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On my previous lathe you locked the tailstock by moving the lever downwards towards the horizontal. I've bought a bigger /better one from a different manufacturer and to lock the tailstock you lift the handle towards the vertical. It locks at about 2 o'clock. Is this common? It makes sliding...

Have I just been unlucky...? I've just opened up the lathe for the fourth time to tighten up the grub screw that locates the indexing ring. I accept this is a cheap lathe, but is this indicative of the sort of quality? The lathe needed a new set of bearings within the first month; the index...

I've only been turning a short time so most of the problems I encounter I put down to my poor technique...however I have 3/8 standard 45* bowl gouge which I sharpen using the Sorby "universal System". In a moment of madness I created a fingernail profile using the fingernail attachment. It...