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After fighting with myself for a long time I finally splurged on a tool for myself, DF500. Everything is really good, it's a great tool and it's speeded up my workflow quite dramatically. I'll even pretend that at first, when I couldn't get it to plunge at all, it wasn't down to me forgetting...

I just find it odd. Off-Topic II (Controversial Topics) Supporting Member access only. Very:

Axminster have their "biggest" sale on at the moment. By biggest, I can only assume they mean number of products on sale not the reductions. Doesn't seem great. Maybe I'm just bitter that the refer a friend never works for me. "An error has occurred"

..Christmas reindeer only way, way more useful...

Does anyone have any good sources of blanks, both spindle and bowl. All my go to places seem to have little to no stock :(

I wonder how long this all took to do. I'm impressed, and jealous. https://youtu.be/aBNkCm2-jTY?t=723 .

Does anyone own a Microjig push block thing (the adjustable one not the flat blocks) and if so could you take a photo looking at the under side (ie from the side that would normally ride on the table. .

I'm having, yet another, problem with some of the stuff I've turned. I sand and finish the piece, apply the wax polishing up and it's great. Beautiful seamless transitions that you can't feel at all. I have under my desk a vase that I've made for my wife and it's gone from this seamless...

Does anyone know anything about speakers? I 'd like to make a set of cone shaped speakers - like the icon used on computers for audio on my lathe. eg I don't really know much about speaker design but I was looking at some 4" Dayton Audio RS100 "Full-Range Drivers" as the speaker part. The...

I'm have some trouble with my segment jig that I made today and, I think, I've boiled my brain trying to bug fix it. I was actually getting better results when I just screwed a bit of wood at 15 degrees to my cross cut sled :/ Same sled everyone knows about. Results I'm getting...

Is there such a thing as a tailstock chuck? I don't mean something for drill bits etc I mean like an MT2 threaded screw that I could attach a faceplate that was attached to a piece of ply to apply pressure during, for example, gluing segment rings one on top of another? .

I'm in need of some emergency assistance. I've made a penguin but something odd has happened with the finish. I sanded to 320, used Hampshire microcrystaline wax followed by Hampshire sheen and it looked great. I put it aside while I did the nose. It took me a while, I have to try a couple of...

Does anyone know if Chris Hyde is still selling the Dowelmax in the UK? The website ( http://www.dowelmax.co.uk ) doesn't exist and the domain doesn't appear to be registered. Obviously can't email him on his dowelmax email address. I liked that it could do both edges and faces, what are the...

Tried to remove my chuck from the Axminster AC305WL but I can't get it undone. The headstock nut is thin and difficult to get a good handle on with the generic, poorly fitting spanner(s) that are supplied. There doesn't appear to be anywhere on the chuck to get any purchase on, there's no chuck-...

I've bought a couple of pen kits and a pencil kit from Prokraft. They look rather nice but I keep having issues. For the pencil kit, aside from next doors cat making off with one of the bushings, I'm 99% there. The fit at the tip is great with a seamless transition. The length is correct...

Total n00b question. With the SC3 Chuck and pen jaws, are the jaws supposed to be attached with 2 screws or 1? I know the main jaws use 2 but I can't see how to get the inner screw inserted - I just want to double check I'm not being backward before I press on. No instructions came with the...

My bird table self destructed sometime last night so I've been tasked with repairing or building a new one. Lots of it is ok it's mainly the platform and roof that are pretty unusable. What's a recommended wood for building one? I looked into Sapele but read somewhere that it's not that...

I've turned half a dozen bowls now and one of the things I've noticed is that the stream shavings coming off are warm. Ok, I'm working in an unheated space with bare hands and carbide tools. Is this normal or am I pushing too hard or something? .

I've just come back from t'shed after working with some elm and some limewood. My conclusions are thus: Elm shavings smell like someone has really bad diarrhoea Lime wood shavings smell like someone came in smelled the diarrhoea and started vomiting. Truely gross smelling wood. Or I might...

Should I be aiming to complete the turning of a bowl in one session/day? I seem to remember seeing or reading something about it and I can't remember if it was an essential thing. The bowl is being made from a failed cutting board, end grain top/bottom that's been sat around in the house for...