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As the title says, she who must be obeyed has finally had enough of our 70's green bathroom suite and decided we need a new white one!! Only the one question I have as I am doing the work myself and everything is going back where the old stuff was but......tiling!! Its feasible if I do the...

Well after months of talking about it I have decided to take a small break from wood turning until such a time as we move up to north Wales to relax...to that end I have been through the shed and listed all my wood turning gear that I will not be able to transport up north and decided to sell...

Hi all, just a quick query if I may....are there any members on here from pembrokeshire...and anyone that goes to the woodturning club in Pembroke on a thursday night?

Hi all....having a bit of a mental block here! I have searched the usual suspects (turners retreat, yandles etc etc) but try as I might I cannot find or remember where I got my pen cases from last time I ordered...the cases in question were the black velvet one with a choice of white or black...

Well the plans for moving to north Wales to slow down and enjoy life before retirement are coming along nicely but its with a heavy heart that a decision has been made (against my wifes wishes) that wood turning may well have to go on the back burner for a few years!! Putting my kit into storage...

Not wishing to hijack Owens thread I thought I would start my own!! For those who know me I had my 5 year all clear cancer check up back in august....happy days lets get on with life says I!! Yesterday my wife took a call from my oncologist saying they have just reviewed the ct scan I had in...

Hi all, hope someone on here is feeling helpful. We spend a fair amount of time in North Wales travelling and holidaying and in september we are off up there again, but this time we are towing our caravan. Now we have chosen a promising looking campsite just outside Beddgelert on the Rhydd du...

Has anyone used them for pen kits etc etc...what sort of quality are they? Whats the delivery time like?? Cheers all

Hi Gurus, I have seen mentioned on here the "three wheel buffing system" does anyone have a link with an overview of the set up and a link to the actual purchasing of said product....just to save me hours of trawling google and, inevitably, buying the wrong thing!!

Had a few hours to kill today while Mrs Spinks relaxed on the sofa (hangover, but I didn't touch a drop last night as I wanted some shed time) So first up I popped the pens together (the polaris pen is from tulip wood and a little boring tbh!!) The bowl shape was inspired to me by a fellow forum...

Particularly like the questions at the end but 48k for a pen....I am off down the shed today!!! http://www.amazon.com/Omas-Limited-Edition-Fountain-Diamonds/dp/B002K6QB78/ref=cm_cd_ql_qh_dp_t

Why is it, after taking lots of time cutting, drilling, trimming and finally turning a really nice pen blank (one of which was a beautiful golden camphor burl) you get it down to shape and ready for sanding and think "I'll just take a tint touch more off that end" and then, and only then, the...

I was talking to my butcher earlier and asked him how long a turkey should last in a freezer, he told me about 3 months....I find this odd as I put one in the freezer the other day and it was dead by the following morning!!

Hi all, delving deeper into the world of pen turning I am starting to get some good results with CA finish with a good wax buffing afterwards but alot of places I have read up on recommend BLO followed by CA.....what are the benefits of the initial coat of BLO?? Also, I am going to get myself a...

Hi all, autumn is here and I am now venturing in the shed of an evening/weekend and have turned a few bits and bobs and have a few commissions for pens and one of the customers gave me a piece of horn (deer I imagine) and I was wondering what you would do with it. I have zero experience of...

Be gentle, and the title is a bit of a wee fib...its actually my second attempt at a pen as the first one was terrible!! The pen kit is a simple slimline kit from Ockenden timber, turned from corian and sanded through to 1500 grit finished with a set of hard wax polishes recommended by George...

Hi all, its been a while since i posted anything but new job and summer have been keeping me busy! Anyway, I still have moments of confusion when it comes to my turning. I am relatively ok when it comes to simple bowls and lidded boxes but I am experiencing difficulty getting my head round...

I love wood turning...its relaxing and fills me with pride when i turn something that people comment on so why is it I seem to rarely get the chance to go down the man cave? In the winter its too darn cold down there....now, with this heat wave, its too hot. Then when its perfect conditions a...

OK, this is my second of Georges blanks I have had...the first one ended up as a kind of egg cup thing that really really didn't do the blank justice!! This is an attempt at a small box, its plain and simple and still probably does not do the blank justice but I tried!! The inside could do with...

Ok, I am looking around the forum, admiring lots of gorgeous projects but have been wondering...what the flibberty gibert does WIP mean? I am guessing its "what I produced" but the grammar seems wrong...enlighten me please!!