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I have not worked with Black Cherry before but after my experience I will be cautious of doing so in the future. As a forthcoming present for a relative I ‘first turned’ a small bowl on a stem using some green Cherry wood and then over two days dried it down to about 10% using the microwave...

I decided to have a binge on preparing some blanks for bowls and other creations by preparing about 12 items in one sitting, in part because the chainsaw sends chippings and dust everywhere and I only want to clean up once. The wood has been mostly cut down within the last few months. I felt...

Hi all, I’m working on a big piece of spalted beech (or so my friendly tree surgeon tells me) to make a large bowl and there is quite a lot of spongy decaying wood that I need to stabilise and harden and I’m wondering what the best mix to use is. I also have an elm burr that needs the edges of...

Hi there, I have a query about end grain and sanding in bowl turning. When I come to sand the bowl, often the end grain areas look worse after sanding than before. To give a specific example, with the aid of the attached pics; pic 1 shows the inside immediately after a ‘finishing’ cut. You...

I’m turning a pestle and mortar on the lathe using some Scots pine logs I acquired and was wondering what the hardest surface finish I can produce so grinding can be done at the bottom of the bowl. To be more precise I’m wondering if buffed cellulose sealer would be harder or softer than cured...

I have just acquired a tool sharpening jig to allow me to produce repeateable sharpening on my tools and have noted something surprising. When I presented the 1/2” Sorby bowl gouge to the wheel using the jig I found the bevel angle on one of the wings very different from the tip and the other...

I was sanding the second bowl I had turned using 240grit Aluminium Oxide paper and I noticed dark streaks on the wood (see pic). Am I right in thinking this is residue from the sand paper that is entering the end grain of the turned bowl? If so is this normal and should I not use this type of...

Hi all, I’m a turning newbie and have been trying to create a small goblet using a piece of Ash. Rounding the cylinder has been fine but when it came to gouging out the centre of the unsupported end with the spindle gouge things came unstuck. I think my gouge is sharp with a good bevel but I’m...

I have a wood turning lathe that has a 3/4in x 16tpi threaded tail stock which sometimes I will need to replace with a Jacob Chuck to hold a drill. These Chucks I understand are normally fitted with a taper so I wanted to ask if there is an adapter to fit my threaded tail stock, once I’ve...

Hi there, I’m new to wood turning and have been working on my very first bit of turning and have come up with an issue in connection with my Chuck. I have a Clarke International 40inch lathe that does not come with a Chuck but only a piece that bits into the wood that screws onto a thread. So...