Recent content by procell

beautiful work. I am in awe. If ever you decide to go into production of the jig I am sure there will be plenty who would be interested in it.

Hi Roger and wlcome to the mad house. I started with an Elu that I bought second hand. It came with a Craft supplies collect chuck system. Unfortunately my lathe developed an electrical fault and as spares are no longer available it is now sitting in my shed doing nothing. You are right when...

Just had a quick look on the Aldi website and from 11 Aug they have several types of metal tea light holder and some nice looking bowls that could be incorporated into work pieces. example :- set of 4 stainless steel or copper tea light holders £9.99 https://www.aldi.co.uk/specialbuys/date...

Hi and welcome, I too started with an ELU 180. It got me hooked and was a lot of fun. You are correct that the pulleys adjust the speed of the lathe and the Attachment you are talking about (drive centre) is forced into the end of the piece of wood for spindle turning. Be careful when...

When looking for a source of wood never forget your local council. I contacted mine and they put me in touch with their tree surgeon. He has a workayard the size of several football pitches which is often at least a metre deep in various logs that have been felled. With the recent storms I would...

I recycle trees from the local council tree surgeon and offcuts from a local window frame maker. Both are more than happy to let me have as much as I want. I get a very wide variety of woods from the surgeon but the offcuts are mainly sapele.

As you have shown above the back plate is not fit for purpose and is dangerous. Likewise the tools. If the Lathe is still within guarantee period then I would suggest writing to the manufacturer and asking for a full refund of the price. You could also suggest a recall of the lathes before...

I dont have room for a dust extraction unit in my shed unfortunately. The mask works well to save my lungs though.

Something to think about when buying a lathe.. You can turn small items on a large lathe but rarely can you turn large items on a small lathe. Think of what you are likely to be doing on it then decide if this is all you will ever want to do. A swivel head stock is useful if you may wish to do...

Very impressive for your first try. To go for sectional turning as a first effort is a bold choice but you seem to have got the joints tight. Well done. I am sure there will be lots of advice from people far more qualified than myself but my suggestion would be to practice with spindle turning...

I have a SN2 and RP200 chucks. SN2 is very well made and has a large selection of jaws available but they are not cheap. The RP200 is a cracking little chuck. The jaw sets are pretty cheap and allow you to have several options for the same price as one set for the SN2. I would think the RP2000...

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+1 for trend and ebay suggestion I got mine on there for £40. works great and charges pretty quick too.

I use a Jet wetstone system which is similar to the Tormek. setting up takes less than a minute using a tormek setting jig. I use tormek jigs as they perform better than the jet or record ones. Record power have some xmas offers on at the moment that may be worth a look...

Well done everyone. Very nice work all round.