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Hi All, I would welcome some advice... I have a 20' by 12' workshop arriving in a couple of weeks and have promised myself that I'd get a good dust extraction setup. I mostly turn wood to create dust and have looked through the Axminster site for ideas. The power supply is via a 6mm armoured...

Having spent the afternoon turning a yew branch into 5 mushrooms I felt a bit conjested and short of breath (any wood dust gets to me this way) despite wearing an Airshield Pro. It turns out, when I checked the air levels, that it wasn't working properly and dust will have been creeping round...

I've just spent a frustrating 30 minutes trying to 'true' a bowl blank. It measures about 30cm in diameter by 5cm in width, or at least it did to start with. It's now about 20cm in diameter and still making my small Axminster AWVSL lather move around the bench like a demented ferret. I've braced...

Apologies in advance for this basic question that must have been asked a number of times before (I've looked but can't fing the answer). What is a good/safe speed to turn a bowl blank? The ones I'm using are already cut by bandsaw to a fairly round shape and a mixture of hardwoods the largest...

I've read that when sharpening/grinding turning tools you should regularly dip in water to keep them from overheating. However, I've now just read that with High Speed Steel this is not recommended and can cause fractures in the steel. Further with HSS any 'blueing' is just cosmetic and doesn't...

I recently took the plunge and bought a small Axminster lathe having had a lesson about a year ago. I've spent quite a bit of time already filling my shed with shavings reducing pieces of wood into smaller pieces of wood and have a few questions. No, let's be honest, a lot of questions ;)...