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Hi guys, I did my leg in last week & borrowed a friends walking stick for a short while. She asked me if I could find out what the wood was, as the stick belonged to her Grandfather who was a Merchant Navy Captain - I've seen the wood before & I have a pen blank of the same, but I don't know...

Here's one I made today. I found some off cuts from my Fig tree at the bottom of my garden, actually quite a lot of it - but the Spanish being as they are....MOST OF IT HAD BEEN BURNT!!! :evil: :evil: I made a candle stick for the 1st time, finished in friction polish (which has a highly...

Sorry if this has been posted before somewhere else, Mods feel free to shut it down if it has. What was the best bit of advice ever given to you in terms of improving your turning. What (if anything) do you wish that you found out sooner, or a great tip relating to storage, tool making, money...

Please offer your opinions on these, I know I've only been at it for 3 months - but be honest I can take it! All comments welcome, thanks. ps. I hope this works. Idea from one of you guys yesterday, in pine finished with blue shoe polish. [/img] just to show you why it's so big, I only had...

I fear I may have inadvertantly murdered my spindle gouge, by using it as a bowl gouge. In fact times that by two, I've done it to two of them! :oops: I was trying to gouge out my 1st bowl from an end grain croutch type branch with three branches coming from it (you can tell I'm new). As the...

Hi to all on the forum! I'm new to turning & have made a few goblets & foot massagers, among other items which initially give the impression they have been made by a hungry labrador. I live in southern Spain & I have branch wood from olive, avacado, orange, lemon & stone pine freely available...