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Hi Ring tools are great tools to hollow with as they are true cutting tools. They do however bite if not presented to the wood but more than worth using to use for end grain, bowls etc. The bevel (smaller diameter) is for hollowing, with the tool edge being presented at 45 deg to the wood as...

Pete Thanks for the Kudos but I just have a passion like you and fail many times along the way. I also have a substantial fire wood pile. :D I have found that using woodturning as part of an overall composition has helped me stretch the way I work, think, how to exploit the materials I use...

Hi Pete very 'Ikebana' as I know you know :D. Just leave it on the side and after a week walking past it and musing over the composition you will come to a suitable conclusion. This form of work is steeped in Zen as you know and is a discipline in itself. I like where you are going with this.

Hi Gary Thank you very much, for your comment. Much appreciated.

Hi all Thank you for your comments they are much appreciated. Loz The handle is wrapped in black cotton thread as a reflection of the way bamboo is tied together in Asian gardens for fencing etc. Thanks again

Hi all It has been ages since I posted anything. So I thought I would post this piece that I have recently finished. It is turned in sycamore, around 5 inch dia x 8 inches high, textured, coloured with a bamboo handle, sat on a slate plinth with a found pebble. C&C welcome

Hi George Lovely work I like the amalgamation of wood and resin works well. The first wooden helmets date back to the 1st century BC although there is little evidence of them any more compared to the later metal ones for obvious reasons. I wonder if they turned them on fixed head or swivel...

Signed. It is a great shame. Here's hoping.

Hi Julian My phone number is on the contact page of my web site here, http://www.marksanger.co.uk/page13.html Give me a ring it will be easier than typing. I am contactable most days or evenings.

Hi Julian I can help you with this. I understand if you do not accept my offer. So I will leave it up to you if you want to PM me.

Hi Lee It is obvious that my comments have caused a stir and I apologise to you for taking the thread off track, but not for what I said, as I said it and the results are as they are. May be I looked at the situation incorrectly may be not, may be it was not important enough to even look into...

Four people have commented on Lee's piece and acheivement. Yep that's the UK supportive woodturning scene for you. No wonder the American's dance rings around us. Can't understand Lee why so few have congratulated you as it is a beautiful project. I would have thought it being round and...

Great one Lee I am so pleased for you that your work is getting the recognition it deserves as you have a lot to offer. All the best in the future.

Hi Lee well done on your first article. I as yet have not read it but will do when it drops through the door.

My thoughts are with Sue and family at this very sad time. I only had the priveledge of meeting Chris on one occassion at a Bash, where he taught me how to turn his flowers. A warm approachable character full of enthusiasm. Very sad news indeed.

certainly looks the business and I am sure it will be outside of my wallet I saw Stuart Batty in America, he certainly puts everything he has into what he does and I never saw such a set up either before or since. His marketing is full on but then he sees the importance of it, 20% of a product...

Thanks boysie I have been working on the editing etc to try to make them as good as possible, without too many bells and whistles. Thanks again

boysie If you have looked at mine then the first one I am not saying anything. Let me know if the rest are ok. http://www.youtube.com/user/FullCircleTurning

Hi In a previous life I trained/qualified as a sports fitness instructor/personal trainer and covered in depth the anatomy, physiology of the body, together with sports injuries. The previous info given is as from what I can remember spot on. The pain will come from the trapisius muscle...

A closk is a shoe that the north Mongolian tribes would wear in the snow. Obviously fabricated from animal skin and not wood as trees do not grow on the plains. So that the hunters would know what time dinner was they would add twigs that acted as a form of sun dial. Your clock and its...