Recent content by jgrover39

I am building my own lathe and am now in need of sourcing a steel rod to be machined down as a spindle. Could you please tell me the average spindle diameter on a heavy duty lathe and your opinion on what thread to machine on to each end to allow for chucks/faceplates? Thanks in advance, Jon

Just going to throw this one out there, what about boiled linseed oil (still have some left over from my cricket bat) Thanks, Jon

Thanks for that BugBear, I think your right - I can't seem to get the handles clean enough to warrant not staining them. What dye do you use on your handles, they look fantastic! Thanks, Jon

Just sanded down the handles to a Record no.6 back to the bare beech, I would like the handles to look similar to the lie-nielson ones, could you recommend a finish that would achieve this please. Regards, Jon

My evolution rage sliding mitre saw has a 34mm extraction port, whereas my vax nozzle is only 29mm. Is there a special reducer fitting around as I would like if poss to avoid taping is as I use the vax for other machines. Thanks, Jon

Hi, I have the 255mm rage saw and can say that its fantastic, although I only use it for mostly wood the capability for the odd bit of metal is very handy. The only problem i have found with it is the size! bit of an effort lugging it around to find space in my single garage workshop. The...

this is a smaller version, might be a bit clearer to see http://img51.imageshack.us/i/sdc10668b.jpg/

sorry for the bad quality my normal camera is broken so this is off my phone, it is with a small amount of vegetable oil on. The white coloured part has a very thin grain similar in shape to oak but less pronounced. Thanks, Jon

Hi, no idea what wood this is so any info would be great. Thanks, Jon http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3575/sdc10668.jpg

All fixed now, sorry for that this was my first time posting a photo. I know that i needed to have used a proper chuck for this but i dont even own a lathe it is my friends (i'm hoping to aquire one when space permits). I have heard about using hot glue to mount the blank onto the waste wood...

sorry about that, any ideas how to reduce the size? thanks

After turning my first bowl :) I need to find a way of hiding the four holes left by the screws in the faceplate. I was thinking about using epoxy putty to fill them and then treat the bowl with some vegetable oil to bring out the colour. http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3575/sdc10668.jpg...

Hi, I only have a small workshop (single car garage) and currently don/t have any drill machines not counting a 12v panasonic cordless. Im thinking of buying the GDM140F as its only £130 in my local tool supplier and has a much bigger capacity than an ordinary bench drill and I really don't...

Hi guys, My first post so here goes, I am building a cider press at college for my alevel project and was introduced to the lathe the other day to turn an ash handle, needless to say as soon as the chisel touched the union graduate the bug had taken hold! I have done a few small bits...