Recent content by Popkorn

Thanks all for you comments.

A thicknesser, bandsaw and scroll saw, plenty of hardwood planks, 5/8" thick, a good set of 'plans/design' from the states, and lots of time and patience. I am afraid I cheat somewhat with drawings obtained from the old USA, photocopy on a board to assemble on, then pick a point to start from...

Hi fellow woodworkers, I have been a non contributing reader for a while now and this morning I thought I would join the clan. My offering for this thread is Intarsia, probably not heard of by many, any way here is my winter/covid project finished.

Again thanks Chris, I will take on board both comments. Just waiting on a reply from a possible seller and if successful will experiment. Looking at your photo I can now see the concern, quite a length, and I can see the need for a support. Sorry for the delay in replying.

Thanks again Chris.

Chris, again many thanks, I will pass on the dimensions to my son and see if he has enough info, anything else and I will come back to you if you don't mind. Regards John

Hi Chris, outstanding. Any measurements you can provide would be great, width of arm, thickness, slot width, angle, angled length, length over bars, length from bars. My son is a toolmaker (unfortunately in Canada) and has said he would make it up for me so any and all measurements would be...

Thanks, haven't seen this before, I will give it a good look.

It was very rigid and surprisingly stable, cast iron and quite heavy, as was the price which at time was beyond me.

Hi, I am on a mission to find a Sorby large bowl turning extension arm. Sadly these items are now no longer made and I missed the chance to buy one when I first bought my lathe (many years ago now). If anyone knows where one can be found, or if anyone has one and can provide size specs to enable...