Recent content by JonF

Have been using the Pro Edge for about 6 months now and it is an excellent piece of kit. Consistent edges, ultra sharp results, very quick to use. I hadn't realised just how good it was until is sharpened one of my Crown cryogenically treated gouges, stunning sharpness with ease. I'm starting...

Update: I've elected to keep things simple, if expensive, and get an electrician to wire the workshop up properly. This way I don't need to worry so much about what will and won't work. Ironically I've also decided to opt for the Jet DC1100A chip extractor with filter hood which requires less...

Thanks Phil and Frank, A follow up question Phil. It turns out that the electricity supply I'll be using is spurred off the kitchen ring and down the garden in a 6mm cable (if that makes more sense to others than me). Does your Jet pull a lot of power? My laymans calculation says that I could...

Hi All, I would welcome some advice... I have a 20' by 12' workshop arriving in a couple of weeks and have promised myself that I'd get a good dust extraction setup. I mostly turn wood to create dust and have looked through the Axminster site for ideas. The power supply is via a 6mm armoured...

Nice work! Enough said.

Very nice work and encouraging to hear that someone else likes using scrapers.

I'll be more direct than the previous answers although they are perfectly correct. An Axminster AWVSL lathe is pretty cheap, versatile and quite forgiving for the beginner. Be ready for the accessories to cost much, much more than the lathe. This lathe has suited me very well so far and is a...

Yesterday in fact, I plan to do a couple more and will then take a pic... work permitting. It was an experiment with a much longer stem and worked quite well.

I've been quite lucky with the mushrooms and only 2 have splits, both quite minor. The ones that did split were the thickest and were brought almost immediately indoors. I think that I'll leave the next lot in the shed for a while before bringing them in. I'd also read that storing in plastic...

I'm glad it's not just me. Being new to turning the most difficult thing so far has been sharpenning the tools. I realised early on that it was going to be a good idea to get hold of a jig. Off I went and bought a second hand 'Storme' setup which was duly installed, the brief instructions...

Cut off the tree about 2 months before, left outside for all that time and still 'wet' while turning. What you can't see are the cracks appearing in half of them :( Plently more branch left though :)

Inspiring work!! It inspired me to buy a set of those jaws (I eventually found them listed as 'button jaws'). I wondered how you guys manage to remove the spigot. Thanks :)

Here we go Tim, I got the camera sorted out :) The Yew branch they came from is in the second pic.

Taz, I like it! Chunky, real and solid. It's the sort of thing i remember from my childhood and one of those items that will last. Most definitely it's a better candlestick than my recent first bowl which contrived to be of greater diameter on the inside than the outside.

Sorry, my mistake. I have a Bosch GAS50 Wet & Dry Extractor . The Airshield has a similar guage which remained stubbornly at the lowest point. Battery charging overnight, hopefully ok tomorrow.