Recent content by Tarrquin

Thank you for all your advice and suggestions! I have decided to go along with selectortone's suggestion and buy the jig set he linked. It does seem to be well reviewed and not too expensive so hopefully will help me get nicely sharpened tools :) Cheers, Steve

I thought I'd get comments about sharpening by hand! I guess the jig makers would want to discourage that approach #-o I shall delve into the world of hand sharpening videos via DuckDuckGo (no googling in this house!) but any suggestions as to ones worth watching will be welcomed! Thank...

Hi All, I realise that I'm about to ask a question with probably as many answers as 'which is the best beer/football team' but I'm going to try anyway :twisted: My pre-loved lathe is now fully functional, I have a nice set of Sorby chisels that came with it and I have just turned my first box...

Now I have a lathe I can use, I have made an important discovery in woodturning: The difference between a lid that is much too tight and one that is too loose is approximately 0.5 nanoseconds of very light pressure with a skew chisel. Thus proving my signature line! Teach me not to try to run...

Kity was a French company therefore there could be nothing weird about it. Whatsoever :lol:

Morning All! Yesterday evening the extended allen keys arrived and I've just tested my theory. And for once, I was right :D The 6mm key slotted straight into the socket in the gizmo in the spindle and - this really surprised me - it turned as easy as anything (I suspect it had not been used...

Ooh, that looks interesting, I shall start searching... thanks, Bob!

With thanks to everyone who has offered me advice on this little problem, I have had another look at the spindle on my Kity 663 lathe and it isn't hollow, at least not all the way through. I tried a 6mm steel bar and it went in only so far, around 100mm or so, then hit something solid (I should...

Bob, looks like I am unable to PM you until I've been a member a bit longer :( but thank you for the offer :-) Cheers, Steve

That was an amazing response! Thank you all for coming back to me so quickly - sounds like it's a simpler piece of equipment than I'd envisioned :P Bob, I shall contact you as requested, thank you :) Cheers, Steve

Hello everyone, I'm a newbie to this forum so please bear with me if I'm posting in the wrong bit! I have recently been given an old Kity 663 wood turning lathe and I am enjoying learning how to use it. I hadn't used a lathe since turning metal at school some 55 years ago and I'm so pleased to...