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I am so annoyed I just cant find any hardwood suppliers. I want to build projects from magazines and books but cant buy the wood. One web site where you can get wood on price per cutting list requests a £750 minimum order, I cannot afford that I am only a hobby woodworker. does anyone know any...

Following my Fathers death I found in his things my old school report, of 1984 my last year at school. Oh I was bullied something terrible, The kids in my school made my life a misery and I soon joined a lunchtime club as well as in my options to take woodwork. to get away from bored kids. The...

hi bought some hardwood pen blanks and drilled a 7mm hole through the middle but as soon as the wood goes onto the lathe and I begin cutting the wood falls to bits or snaps in half! have I cranked up the tailstock to tight? MTA.

Hi I have been asked (Volunteered) to build a notice board for our Allotment association, It needs to have perspex or glass doors with a lock and be hardwearing. MTA SM.

i am turning beech at 18" x 3" diam for a standard lamp, How do i get a smooth all round, rounded spindle not a lumpy bumpy smooth spindle and how do I get that nice taper upwards. MTA SM.

Just took on an allotment and on site are some great Hazel coppices, would I be ok cutting these now for walking sticks and wood turning? can I use them now or should I season them first, if so for how long?

Been to a farmers market and saw some turned mushrooms, key rings and fruit, The finish was immaculate and very shiny. Now I turn green wood for mushrooms from Hazel in the main. How does one finish wet wood or even dry well seasoned wood that has been turned for mushrooms fruit and key ring...

This is probably my fault but on turning my Beech I have re sharpened my roughing gouge and lost the angle, Is there anyway to get it back?

If I was to attend a craft fair in my home town or village selling my wares and doing some turning what protection against accidents and the usual H&S? Are there any limitations to selling items?

I order books from my library online and am always on the look out for good woodworking books but when I get them they are all American books. They use obscure woods and the whole book is not suitable for the UK I wish the library would stock more UK woodworking books.

Been making bird boxes out of white pine, but it bows terribly before I even put a saw to it, I have used the bows (bowing out to the outside.) This is B&Q PAR pine. Been trying to sell them but it seems people will pay £15 for a terribly made box in a garden centre but not £8 for a hand made box.

This is my first attempt at spindle turning the top left is the bottom spigot for the lamp base. I tried to get the middle just right, but the beech is not quite round enough, any ideas please? Here is my lathe not sure if it can take a drill chuck for driiling inside.

Hi the woodworking permission officer has bought me the beec for her 5' 6" standard lamp, now how do I drill the holes in the beech lengths please? each length is c 2' 6" next how do I get that snooker cue or baseball bat shape for the stand and what chisels other than roughing gouge should I...

Just bought a Router and never used one before it is a plunge router (what does that mean?) it came with two bits which look like cutters to level a side of wood, I had a go but the softwood (Pine) just gouged and ripped and made a right mess, so what have I done wrong the wood was 3" thick It...

Since starting wood turning in Dec last year I decided to have a go at pens. I have a bench drill press with a 7mm bit and centred the wood and drilled down but when I looked underneath it was out a fair bit actually, so what did I do wrong, was the drill table out of square?

MY Woodworking permission officer has requested a standard lamp stand in hardwood ie beech (her choice) my lathe has a 3foot long bed but I though hmm could I turn it in two parts and screw then together? any ideas or plans please? MTA SM.

Should I go for depth of cut, Watts or price? Will be mainly planing softwoods? MTA SM

Just bought a decades worth of 1970's "Practical Woodworking Magazine" The articles are more about plans and building than "This is how I make things in my workshop." and much more hands on than magazines today. The adverts are interesting too.

Hi has anyone any experience with these Lathes? What suitable router should I use? MTA Spannermonkey.

Axminster ND16VB Pillar drill Draper gwd205a wet and dry bench grinder. TrenD Router Lathe. perform 12" dovetail jig Axminster 12mm bench Mortiser Axminster Biscuit jointer. £120 the lot!!! All in VGC Cant wait to try out my new toys.