Recent content by Walnut Les

From what I have read when the Nova lathes go wrong it is a costly fix. They do say to clear the dust out by a sensor that's in them but they normally need new circuit boards put in them. (at a cost of about 450 to 500 pounds) They can suffer with power surging problems so I always unplug my one...

Two horse chestnut bowls fresh of the lathe and ready for oiling.

The photo was taken in my garden Derek, I just couldn't take it in the workshop as the workshop is a foot deep in shavings at the moment. :D Les

Nice one on converting your wood Derek, I love working with yew. I have just got two lumps of Ash to play with.

The Nova lathes can suffer with dust, have you tried blowing the dust out of the headstock and the circuit board. There is also a small fuse in the Nova dvr that you might want to check out as it could be something as simple as changing the fuse or removing the excess dust. I'm not home until...

You could also try putting your lathe on a thick sheet of 8x4 ply as that would spread the weight over a greater area and also cut down on much of the vibration.

Nice looking bowl Derek and a great job on the paint work mate. Les

A lovely bit of wood, well done on turning the goblet. Les

Well done on the colouring of your bowl platter Andy, it looks well nice mate. Les

It's looking good Derek, a bit of texturing or pyro with some colour on your eye and it will well stand out. You do know that when you have finished making it your going to have hawks in your garden worshiping it. Les

Sorry only half an answer to your post. Carbide tools are good for wood removal but can cause a lot of tear out, many people use the carbide tools for removing wood and getting the shape of what they are making and then they swap over to high speed steel tools for finishing off. Les

NO. don't even think about it, not only would you end up bending your spindle gouge the vibration would be well bad. Scrapers are thick to cope with the stresses that you put on them your 10mm tool is for fine detail work. I hope that this helps Les

A great looking bowl Derek, it has the look of something that they found in Roswell. Les

I really like what you have done with your first one Derek and I like the look of your third one, but I'm not sure about your second one I think that I need to see a few more pictures of it from different angles or see it off the lathe as I don't think its as pleasing to the eye as the other...

She will be having a shed of her own chas, but I might direct some of the heat from her kiln to help dry my wood or to help keep my workshop warm. :D