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going to get an upgrade in the next few months and i would like your views please. at the moment i have a record cl1 and it seems obvious to me to upgrade to the cl3 as all the chucks drives and centres can be swapped over . i do like the sound of the phosphor bronze bearing but is it really...

is it still possible to get spare parts for the union jubilee or the graduate? drive belts bearings and motors .

does any one have or have owned a record power cl1 ? i have been having trouble with my cl1 ever since i purchased it two years ago. i have written about the vibration problems with the lathe before but i have now purchased the ajustable bench from record power and it has sorted one problem the...

the first three bowls you might have seen before but i turned the fourth bowl just before christmas and i just wanted to show someone as they all came from the same slab of beech. this complete bowl had very little sound wood in it. parts of this bowl came away while turning and a change of...

the first bowl from a very large spalted ash burr part of the bowl broke away when finishing

a very nice bit of sycamore that my dad put into planks about 9 years ago. he cut the rest up for fire wood late last year and he is kicking himself now that i gave him this. the planks were 3 inches thick and still sound but as my dad says( fire wood is money boy it pays the mortgage ). i...

i have been thinking about making a set of these for some time now and here is the result. i am happy with the end result but the jaws were made from 18mm ply wood which is poor quality so i might try again with mdf. next project is a new grinding jig some how adjustable to sharpen different tools

i have a record power cl 1 mounted on a very sturdy bench which is bolted to a concrete floor and both the shelves under the lathes are packed with large lumps of timber so i don't think that weight is a problem but trying to turn any face work i get stupid amounts of vibration no matter how...

spent a week on holiday down at my dads and ended up working most of the holiday on the saw mill. if any one is interested here are some pics. these trunks are to be milled and used as the main supports for a discovery centre . we had a few problems at first as this machine in its...

these three bowls are from a large piece of beech that has markings left from fungal or inscect attack or both. the first bowl was soft in places and bits broke off when turning. the second bowl was better to turn but with only a small bit of sound wood in it it made the gouge chatter and...

a chunky heavy ash bowl stained with coffee before finishing with danish oil. a mad moment i know but i will do it again with ash. a nice bit of burr oak just after its first stage of wet sanding with finishing oil. my first attempt at wet sanding with the oil and just like i was told all...

my first go at making a hollow form sycamore felled near me that has been left on the ground for two years producing this lovely orange stain. the foot or the base on this piece is far to big so i have left it in the shadow

this is the first piece of the spalted maple that i have put on the lathe but the trouble is i think it is too far gone . i mean that it is mostly dry dozed and rotten but with heavy sanding it looks lovely. the problem is that i used danish oil to finish this peice and after FIVE coats of...

i came across a large lump of beech a while ago that was a bit weird my dad has been in the tree surgery business for 35 years and cannot say what has done this to this tree. it came from a very large healthy beech tree with no visible fungi or growth that would help identify this strange wood...

segmented goblet cherry and walnut inside bad photo of a standard clock robinia burr robinia burr bowl natural edge bottom

segmented lamp made from walnut and sycamore with an oak base. oak burr with bark and still some moss stuck to it. sorry about picture quality

i recently purchased a digital camera a goodmans g-shot 5034tft and im having trouble taking a good picture. ive played with it for about a week now but what ever settings i change the picture is to dark or to bright. you all post high quality pictures of your work and i just cant seem to get a...

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ive got myself a digital camera and would like to post some pics . i am aware that i have to store the pictures on the internet to be able to post them here. so can someone send me a link of a website that will allow me to do this please. cheers