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What is more shear resistant than 316 Stainless steel. Ihjave had a stainless 5mm set screw shear on my trike. I can't upgrade size wise so is mild steel more shear resistant?

This is a story about the bond formed between a little girl and a group of building workers. It's allegedly true and might help to confirm your belief in the goodness of people and that there is hope for the human race.................... A young family moved into a house next door to an empty...

Hi all, I went along to the Cumbria Woodturners meeting today for the first time. What a friendly welcoming bunch of turners. Saw some beautiful work especially a segmented vase. I hope I can learn from these lads and lasses. I was wondering if any on them use the forum?

I have a resin (corian?) Sink deeply stained by tannin from teabags. I have tried every potion and lotion off the shelf but it doesn't touch it. Any ideas ? Tom

So I finally got down to actually turning something. The last time I turned anything it was at school and it was a partly finished bowl, unfinished because I knocked the tip of my thumb off and blood stopped play. I mounted the sycamore blank on a screw chuck and turned the outside. I was...

My friend just dropped off two tree trunks 4 ft long by about 10 inches diameter said to be ASH he just cut it down. I have no idea at all what to do with them! Tin

Hi All I have got to the stage where I can mount the lathe on the new bench but I have no idea what size / thread the mounting bolts that screw into the castings are. Except I assume that they are NOT metric :) I have looked on the lathes site but can't see any mention. Thanks Tin Edited to...

This is an odd one. I went into my shop tonight and didn't turn on the flouro lights. As my eyes got used to the dark I noticed that the tube was glowing and flickering very dimly. It wasn't switched on and hadn't been on for about 24hrs. Energy in the capcitor? or faulty wiring? Tin

Hi I wondered who else was going to Harrogate this year? I will be there on the Saturday. So if you see a big bearded bloke in a wheelchair just say hello. Tin

HI I find myself at a loose end next Friday in Hull are there any shops suppliers that I might vist to pass the time? I am a total newbie have my lathe (ML8) but not put chisel to timber yet. Tin