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Hi guys, I’ve been making pens lately and up until yesterday I was very happy with the results, I’ve made some out of exotic woods and I’m still happy with them however the pens I’ve made out of ash in particular have let me down a bit I finished them by giving them sanded to a 1000g then...

Hi guys, looking for some advice on finishing for wooden pens turned on the lathe, any advice would be useful. i want a hard wearing sheen finish. spasm

Hi guys, Had a nice toy this week, the Crown revolution hollowing system arrived Tuesday morning, as I hadn’t done any hollowing as such I wasn’t sure how I’d get on with the tool, by Tuesday night I’d roughed out my first hollow form “Vase” the narrowest part of the neck is 25mm through that...

Hi guys, gloating a bit today used my new toy the Woodfast M410 shortbed lathe I know is a bit old but what a toy, put a out of balance log on it today lots of shavings and fun variable speed so had no problems, My aim now is to learn how to make hollow forms first is to work out which is...

Hi All, Looks as if i'm going to get a lathe upgrade from a sip 01490 to a woofast m410, have any of you got any experiance of this lathe, I have seen it looks in good condition what are your thoughts as there is a wealth of knowldge here. Spasm PS i can't find anything about these lathes on...

Hi all, Quick question on photos, can the photos be slitly under 640x480 and each photo just under .3 of a meg in size? Also do I upload the pictures directly to this site or upload them to photobucket then provide a link from there. Thanks spasm

Hi all quick question, i'm working on a project part of it has chestnut food safe oil, the other has chestnut hard wax oil, no food will touch the item and now i have the depth of colour on the parts i put the food safe oil on, can i put Hard wax oil over the food safe oil? Thanks for any...

Hi all, Wondering if I can have advice the more the better, I turn platters etc. on the lathe I then usually use a wax finish this is where my problem starts I always have a lot of trouble getting the wax off the wood there is always circular wax lines left. I have been using clothes and...

:deer Hi guys, wondering if anyone can help with some suggestions on dowels, I make peg looms for local crafts etc. at the moment I’m using Richard Burbridge pine dowels I go through stacks of them I cut them down to about 130mm pegs get 17 per length, the dowels are 9mm but rarely come this...

Hi everyone, I was meant to go to Machynlleth to see a Mick Hanbury demonstration. But due to ill health I couldn’t make it – so my wife bought me, from KTMP a DVD “Making and Decorating Boxes”. It is absolutely brilliant, I got so much from this DVD, like I did with his first DVD making and...

Hi guys, I was asked to make some lucet’s so thought a scroll saw was the machine I needed to make them I was loaned a Clark 18” scroll saw single speed, as I’ve never used a scroll saw wasn’t sure what to expect, wow does this thing vibrate I have managed to secure it to the table using 3 g...

Hi All, Can i have a bit of advice please, i've been given some planks of sycamore to turn into platters, as they are in plank form i'm going to get the bige'st platters out of the wood. the first platter is going to be about 15.5 inches round and an inch and three quarters thick. I have a...

Hi guys, Looking for some proedge setting that you use when putting a fingernail profile on a bowl gauge and spindle gauge. By getting this advice I’m hoping to get the best profile on my gouge and not having to waste to much steel getting to the profile I want. Ie. What number you have the...

Hi all found this DVD http://www.ktmp.co.uk/FORMgallery-1.htm on KTMP' site wondering whether to buy it looks a good one to get, but would be better if there was a little demo of it so i could see before I bought it. have any of you bought it if so what did you think of it? spasm

How you getting on with the proedge, I took the plunge and bought one and have to say it was worth it very Comfortable to use and gives good results so far, I registered it for the guarantee as the card doesn't state how long the guarantee was i asked and was told it has a life time...

Hi guys, just joined the forum so hello to you all, I recently bought myself a lathe and have been playing about with it I started to produce honey dippers they look easy to do and soon managed to make something that was usable for its purpose. I used a piece of Beech all was good I then used...