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    Carbide tools...

    loads on Ebay, Chinese made my guess, about 16-18 quid each, just bought a couple as i want to turn some resin and have read carbide are better for this, not best quality ferrells not on straight, or fantastic finish on handles, but im not cutting wood with the ferrells or handle, so i'm not...
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    OpAnyone used these for a build?

    Trings, i'm in the concrete game full time, believe me if you only going 50m a small trailer pump is the way to go all day long, start barrowing it and you get into waiting time and our firm charge £120 a hour after 45 mins
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    Choice of chuck

    yep i will 2nd that , very happy with my versa chuck, and it was by the far cheapest way to go when i changed lathes, as i could keep all my jaws and just buy the carriers to fit
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    Brad nailer, how much air does it use?

    just a heads up, i just bought the Orazio 24lts air compressor off ebay i was same as you not wanting a loud compressor in workshop, was looking at the SGS one but at 95 Db ruled it out as it would drive me crazy, i can confirm it is very quiet, and yes like all the reviews say the air tap...
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    silent air compressor

    Thanks Graham, i was looking at the 24ltr , do you find the 9ltr big enough for dusting? i wondered if it would run out of puff after a short time, i know it would be fine for charging a pressure pot, but thought it would struggle with a duster for more than a short time?
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    silent air compressor

    anybody had one of these cheap silent air compressors you find on ebay go under names like Dkiel or Orizi, i know you get what you pay for, but as i am in close proximity of neighbours i need a silent 1, and cant justify £300+ for a branded one bambi Etc , as it will have very little use, (...
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    small LED magnetic light for chisel mount

    cheers Nev that's the sort of thing i'm after
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    small LED magnetic light for chisel mount

    can anyone point me in the right direction, i have seen somewhere on you tube, but cant remember where (must be my age) some people turning inside bowls ect with a small magnetic battery powered led light mounted onto there chisel, i mean these things are small in the 10 - 20mm size frame...
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    Yorkshire grit?

    yes use it, but dont like the price, so now make my own works out less than 1/2 price loads on you tube , i followed Daniel vilarino post called homemade abrasive paste for woodturners, only 3 ingredients needed, and all available on ebay, took me about 40 mins to make 2 large plastic...
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    Scroll Chuck advice needed

    yes Delboy i got the versa chuck as well for all the above reasons and agree with you well made, and i worked out i was the cheapest way to go in the long run, also versa chuck jaws are cheaper than axminsters, love it and now sure i made the right choice
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    Dust collection advice needed

    i had a record DX1000, but the noise drove me mad, now got a cam vac 286-3 and made myself a silencer i copied from this site noise level dropped from 87Db to 75Db i use this now through a home made cyclone i copied from a you tube post. this i use for point of source dust collection, and also...
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    Chuck thread converters.

    have a look at toolpost, there versa chuck has carriers to take most jaws, buy the chuck and back plate to fit new lathe then purchase the carriers for your existing jaws, i take it all your jaws will fit the same carriers, you are then future proofed as if you change lathe again and it has a...
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    Record Ac400 Air Filter

    Cheers pops, bought a AC400 at the DM tool show last october, just checked i did register it, really happy with it, hope i dont get the same problem ,but good to here after sales is good, i did have a problem with my DX1000 vac the drums plastic coatin came off, again replaced and sent a pack of...
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    Sanding "spalted" beech/birch.

    have you tried finishing sanding to about 320 grit then do 2 or 3 coats of thinned sanding sealer (i thin cellulose sanding sealer with thinners about 2 parts SS to 1 part thinners) to " glue "the fibres together in the softer areas then take a very light finishing cut sand again to whatever...
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    What chuck to get

    yep like Lazurus i just got the versa chuck, love it and bought for the same reason as yours,future proof myself if i change lathes, (just buy new backplate for £18), also can carry my existing jaws with the axminster mounts, also there own jaws work out a lot cheaper than axminsters so when i...
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    Sticky Banjo

    I had exactly the same problem with my AWVSL 1000 from new didn't know it was supposed to slide so smoothly till i visited a axminster store and tried one on display, so i contacted axminster after sales and they were so helpful, said they thought it was the cam rod that went through the egg...
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    Alternative jaws

    Snap Dalboy, just bought the Versa chuck as well , as i had a Axminster SK100 1" but just changed lathes to a M33 3.5, i was going to buy the evalution chuck, but at nearly £200 i decided the versachuck was a better bet as chuck backplate and jaw carriers worked out at about 70 or 80 quid...
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    Lathe options

    i just bought the stratos 180 twister with legs, just got in from shed after the 1st days turning on it, well what a tool , plenty of power, heavy as hell, quite, and every thing just glides beautifully , how about that without the legs a bit over your budget but can turn head for bigger...
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    Chuck advice

    Cheers Simon, there would be easy solutions if money no object i suppose, but as on a budget was looking at the best option without breaking the bank, i understand where you are coming from re adaptors, and will take on board, i can see a bit of a problem with moving the weight further away from...
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