Recent content by hellier0437

thanks

Just wondering, do people turn these end grain or not? thanks

thanks for the help, i think i will go with walnut. i did think about holly, as my wood is completly overgrown with it!. But then i saw some cedar sitting in the log shed and thought it would make the workshop smell a bit better!

i'm in the process of making a small chess set in the odd spare minute, i'm making the white pieces from cedar but need a darker wood for the other set. in the past, the wood of choice would have been something like ebony but i want to steer clear of endangered species. any ideas?

sort of off topic, but yew trees are poisonous to apples, is it therefore the case that items turned from yew are poisonous? eg to eat/drink off/out of

i was surprised the top part of the cup didn't fall off whan he turned it excentrically.

thanks, my worry is that a lot of people say they have had one and have now upgraded it, what are they upgrading to?. also, are there any other options. for example, what is the general consencus on record lathes (DML36 or CL1) thanks again

thanks for the advice, i'm just a bit worried that the perform is 37kg lighter than the fox, (97kg instead of 134kg). i do tend to end up turning blanks that are somewhat off balance. could the light weight pose a problem in that respect? (i do find that my draper lathe bounces around quite a...

thanks for the reply, this one doesn't apear to have a hollow head and tail stock for log hole boring, is this essential for the holes in lamps, or can the same job be done with a chuck to hold the lamp and another chuck on the tailstock to hold the drill? thanks

hi, am new to the forum and am looking for some advice on choosing a lathe. i have been using a draper lathe for a little while, making lamps, bowls, etc. but it is in devon and i spend most of my time in surrey, so i want to buy a new one for surrey. i would like to spend under £300. i am not...