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Had my lathe for almost two weeks now and when i got it the DRO wasn't working... i didn't think it would be a problem BUT having it right there in front of me every time i use it was a little annoying as i like things to work that should work. An email response from Axminster said the DRO was...

Having a look at getting my first chuck and found this.... Rutlands chuck Being a 3" chuck (although listed dimensions put it at just under 3") sounds fairly small but reading the reviews people have said they turned 8"bowls... i was thinking it's more for a mini lathe but there is no mention...

In Liverpool... £15, and will deliver free locally-ish... or willing to swap for a smaller vice of some kind.

Building a mobile base for a lathe and can't decide if having fixed wheels on the bottom of it is a good idea or not. My thinking is it's NOT a good idea to have a lathe spinning at speed while on some small wheels (even though they will be the locking variety) as it could bounce around or...

With the impending arrival of a new lathe i set about laying out a wood shopping list in readiness to make a mobile cart for it......... then i thought about what was in the corner of the garden getting very little use and was slowly getting covered by other non useful things. This is what i...

I had wanted a palm router for quite some time but for the few times/jobs i would use it for i wasn't happy to pay around £100 for one.... until i seen one for sale in Aldi for £25. It comes with a nice branded bag, fence, spanner, guide bush, micro adjustment guide, straight bit and spare...

Reading up on all things good on the forum i came across the above topic... specifically extraction from under the table rather than the bottom of machine. I thought this solution could be the answer to my problems as i have a Aldi special bandsaw which has had one big problem since day one...

Is there an effective way of dealing with it when it reveals itself before or during a project. Made my daughter (well she made me make one) a wooden rainbow. Had a clean scrap of 2x5 so used that but during cutting the sap revealed itself, at first it wasn't a problem as we wiped it off and...

Just scouting out beginner/cheap lathes... and came across this one available at Machine Mart, https://bit.ly/2yxERVi. At my local wood club i use a Record DML320... https://bit.ly/2IPP1VL. I've been turning pens, handles, candle holders, magic wands along with small bowls and plates. In...

I'd often heard of people saying how bad kidney stones were but one never can know really know.... Well now i know, and i can assure you that you really should do all you can do to avoid them. I had woken up at 5am 2 weeks ago with what i thought was a stitch because i had slept funny, i got...

I have two cheap tools that are past their sell by date but the motors still work fine. If anyone in or near Liverpool could make use of them i'm asking for £10.

I know how they work but that is all... and now i'm currently trying to see if i can get a replacement, if anyone can help. I've contacted the store seller and their recommendations with no luck so thinking it's not possible. It's from this cheap planer sold at screwfix... and it was my own...

I made a pencil holder from a square piece of mahogany/sapele inserted into a square piece of oak, I then spliced mahogany/sapele into the corners of the oak with the intention of shaping it... Probably just taking off the corners a little. Apart from the drill press to drill holes for pencils...

A few days ago I was watching Paul Sellers Christmas ideas on YouTube.... Using a spokeshave and small piece of wood he made a propeller on a stick which was great. I had a go and as expected it was a simple 5 minute thing anyone can do... So... I asked my lad (11) did he want to make one to...

Since having my planer it has sat on my work top... The bed being at an un-nerving 4' 2". I've longed for the day it was gone and that day was today... Thanks to having finished the garden decking thus giving me an outdoor space to work with. Of course it started with the supplies... 1/2"...

I've made a few chopping boards, phone/candle holders, bar stools that I've been asked to make or I've made to sell. These have all been made from pine or oak/mahogany I get for free, I do have a little maple and have had a little walnut but not much to make anything really useful. So I'm...

A trifle is of course jelly, custard and cream. But sometimes there are other things in the jelly that just shouldn't be there... Fruit chunks/ strawberries. Just today I got a large trifle (admittedly all for myself) so I made sure that it was of the variety I like... At least according to...

At my local car boot last weekend I bought myself two cheap No5 planes... Cheap in make and price. Cost was £5 and other than No5 stamped on the heel they're just as plain as any other low price tool. Why did I buy them? The idea was to learn how to restore them or make them useable before I...

After looking for a new table saw with an extendable side/mitre gauge built in I was pleasantly surprised to find that Axminster have their own which upon seeing seemed to be ideal... However they didn't have one with the sliding mitre gauge in store . I currently have a Clarke 10" but I very...

Had to pop out to Warrington today to collect a birthday present for my lad. While driving round something in the corner of my eye caught my attention it was an industrial building with a black and red sign that read... Axminster. A quick mention to the mrs was returned by her saying call in...