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Today, the 100+yr-old beech tree in out garden was felled at last. It was massive, but sadly under attack from a lot of fungus and rot. On the bright side, here's a sample from a smallish (120mm) branch: There is a lot more like this, up to 500+ mm diameter... :P So, I'm okay with waxing...

It's been a while since I managed to get into the workshop, but the need to complete something for my brother's partner, for Christmas, got me in there. =D> Before asking for opinions, here's the background to this piece: My lathe came from my brother's partner, whose late husband, also...

Well, it's only a commission from my brother, who asked for a really solid pestle and mortar with a good handle on the pestle bit. I used a bit of ash that turned out to have quite a few flaws (cracks and specks) when I got into it, but overall I think it's a usable finished product. The burned...

This time it was the cherry's turn... from this: ...to a fairly ordinary practice piece to try and get my bowl gouge technique sorted 14.5 cm diameter, finished with sealer and woodwax. Then I fancied something a wee bit more fun, so took a piece from the equally manky elder log and came...

When I got my Coronet 3, it already had a bit broken off in the banjo casting. Yesterday a bit more broke off... :( Also, at the club last night I picked up three more tool rests at a bargain price. They came with some other Record bits and pieces but when I got them home I realised the...

This probably falls into the 'don't try this at home' category... :shock: I came across this on YouTube and thought it worth sharing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydDQQQww1AA An interesting use of the chainsaw as a roughing gouge...

A few days ago I asked for advice about what to do with this: Thanks to the helpful replies, I decided on a course of chainsaw/bandsaw action and today managed to produce this: This is my first ever attempt at turning with a waney lump and I learnt a lot. The wood, which I think is spalted...

As mentioned in my previous post, these logs look like they may have potential but I am unsure how best to deal with them. Most of my turning has always been small scale and I've never tackled large irregular pieces like these. These two logs are cherry, about 9" diameter, where the centre...

So yesterday was spent looking through what few logs remain in our winter store, seeing if there was anything there that might be useful. When I think of all the fantastic timber we've got through in our woodburner in the years when I was lathe-less it makes me very sad... Best result so far...

I've had this old turned piece of mahogany knocking around in the garden for years. It's been left outside, exposed to all weathers and treated with the utmost disrespect! So today I thought I'd see what was inside it... Now this has a lot of little flaws, but looks a bit better than the...

After some extensive tool sharpening, today's efforts are at two extremes in an attempt to get back into bowl turning. Both fairly plain, but some good practice for me, both getting to grips with the new lathe and the old Record Collet Chuck set that came with it. The first is a 7cm 'bowl' in...

I've saved a lump of - what I believe is - Sweet Chestnut in the shed for about five years thinking that one day it might be turned into something. Now that the lathe is up and running, I sliced up the rough block on the bandsaw and one smaller, particularly grotty, piece became my very first...

Following on from my earlier (and first) post about being offered a Coronet 3, I'm happy to say it's all acquired and up and running in the new workshop. I must say that after a 35-year break from turning it's been heaven to be back at it - I'm like a pig in {sh**}...shavings. Having to...

Hi all, A brief introduction - and a question or two - from this new member of the forum - if I may. Back in the 1970s, I was an avid woodturner in Cambridge producing a lot of things for sale around the old rural craft circuit of East Anglia. The lathe I used then would certainly fail any...