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hello all i havent been on for quite a while and hope you will help me with a problem as you have done in the past, here goes, i have a clarke cwl 30 rv lathe and would like to put a arbor and drill chuck into the tail stock the problem i have (dont like saying it)is is it mt 1 mt 2 etc and also...

hi all not been on for a while thought i would make a few goblets with some beech end grain i have, my problem is what is the correct procedure for using a ring tool, only aquired it yesterday from hamlet, "but" i now feel like an absolute beginner again with snatches and dig in's any advice...

Hi everyone. hope i am in the right forum for this question i have, some of us remember model train sets with a transformer and the more we turned it up the faster a train would go,, is it at all possible to do the same with a lathe motor. mine starts from 500 revs up to 2000 but would like it...

got the lathe working again this morning and managed to turn out this little goblet 6" tall by 2" wide. regards david.

hello all just thought i would ask if anyone knows where i can purchase a vee belt over the counter around the preston lancaster area lathe is a clarke cwl,30,rv. machine mart dont do them anymore and have put me in touch with their suppliers. i ordered two from them but may be a week or so...

not been on the forum for a while(too busy in the shed) been turning for about three months now and although it has been a up hill struggle i can quite honistly say i have got there in the end. still struggling a little bit with the finishing, but hopefully in the next three months or so i...

here is a picture of my first bowl not as good as all the other bowls by you professional turners,,but trying to get there. regards david

hello again to all of you for your advice and encouragement to me. i have been invited to visit to see chris (scrums)workshop nr lancaster and what a gentleman he is, not only did he show me how to sharpen tools correctly,,he also sharpened all of mine,and there's more,,,he showed me the correct...

hello to you all i have only been turning for six weeks or so and have now aquired several tools from ebay. my problem is sharpening them correctly. i even purchased a roberty sorby jig and thats as useful as a chocolate fire guard. does anyone know of a tool sharpening service around my area...

hello all can anyone tell me where i am going wrong. i am new to woodturning and made my first bowl last week albeit a little rough around the base the problem being is that when i have finished the bowl and remove it from the chuck i am left with indentations from the chuck can anyone tell me...

HELLO TO ALL YOU WOOD TURNERS PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE I AM GOING WRONG I HAVE ONLY HAD A LATHE FOR TWO WEEKS AND JUST TRIED TO HOLLOW A WOOD BLANK AND TO MAKE A BOWL SHAPE AND AS SOON AS MY SCRAPER OR WHATEVER TOOL I AM USING TOUCHES THE WOOD IT EITHER JAMS IN THE WOOD OR JUST WONT WORK...