Paul Hannaby

The simplest way of doing it would be to drill the hole with a drill press and make a wooden mandrel (which you could attach to a...

The APF10 respirator is inadequate for use with hardwoods. The HSE recommend at least APF20 or P3 if you are working with hardwoods.

Steb drive centre also sold

Not at all, I know turners who turn it and I used to turn it when I was a teenager to make fishing floats.

Nothing to do with motors but I have a set of bearings for a Graduate lathe if anyone is interested?

There are no species of wood that can't be turned but some are more difficult to get decent results than others. There are many woods...

I have a vacuum chuck and use it for a variety of things, not just reverse turning bowls. I often reverse turn bowls using a mandrel...

It sounds like a 28-40. Is it green with cylindrical bed bars? The later (blue) Poolewood lathes were all DVSL drives so electronic...

Steb live centre sold

An assortment of drive and live centres - MT2 Four prong 1" drive with removable/adjustable pin and body bored 1/4" for lamp...

Axminster 22mm O'Donnell jaws black zinc plated £70 Axminster Internal engineering step jaws (The old steel type so no additional...

Axminster super precision chuck fitted with a 1" x 8tpi backplate and it has an extended chuck key. I can swap the backplate for a...

From those dimensions it sounds like the headstock is MT3 and the tailstock is MT2

I have the following backplates for sale which will fit either Axminster super precision chucks or Versachucks. T04 - 1" x 8tpi £15...

It looks like an interesting machine but it looked like the finish off the tool wasn't as good as a hand turned piece but you could use...