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I've had a very positive experience with Axminster, thought I'd share: I ordered (among other things) a new scroll saw a few weeks ago. Thanks to B&Q messing me around with the timber, I wasn't able to get workbenches built, so my lovely new tools were left sitting in the boxes. Last Thursday...

For once this isn't a test. It's softwood, felled by builders nearby to put up apartments. Bark is yellowish, wood is pale (darker when burnished) with pores at the darker boundaries between rings. There's a very soft pith in the centre - you could remove it with a matchstick. Incidentally...

Hi everyone, Since I got some rather helpful advice on my first thread, I thought I'd come pick some brains once more. I want to start working on bowls, so I'll need a bowl gouge. The advice I see everywhere is to stick with HSS, so let's restrict it to that. What HSS bowl gouge would you...

Hi everyone! I've been doing a fair bit of woodturning lately and have outgrown my lathe - it has a 4-prong drive centre and live centre on the tailstock, making it unsuitable for bowls and the like, which I'd love to have a go at. I've considered upgrading the lathe, but it's an unknown brand...