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Hi All, I'm about to attempt my first proper double bevel marquetry project - it's a memory box for my future wife for her wedding present (no pressure!). I tried a sample piece the other day and it came out surprisingly good in places but I still have a couple of questions if I may. The...

Tension was the issue. The knob has a quick release cam and moving this a few times I noticed the rotational aspect of the adjuster was very stiff. A quick clean etc and we are up an running. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

I was given a rexon ss16sa scroll saw by a friend. I didn't come with any blades (bar one broken one still mounted). I have tried to fit a new blade but they don't feel like they are fitting correctly. When I did get one mounted and started the machine the blade was bending by about an inch in...

That's kind of how I left it there, I wanted the details of the shipping agent and they were to pay in cash on collection etc. Thanks for confirming my suspicions all.

Hi, I have some things listed on Gumtree and I have just had a call from a gentleman purporting to be from Bahrain interested in buying one of the lathes I have for sale. He said he would pay in full and arrange a shipping agent to collect. He wanted to know my phone number ( which he obviously...

I've done a bit of spindle work up until now on my old lathe. I mostly want to get to state where I can competently turn things such as table legs etc for my other furniture pieces. In fact it's a piece of furniture that spurred me on to make the change in lathe now as I have a very long piece...

I'm soon to start some in our bedroom. I might have to use these for inspiration.

+1 for the drawers, love the painted front and oak sides!

Very nice indeed :D

Can the motor be rotated by hand (with the power off and the unit unplugged) a full 360degrees?

New lathe on order from axi. Should be here Saturday. To say I'm excited is a bit of an under statement :D I've gone for the ah 1218, we went down to the Nuneaton store on Monday and had a look at it and it appears perfect for what I'll need it for - got the bed extension too. Now just need to...

Happens to us all. We started some building work at ours last year and the bodges I found by the previous owner were shocking most notably, two doors with no lintels above them at all, sleeper walls for the utility conversion made by stacking bricks on top of one another with no mortar and loft...

Very nice. One day I'll get round to building my loft layout - when I run out of things to do around the house anyway. (hammer)

When I built mine last year, the building inspector was happy with 50mm above and 75mm between to keep the overall height down but the area wasn't very large as it was quite a small extension to serve as a new entrance and hallway. I also didn't need a vapour barrier as taping the joints on a...

Mock, check out scot and seargant machinery they had the record available for £141.

Mock, FYI I have spoken to them this morning and they are sending a courier to collect the item tomorrow and giving a refund.

As yet,no. I have spoken with them twice and they are awaiting a response from the manufacturer. They said yesterday they should have this by this afternoon so I will hopefully hear something soon. When I do I'll let you know.

Yeah mine is sitting upstairs waiting to go back to rutlands as the fan motor is stuck. Looks like a batch issue then as mine only lasted about an hour too!

I have bought one too. Should hopefully be here by thursday. Thanks to the op for highlighting these.

I tried 2 goblets for the August challenge, but, the first expolded on the lathe when I got overly cocky and cut the stem too thin, whilst the timber cracked on the second leaving me with a stubby goblet with a mishapen base lol. I am new to the craft and to has to be said im not very good. I...