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Best wishes to Eddie on a good recovery.

All very nice pens Woody, I like the x cut laburnum. Great finish on all the pens.

This is a beauty Vic.

I've made some of these & after roughing out on the bandsaw I used a bobbin sander mounted on the lathe to shape them then hand sanded thro' grits. A very nice bunch Paul. Well done.

Lovely bowl Vic, like the grain pattern. Bill

Greg, I have the Javac CC31 vacuum pump. The firm is Javac UK Ltd. Phone no. 01642232870.

Make another sanding disc about 200mm - 300 diameter, cover the face with your closed cell foam, drill a hole in the centre & fix your beer tube as per your chuck. Spin the disc on the lathe & make concentric rings approx 25mm apart with a biro, this helps to roughly centre a bowl so as you can...

Great result all round Kim.

I bought carbide tips on eBay & made my tools from mild steel bar. The link shows me turning with my tools in a 2 part video, you can access part 2 on the site. They really do remove the timber. You need chip deflectors. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NFF4PoPi6Wk

Hi Pete, I got an email from Bill Blasic with a link which took me to the site to sign in. You are recognised by your email address & asked to log in. You can log in with a different user name & password to create your new account. As Paul says no spaces in your user name. Try this link & when...

I've been a member of Wow for 4 years now & had 1 piece on the cover & it does make you feel great because you are judged by your peers, makes you feel humble too because of the comments you get.. I can still access the site via a bookmark & read the comments. Pappa Herm is trying a new site...

Have a word with Simon Hope who should be able to help.

Thanks for the tip.

I turn a lot of corian & find it easy to turn. I use scrapers as these give the best finish. I turn at 3200 rpm as fastest is best. I dry sand down to 1200 at 1000 rpm then polish withT-cut & finish with burnishing cream at1500 rpm. This gives a high polish. I use the same method for making...

A friend of mine got bored with his sandwiches & told his wife to be inventive & use her imagination. She did & the next day he got sugarpuffs on toast. He didn't complain again.

I make a lot of pens & use CA on timber. I always clean my timber with meths spirit to kill any oil or grease on the timber before applying the CA to stop dull spots.

I always mark the centre of my spigot when I rough turn a bowl. When I remount the bowl I put the bowl over the scroll chuck & bring the tailstock up & centre the spigot. Use enough pressure to jam the bowl onto the chuck to form a friction drive & true up the the spigot & re-turn , sand &...

hope they help & inspire you.

Thanks for the reply Eugene, it's amazing how we adapt.

I have a friend who is paralysed down his right side & is in a wheel chair. follow this link & see how he turns after the proper training. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y2u0S_XvhA