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A quick post to say thanks for the recent advice concerning which respirator to buy. I bought a Trend Airace and wore it for the first time this morning. It fits perfectly under a full length face shield, didn't disturb my specs and didn't mist up at all. I even forgot I was wearing it and...

Hopefully, I have uploaded a few pictures of my first attempt at turning for over a year. It's a bit crude by some of your standards, but it was done more as an excersise in chisel control and getting use to my new chuck, not to mention getting used to the higher speeds my lathe can now use...

Up until yesterday, I used a face shield and a rubber respirator, although it did keep dust out of my eyes and lungs, it did mist up regularly and wasn't spectacle wearer friendly. I say until yesterday because I attempted to change the filters and tore the rubber mouth piece :oops: making it...

I have been tidying up and reorganising my workshop. I came across a load of stuff I had either forgotten I had or didn't know I had :oops: One such item is a 4" diameter record power cast faceplate, however it is not a 3/4"x16 TPI(unf) thread. As far as I can measure it is 1"x10TPI (presumably...

I have been trying to work out how to post pictures, but failed miserably ](*,) How is it done please :?:

I have been sorting out the accumulation of rubbish out of my workshop. Amongst the multitude of things I have decided to get rid of after keeping it 'just in case' for 20 years and never used :oops: is a pile of offcuts etc left over from numerous DIY projects. I have cut them up for burning in...

While reassembling my lathe after modification and overhaul, I manage to break the belt pulley :oops: (that's brittle aluminium for you). Does anyone know where I can get a replacement on from? I can find plenty of suppliers for pulley for the motor end, but not one with, for want of a better...

Just a quick post to say hello. I have only recently started wood turning (I did a bit at school, though that was, ahem getting on for 40 years ago!!!!!), when I acquired an old, partly restored lathe. It works just fine as it is, but I need to rethink a sensible way to mount the motor and...