delivered today straight from clarke and its the wrong size so the search continues emailed a couple more companies but no replies as yet(ah well) looks like no turning for the time being. regards david.