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after a quick trip to the fantastic tool post at Didcot this morning to get a couple of sycamore bowl blanks and then spending far to long dribbling over the vast array of wood turning goody's in that place i decided to try again just with a basic bowl but taking more time getting the face...

Newbie error slightly off centre by a fraction on the faceplate charged in before i realised so the edge is a bit thinner on one side. Still a few lines on the inside i think i will try sycamore next time as this is iroko wood and i think im trying to run before walking It is 3 inch high...

hi all i have had a third attempt at turning today bought a lump of wood from the carboot sale sadly i'm no good at identifying wood i guess you guys hopefully can tell me what it is it was only £3 and i can get another two bowls from it at a later date so cheap practise material...

hi all i have been struggerling with cheap chinese chisels so i bought some marples on flea bay then hit the jack pot on gumtree with this collection comprising of two robert sorby 13 tyzack 2 henry taylor 1 crown 1 gary rance all look like they have had very little use with there stickers still...

Finally the sun has relented so i have draged the lathe out into the garden for a second time feeling a litle more confident that things wont fly off and hit me so this time trying to make a dish from oak with cheap blunt in a second unbranded chisels hurry up flea bay and send those nice shiny...

Hi all newbie from abingdon oxon here just turned a very very rough pull cord handle out of rough sawn pine with my new toy its a 38" faithful i presume these are a chinese copy of something else but it was a year old and never used the poor chap never got the chance only £60 with...