Recent content by kevinmacq

Was hoping to avoid epoxy finish as dont want a high gloss finish.

At the moment its looking like elm or ash

Hi. Just been asked to turn a wooden sink for a client. Any suggestions for a waterproof finish? They dont want a high gloss epoxy finish.

thanks guys, im away to mainland on wednesday so will pop into the guy in ulapool and will have a hunt about when im away

Hi Guys, I am looking for blanks that are different from your usual rounds, burrs natural edges etc, does anyone have any good sources of these? im based on the isle of lewis in the far north west of scotland so cant just go to my local suplier as we dont have one. have been looking on ebay but...

In The north west of scotland. can post blanks anywhere though at cost, think its £14 for up to 20kg

Hi Guys, I have been turning for 8 years and have just moved house and have no space for all my wood to come with me, everything is in planks at the moment so if anyone would be interested in buying blanks let me know what sizes you are after and i will get back to you with a price, its mostly...

Woo hoo, after some gentle persuading with the biggest persuader i had in the garage the faceplate came off, Have cleaned up the threads and greased them up and put a washer in so now to get turning :D :D :D

Just to make sure im not tightening the faceplate since its a left hand thread what way should i be looking at it coming off? clockwise or anti clockwise?

The faceplate just wont turn on the thread, dont think its stuck to the by the back of the faceplate. Running out of ideas, have 2 big lumps of burr yew which i am desperate to turn but the lathes to wee inboard

I think its steel, have been spraying WD40 in the last couple days so hopefully will have soaked through by the weekend when i get a chance to try taking it off.

Thanks for that guys, will give it a go. yeah managed to get the bowl off by snapping the screws. Have saved the bowl as it just fitted on the inboard side by 1/2". Had tried getting a screwdriver and hitting it but maybe it needs more persuasion. Someone suggested heating it with a blow torch...

Good lathe, Never had any bother with my one till just now when my faceplate has somehow got stuck on the outboard side. Had problem with the motor in the past when the key holding the pulley onto the shaft disintigrated but managed to source a replacement one from a motor refurbisher locally.

Hi, I have a woodfast M410 lathe. Have been turning some pretty large bowls on the outboard end of the lathe before christmas. Had left one mounted and hadnt been near it for a few months. Went to try and get the faceplate off on saturday and it wont budge. Have tried everything i can think of...