Recent content by hrisepps

Thanks for all your generous advice. After contacting Robert Sawby direct I established that their 5/8" stem should do the trick, and ordered this plus a 9" cross bar from R S Paskin & Co Ltd of Kidderminster (service from whom was excellent). Note this was yesterday 18th June 2012 at about...

Thanks for such a quick response. Will try them Cheers

Hi chaps, I'm a new member and a very novice turner <12 months. Have completed a few spindles, a number of pens and one bowl so far. The problem (sorry challenge) I have is that the tool rest that came with my lathe is too short. I have looked in a number of places to see if a longer rest is...