Recent content by Lazurus

Thank you all👍

I am working on 8 to 10 inch diameter and around 6 inches tall but I can work the base around standard sizes if there is such a thing

I am desperately looking for a supplier and or manufacturer of glass domes for a commission I have received recently can anyone give me any recommendations please?

I have had a few in the past, maybe something I will get into again when I retire and have more time

Pent with DPM over.

Great set up for any one starting out in resin

Any water clear polyester casting resin will do the job, just be very accurate on the mixing with catalyst

Bora centipede?

Another shout foe the Bora Centipede, I got the 6 x 4 version and is ideal for 8 x 4 sheets and a circular saw, sheet of celotex and folds down to nothing and slides under my bench and the celotex against a wall or tucked away outside till next used. https://boratool.co.uk/collections/centipedes

My useag is generally getting wood or masonry screws out where they have rounded out. I have had no success in getting the threaded part to bite into the pilot hole, I am wondering if they are just made of chinesium which is softer that the screws themselves.

Can someone recommend me a set of screw extractors that actually work. I have tried a couple of sets with zero success. Additionally is there a knack to using them as I am not above user error causing the failures.

They shouldn't have soaked up too much so plenty of ventilation and air gaps

I bought a lathe 25 years ago and the "then" wife bought me a one day course which set the basics, then like most others it was gaining experience and experimentation. 25 years on I have a VB36 and being just three months away from retirement and a new workshop I am hoping to consolidate all I...

Wet a tee shirt as the evaporation will cool you off, we have cool coats for the dogs which work on the same principle, they appreciate it.

Funnily enough removed some pitch fibre today and replaced with the more usual 110mm plastic. Mine was totally encased in concrete as apparently that is how they stopped it getting crushed, nowadays just pea shingle, used simple rubber connectors from one to the other an all's good.