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This was a message I posted a few days back with the title "Arundel lathe on offer". I realise perhaps this was understated ... hence the addition of the three words to the new title ... Cheers Toby ---------------------------------- Hi I've an Arundel Junior lathe - that was my...

Hi I've an Arundel Junior lathe - that was my Grandfathers, and I learnt to turn on when I "inherited" it. When its motor died, I treated myself to a bigger and newer toy that would allow me to do the decent-sized bowls that I aspired too. But it was good for spindle work (stools, lamps, etc)...

Help! My Fein Multimaster isn't working. Halfway through a job it's suddenly stopped running properly. It's a few years old and has seen quite a bit of use. No smoking etc, not running hot. It still moves - it's not dead - but it oscilates very slowly and has no power, you can stop it by hand...

I have been using a few yellow-plastic handled Stanley chisels on my bench for a long while ... they are good, for what they are ... but they don't have or hold an edge like (say) my Clifton plane or my AI or Sorby turning tools. I wanted something better for cutting dovetails and the like ...

I wanted some 70 cms lengths of dowel, 10-15 mm diameter, made of the same wood as the rest of the piece. Tried making this (pushing it, as I have a sort-bed lathe!) and the whip was way beyond my skills to control. I don't have a centre-steady ... but even if I had I think I'd have struggled...

It's not new, but I think it's still worth saying (I work in the Health Service, I know these things ...) A lever on the work-holding clamp on my Nobex mitre saw has broken. I contact Axminster as I know they sell these ... although I didn't buy the saw from them ... to ask if replacements are...

No ... not Axminster this time ... at the Harrogate show I was looking at Bessey's ... not buying, but I asked after purchasing replacement end-pieces for a K-clamp as some of mine were lost/broken, and they are useful for setting the clamps level on the bench when gluing up boards (say) for a...

This may well be obvious to many here ... but ... A year or so ago I had a nasty accident ... making a medium-sized natural-edge bowl had a catch with a scraper whilst finishing the bottom ... it dragged my left hand over the top of the rest into the horrible edges and did nasty stuff to my...

I have a Hofmann & Hammer bench with an LGA single-screw side-vice .. got a good deal on it ... and building your own is a great idea, but if you don't have a bench to build it from, only a rickety Workmate, how good is your build going to be? Anyhow ... been very happy with it generally ...

I was using a Patriot chuck I bought almost a year ago at the Harrogate Show (as a backup to my other Nova) doing some spindle work using some fine long-neck jaws. Went to try to release the waste after cutting off the completed work, and the hex just spun with a clicking sensation. It turns...

This may come to nothing ... but ... I'm completely new to this game as a hobby turner - but totally unexpected, a bit of gossip in a local cafe/deli as a customer led to them asking me if I could make some small pieces that they could try to sell as an extra bit of the business, especially in...

Spent a fabulous 3 days with Richard Raffin (what a nice man) at Phil Irons new place (both terrific teachers) ... (this isn't a gloat, honest!) ... learn't a lot, VERY hospitable, but we talked and used chucks, and I could see their idea that VicMarc jaw tops are profiled completely flat...

Idle thought occurred to me as I walked home from the butchers ... which direction is right or the best for the blade against a stone, steel or whatever? I watched 3 butchers each with their own technique for sharpening a knife ... one held the knife still pointing away from him and pulled the...

I have a Hofmann & Hammer workbench I acquired a few years ago ... very solid and stable, compact for my small workshop, but it has 2 end and 2 side vices which works well for me as it lies in the centre of the room ... Problem is, the main side vice I use has developed a considerable degree of...

Just been to Nidd Valley Sawmills in Summerbridge/Dacre, west of Harrogate. It looks like an old-fashioned or traditional sawmill ... piles of logs in the front, big stacks of sticked up sawn planks drying all around. I was looking for some ash for a couple of dining chairs, and came away with...

Steve Maskery gets quite a few mentions on this site, and pops up with useful contributions. Here's another ... I ordered the 3 bandsaw videos. The first confirmed my saw was pretty well tuned, but fettled it a bit more. Then I built the fine adjuster fence and the other jigs for cutting...

I don't think I've done anything to change my browser settings, etc ... but recently when I look at posts with pictures included in this forum I occasionally briefly see the picture but it is replaced with an icon representing the picture. I can see this if I click on it ... just the picture...

I've driven past the timber yard at Dacre Bank west of Harrogate, but never stopped. Googling them finds a whole lot of "business directory" sort of entries, but no web site etc. They aren't listed in the map of timber merchants in this forum. Has anyone sourced much from them? I'm a hobby...

Just spent a very interesting and pleasant couple of days outside Stratford doing a Hollowing course with Phil Irons. HIGHLY recommended! Course was 1:1 as I was the only one there. Long days - 8.30 until about 6.00 - so a lot of teaching/talking/turning time. I'm not a complete novice, but...

Am I not looking in the right places? Just been carving the legs for a shaker-type pedestal table - having done the dovetails I was trying to fit the leg to the curved pedestal. Using my AI carving gouges realised I wanted a tool with a sharp flat convex external surface and the bevel on the...