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Couldnt get home in time to register as being ready been away, usual story should have done it earlier in the month when i was home. Good luck everyone looking forward to seeing the results. I'll wait and post mine once everyones is up. Jim

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Congrats Nev. Well done to everyone who entered.

My entry for this month. Tried to give the illusion of the ball floating seems to work depending on where your looking at it from. Ball is 95 mm in diameter from sycamore quite tough doing the ball and took a fair amount of time but its the biggest ball i've made so quite happy with it. The...

Hi, am I to late to join in, only turned a couple of pens so far. If not no probs. Nice idea and very kind. Jim

My bowl is 7 1/2 inches in diameter and 6 inches tall and made from Elm. Mostly done with my 3/8 bowl gouge for the undercut i used my undercutting scraper. It was quite a large piece of elm so it was held by my face plate and centre till i got it round and not vibrating all over the place...

Your welcome, glad someone got some use from it.

Scoreboard looks nice, good idea to register your readiness or not, brilliant.

No problem Duncan will post on Monday. Jim

Early for me but i'm ready.

I bought the Rutlands X700 chuck and it came with a 3/4" x 16tpi threaded adaptor is that what you need. If you let me know and your welcome to have it. Jim

I would just like to say congrats to the winner, if you get to the top over a period of as year then your must be the best. Well done..... Also to the organisers and judges, never an easy job so a great big thank you as well. I am very happy that we will be continuing this year to the...

My lovely partner provided me with a very nice chainsaw so i can get down the beach and chainsaw all the nuisance kids :lol: :lol: Ooops er....... i mean cut up all those logs that are just lying there waiting for me.

I have went for the Xmas scene with my attempt this month and had a whole lot of fun with it as well. Starting with the snowman he is made from 1 piece of sycamore turned to a shape that i liked and stands about 10" tall. Then sanded to 320 and finished with 3 coats of sanding sealer. Scarf was...

Been a busy month for me work wise, had my idea all ready sorted but just getting the time was difficuly. Then i thought the hut was going to blow away :D :D. My wee greenhouse took a battering though. Mind you not as bad as the trampoline that flew past me driving to one of my jobs...