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if you want a cheap hobby, woodturnings not for you, take up jogging, seriously, its like fishing half the things you get are for catching fish the other half for catching the angler im sure half the tools are made in the same way , you see you tube video's of workshops stacked to the roof with...

Bob, Just to clarify, i have a pressure pot and compressor for casting bowl blanks, unfortunately its only a small 1 Max about 10" i wanted to start making larger bowls about 12-13" and a pressure pot this big is in the region of £300, i had a idea of buying a cheap (vevor) vacuum pot and...

hi doing a bit of Resin casting and turning, i got a cheap vacuum pot and pump, the pump has already given up the ghost ,looking to replace it with a better quality one and also use it for vacuum chucking, so will have to run constantly i guess, anyone use or got ideas on 1 that wont break the...

i got a few bits with natural voids , cracks, and imperfections, want to turn these rough bowl shapes and put in moulds( plastic mixing bowls , small bucket ect), and cast blanks, not wanting to cast solid lumps of resin, been watcuing to much Sprague woodturning and Mick Zamatti on you tube prehaps

what peoples go to resin for casting bowls in a pressure pot, just starting out and wondered what's people are using, i just bought some Alumilite, is this good ? are there cheaper options ?

wish i did now, why the hell did i wait

i want to buy a pressure pot to do some resin casting, was looking at the paint pressure pot and convert it, cant justfy a really good one as i will not be doing a lot , a few months ago they were on ebay for between £75 to £90 , now if you can find 1 on ebay they are around the £140 mark is...

thinking of buying a couple of crown cryo razor edge chisels, thought on theses please? also i am sharpening on a pro edge, I only have HSS chisels at the moment and sharpen all them on a proedge with 180 ceramic belt? would i need to change belt to a finer 1 (240grit) any help appreciated

i bought the Orazio 24 l silent compressor about 6 months ago, only use for hobby use , pressure pot dusting down and tyre inflation, no problems so far, it is quiet compact and maintenance free, about 115 quid i think, had to buy a quick connector which was about £3, i done loads of research...

been doing a few vases while on lockdown ,never really done any before, i am having problems sanding the insides, just done one need to sand to the bottom about 150mm deep the vase tapers down to about 35mm at the bottom any ideas or pics of the method you use to reach the bottom of deep/...