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First time I've dared post something I made to the forum. Please be gentle with me :) Found a bit of spalted beech in the firewood pile and thought I could do something with it.

So, all you experts (who have a lathe where the head turns for faceplate work), is it a bit of a gimmick or is it really helpful? I tend to find I end up in awkward positions from time to time when doing the inside of bowls and hollow forms. Could be technique ... However, I'm thinking of...

Stupid questions time ... What's the approximate % difference in price between buying sawn and PSE (or PAR) redwood? I'm planning to build a utilitarian cabinet in my workshop. However, rather than using plywood (which I'm more used to), I want to use it as an exercise in practicing some hand...

Hi all, I have an AT1416VS - up 'til now it's been mounted to a bench but I need to make some room and was considering chucking out the bench and buying the stand for the lathe from Axminster. Has anyone got this lathe on the stand? If so, is it pretty stable? I see it has wheels, is it...

This may be obvious to anyone else, but it took me a fair amount of searching to find a source of suitable abrasives for the Worksharp that weren't either ridiculously expensive or available only in such large quantities that I could never hope to use them. I tried some cheap (and not so cheap)...

Hi all, I've been lurking around here quite a while and finally decided it was time to post. I'm new to all this so probably won't be able to add much to the collective wisdom yet, but hope to benefit from the experience of others to learn. I have a Jet JML-1014 Mini, with just the...