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I don't have a metal lathe and someone was going to make this for me. But has not got back to me. So If anyone has access to a metal lathe and can make me an adaptor boss for my wood lathe and chuck, I would be very thank full. I am willing to pay for the part and postage as long as not too...

I have a Draper WTL90 lathe with a. 37kw 240v single phase motor. The motor seems somewhat lacking in power. So I was thinking of either getting a larger single phase motor or going to a 3 phase motor and vfd unit. I wondered if any one else had upgraded a Draper, and if so what was the motor...

Hello, My apologies to all who read this and think " does he not know that". But no I don't but hopefully I will when I receive some replies. :) The problem is. I Have just been turning my first ever largish bowl (9ins) {insert smutty jokes here}. And hopefully you will see in the attached pics...

Don't know if this is the right place for this post. If not please delete. Just to get peoples opinion or see if similar had happened to them. I have just been to Turners Retreat as I needed a chuck for my first lathe. I had looked on the web site and decided on a cheaper chuck £99 and an...

I have just got a used Draper 90 lathe as my first lathe. It came with some tools but no chuck. I bought a second hand but unused Multistar Duplex chuck and a Variform mk2 system screw chuck. I was told the seller was unsure of thread size but believed it measured 3/4 ins. Anyway the point is...