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    Compressors and dust

    Hi all, I recently acquired a little Senco air compressor, mostly for dusting duties but with a couple of nailing/stapling jobs in the pipeline. The manual warns against use in dusty environments, so my question is this: what do you use to keep dust out of your compressor? A quick search...
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    A little safety warning

    Just a quick story. I am a radiographer, and had an interesting patient yesterday, a man who had an incident involving a lathe. He mounted a piece of wood, turned the lathe on to find it was turned up to its maximum speed of about 3000rpm. Said piece of wood immediately flew off and hit him...
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    Reverse direction turning safety

    Hello all, A very noob question: My lathe chuck screws onto the spindle, and is held tight by the spindle turning in the usual direction. If the direction of rotation is reversed, what is to prevent the chuck from gradually unscrewing and potentially flying off to destroy whatever it hits? It...
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    Yew egg

    A little thing I made back in the spring. Just trying some things out! Had a little mishap with a skew so it ended up a bit smaller than I intended, but it worked.
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    Tool handle (newbie project)

    I made a handle yesterday! It turned out pretty nicely, although the finished product (a shear scraper) is a bit long so I may have to try and drill it out a bit more. First time attempting to use a skew which was interesting - much practice required! Next up, a proper stand for my little...
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    Hello

    Hello from West Sussex! Newbie here - I did a bowl-turning course last week and had enormous fun, so am aiming to carry on. Here to learn!
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