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Hi all. just wondering if any of you fellow turners have come across any wood suppliers that offer competitive prices if you purchase bowl blanks in bulk. Looking for native uk sourced woods.

Hi All Thinking of turning some salt and pepper mills, any suggestions regarding the best Salt and Pepper Mill grinder mechanism sets? seems to be a fair few on Amozon etc, also craft supplies USA got a good review in the latest wood turners magazine. Appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks for all the information, I’ll probably look out for the Leigh and in the meantime keep my chisels sharp.

Hi all looking for advice on a good dovetailing jig? I’m very new to jointing but looking to make more accurate dovetail joints. Appreciate any feedback.

Just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons and also to make others aware what are the views on burning pallets either in a log burner or in a open fire pit? Thinking about chemical fumes and smoke, tar etc.

I was in the same conundrum with the same lathes about 18 months ago and I’m so happy I went with the 406. Nice piece of equipment and solid. Go big.

Luckily I’ve got an old microwave and microwave dish, this seems to work fine. Also found using a small brush seems to work better than dipping and gets the wax into the wood fibres.

Thanks to all. Just found a use for those old candles.

Hi new to the forum could anyone suggest/recommend a cheap way to seal green wood to stop it from splitting. I’ve just acquired a large amount of ash in various diameters.