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was in the process of making a bowl when BANG ! something happened, i still dont know what!! and my recess that was being held by my chuck exploded, was in a quandrey as to how i could fix it as i had already removed 95 % of the internal wood, so came up with this idea:- if anyone wants me to i...

well this did start as a kind of classic nibble cum nut bowl for a friend but it met with an accident, as you can see from the base i started to do some indexing work (im into that at the moment) but i totally screwed up drilling a few of the holes, so instead of the burning bin i just started...

i was payed a visit by one of my old buddies the other day and it got me reminising about a few things, one of them being how i got into woodturning, and i thought it may be a good idea if people told a few of their stories and/or anecdotes about how they found woodturning, or what turned them...

like i said, proper cheesed off, had a couple of projects on the go and a few more in mind when bang! my bike decided to melt its wiring loom on the way home from work and hey presto, its in the shed fully striped down and taking up all the flamin room, just when i thought i was "in the groove"...

this is my first ever attempt at indexed work, done with out any indexing tools or equipment, im happy with it as it is my first ever and to be quite honest i didnt realy have a clue, just kind of played it by ear, had a ruler, pencil, and a piece of paper, goes to show sometimes you dont need...

got bored so made this urny-churny-bowly-thingy-majigy-wotsit, sorry just dont know what cat it would fall into. made of mahog and is 130mm tall and 130mm wide with carnuba finish and a final polish with brywax clear, didnt know wot i was doing shape wise, it just seemed the wood was saying "bit...

ash bowly thingy 15cm by 7cm carnuba finish is todays effort!

just found the forum, hi everyone! will post some pics, but spam might chuck them out untill better known lol am newby here and to turning bout 18 mnths self taught so all advice welcome! here goes.....

tried to post some pics and it said see a moderator, anyone got any ideas? to all who read this ignore this thread as have just been inform ed that pics were caught by spam filter and a mod will sort shortly!

hi to all, found this forum and thought id say hi, am new to turning, bout 18 months or so, self taught so far, but getting on ok i think, look forward to chinwagging with all of you a few of my bits ive done