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Hi folks. I am approaching that special birthday when hopefully I will have plenty of time to turn wood. The family have suggested that they would consider paying for a woodturning course but I don't know who to go with. I live in Sutton Coldfield which is north of Birmingham and have seen two...

I have a large bag of African/Cuban mahogany spindle lengths sized 1 & 1/2" square by 18". I have made the usual garden implements etc and have been trying to think what I can turn from them. I don't want to cut them up for pen blanks and I don't have the facility to plane them to glue them...

When Richard was commenting on the delightful bowl by Tanzaro he said that the chuck size should not dictate the size of the foot on a bowl. This raises point I have been concerned about. I would like to turn a raised foot on a 12" bowl but only have a Nova G3 chuck with 50mm jaws. This would...

My new lathe is being delivered tomorrow and I need to sell my present lathe and I would like to give forum members first option before I try to sell it elsewhere. It originally started life as a Record DML 24X MK2 however in February this year I changed the headstock to that of a DML 36 SH...

It was suggested that I upload some pictures of my turnings. I have been turning for approx 12 months and am very nervous of showing outside the family. I hope they upload as they should so here goes. A Yew bow. I turned the inside completely with the RS200KT hollowing tool The council...

Well folks I have finally taken the plunge. Yesterday I ordered the new lathe the boss said I could have. I have ordered a CL3-CAM with the corresponding lathe bench, from Record Power. The people in sales were a pleasure to deal with and gave me a good price. I have had to order it via a...

I have been looking at the types of lathes that people on the forum use because I have been considering upgrading my lathe. Approx 12 months ago I bought a Record DML24X Mk2 off Ebay (travelling from Birmingham to Bournemouth, must be mad). Because of the short bed length I kept banging my...

Hi folks, I am new to the forum having been turning for about 12 months. I would appreciate a little advice in relation to end-grain on bowls. I have been trying to turn a Bubinga bowl but I am having trouble with the end grain on both sides of the bowl. I have sharpened my gouge, cut from base...