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Sorry if this is a bit of a random question. I own a waterrower, a kind of rowing machine which uses a paddle in a water tank to create resistance. The water tank started leaking today, after many years of usage. It is basically made up of two halves which lock together. The junction between...

Could I have some opinions and advice about introducing little children to woodworking so they can get creative with it while keeping it safe? I am not much of a woodworker myself, I just enjoy leanrning new things, but I have read an interesting pubblication from a wood sculptor who worked for...

I am set on improving my questionable skills with the skew. Today I spent a few hours turning captive rings. I managed several between one inch and one quarter, failed quite a few, but I didn't quite manage to come up with a good surface underneath the rings. It's pretty ragged. I tried to do...

Hi everybody, I recently went back to turning. Typically I steer clear of the skew for the final cuts, but I very much love the finish it leaves and, catches aside, I enjoy using the skew a lot. So I am spending a few hours every week practising. I have a second hand Henry Taylor rolled edge...

I was trying to figure out how to make a box so not to interrupt the grain between box itself and lid. The best I could think of was parting the lid with a very thin tool and turn a tube like insert separately, to fit the box or the lid. I will give it a go as soon as my wood is dry enough not...

What do you use for sealing end grain on the cheap? Candle wax?

I have a bunch of green wood and very little dry one. After some mishaps with cracking (great opportunity to try inlaying I guess) and end grain lids not fitting anymore, I am experimenting with partial hollowing to hasten seasoning. I am leaving some outside for a few days before bringing them...

My wife keeps asking me to turn a chopping board and some other food safe items for the kitchen. I have a bunch of redwood from my neighbour, so I looked it up http://www.wood-database.com/wood-artic ... -toxicity/ Redwood irritant, sensitizer, asthma, HP, NPC (rare) So, it sounds pretty...

This is probably a pretty dumb question, but anyway. I really wanted to try my screw chuck, as I never used before, so I mounted a not too well seasoned log on it and turned away for practise, then turned the rest into a screw chuck to finish a piece. Then I left it overnight mounted, thinking...

I have had my lathe for a few weeks now, got my grinding jig and having quite a lot of fun, practising my skew mostly, despite the quality of my "pieces" is not that great right now. I have a few questions, if somebody have a minute to stop by and give me advice. Woodscrew: I bought a...

I was planning on making myself a compression chuck (wonder if that's the term) for turning away bowls' tenons. Basically, a disk of plywood bolted to a faceplate, and a donut to trap the bowl, hold by six 4'' threaded rods locked by wing nuts. For safety, protruding rods and wingnuts will go...

I just registered, hello everybody! I am a complete beginner and looking for a mini lather I could move to the workbench every time I need turning (shed is tiny and badly ventilated, so I need to move it to a sheltered workbench outside). I heard SIP and Draper are cheap but not that good, so I...