Recent content by gerrybhoy70

Cheers guys. Should be starting to ruin perfectly good pieces of wood by the end of next week. :D

Hmmmmm - nah. :lol: Too much out of practice just now. But either August or September & I'll think about a wee entry. Gerry

Hi all, Been a while since I was on due to a whole load of different reasons - mainly a few surgical procedures which kept me away from the tools, and a house move which meant that nothing has been set up to use until now. Hopefully that's me done with them all, so can get back on with making...

Cheers guys. Looks like a long haul again, but I'll be back at it again at some point - maybe just in time for the 2013 challenge. lol With the looks of things, I might get the socks off this weekend. :mrgreen:

Thanks Blister. Was almost finished the stem for the tazza, and the gouge hit a knot in the wood. Something popped in the wrist, and now it's up in a huge lump with the strength of a wet paper towel. lol Can't get it x-rayed for another week yet cos they want the swelling to go down a bit first...

Just a bit of tuppence-worth from me. I have a similar set-up lathe with the manual belt change for drive speed, and had a similar issue recently. The main issue was the belt tension. It had tightened during the cold weather (expansion/contraction??) so I let out a little bit of the tension on...

Bad news for me - need to withdraw completely from the 2012 challenge. The wrist has gone again, and it'll be a while before I'm turning properly again. :-( All because the chisel caught a bleeding knot in the wood. Grrrrrrrrrrr. Good luck to everyone for the rest of the challenges.

Finally got time to start on the tazza today. Hopefully have it finished by the end of the week. :-) The best part of doing this challenge is that the tazza already has a new home to go and live in once it's done as well. :-D

I'm out too this month guys. Lack of workshop time, a lot of it from severe weather, and a struggle to get anything that woud work have combined to mean no point for me for Feb. March will be different. I WILL have something made.

Boysie my Bhoy, the thinking cap's been working overtime. Problem is, so has the West of Scotland weather!! lol Anyway, much to SWMBO's dismay, I'll be doing some work on bits in the house today & tomorrow then finishinhg them on the lathe on Friday & Saturday. Just means I'll need to learn how...

Still struggling with this. A combination of lack of shed time (mental weather) and my brain not switching on (perfectly normal) I have a ball and a bit to attach to it Nothing to support or suspend it, plenty of ideas how to do it but no way of getting any of them done yet. Need to rattle of...

No worries Jumps. Check your PM's

Jumps, I've been asked on a few occassions to make 'toys', and always use a food-safe finish. Less chance of toxins or irritation. Sanding is always done to at least 3000 grit with micromesh. One scratch mark showing, and I always go back and start again from either 120 or 180, depending on...

She rolls without a problem Boysie (apart from the bump at the puncture). :roll: #-o

Most of it's round. 8)