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having looked at your photos again the snipe appears to be within a distance from the end in what would be an allowable amount for waste, this allows for splits and machining faults such as you`re seeing, an old adage is to keep it as long as you can for as long as you can, so hopefully cutting...

Hi Bob, you may need to use some support on both the infeed and outfeed sides of the thicknesser dependent on the lengths you are thicknessing. I have roller stands set up both sides of my sheppach p/t this reduces the chance of any wobble or inadvertent dipping as you feed in and guide out...

my pondering chair Is it a lazy boy?

Very neat Murphy, I will pinch this idea if thats ok, as I need a couple for my new extraction(4"domestic waste pipe) system, Cheers Chris

wow, great idea, onto the ever increasing tuit list,

I use oil filled rads, as they are very safe, using fan heaters is a fire risk as you have a hot element and sawdust which in my opinion is not safe, sawdust is very combustible and the heat from the element is enough to ignite it, I would never use gas heaters as apart from condensation and...

Bruce Springsteen is way over hyped/rated imho

Mine arrived Saturday morning, not had chance to try it yet, hopefully will use at the weekend. Thanks Axminster. :D

yes please 88" x 1/2 6-10 vari pitch, unless I have miss counted,

Have you tried laying the table on its side with 2 legs pointing at the doorway, pass them through the doorway whilst turning the table and moving it into the room, keep moving into the room and turning the table in the same direction and you should be able to get it in, this wont work if the...

I use the Blackadder method, 1 pencil up each nostril and go wibble wibble wibble,

must have money to burn :lol:

Hi, in which direction is it out of alignment? vertical or horizontal or a bit of both? On this type of lathe their is normally an alignment strip fixed on the underneath of the bar which locates in the headstock and allows the tail stock to travel backwards and forwards but not side to side...

they have an oddments bin in the main timber store, always worth raking through, Wessex Woodturners also meet there last Friday of the month, the shop is open for a short while before each meeting, start time 7 for 7.30

find a good professional turner and invest in a lesson or 2, this will be the best investment you make, your lathe may not be the best but should be adequate to get you well and truly bitten by the bug and eager to invest in better equipment, beware the slippery slope, :D

Stuart said I solved that problem by digging a 6 foot deep hole and dropping the coffin in, result room in shed again :D

turn your own wooden balls or use marbles or ball bearings and turn your own ring to what ever size you desire

Hi Aardvark, join a club, you will find lots of helpful like minded people, locally to you are several Wessex Woodturners who meet at Yandles in Martock Somerset Woodturners who meet in Bridgewater Burnham-On-Sea Woodturners in Burnham Weston Woodturning Circle in W-S-M they all meet on...

Hi Matt, nice goblet, looks to have a nice shape and a good contrast between the heartwood and sapwood

Steve, thank you very much for the kind words, glad you found Georges site useful, look forward to seeing some work from you soon, all the best Chris