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I gave up with this forum a long time ago because if you post anything it quickly disappears off the page whereas if it was organised ie a gallery section, competition section, technical section etc etc and newbie type questions like other forums then more people might stay with it. As for...

Most artists are fiececely independent and largely work alone but a lot of great artists and makers beong to a collective or movement like Piccaso, Rebrandt, Damien Hurst belonged to various movemnts whether it was the Cubists, Impressionists, Fauvists, Surealists, Brit Art and you see it in...

It is a fine piece of work and the combination of the pine and sycamore works very well. My only reservation is that the legs are a bit pointed and may wear a hole in a carpet and I would of left them a larger diameter and rounded the base slightly. Also it would be nice to engrave a message on...

Here is 2 skwew chislels that I use. As you can see they have developed a curve and and a sprur which is fine for the type of stuff that I do which is mainly ovals and round work and almost mass producing. Learning the skew is one the best turning instruments that you can learn as itb speeds up...

We used to sell hundreds them for £5.00 each made of ash and marked in inches and think I could do them for £7.50 now. We used to engrave names on them which helped to sell them. If they are nice quality items people don't mind paying a bit. It is like light pulls, you can buy them for 25p but...

We have this woodburning stove which is very good and you can burn your shavings and offcuts built up over the warmer months. I have a small factory unit of 750 square feet and the woodburner seems to warm the place quite well. Years ago I did have a parafin heater which was alright but don't...

I would take part if their was a judging panel rather than an individual juding which would make it much fairer and would avoid the spats we have seen between judges and competiitors and entrants in earlier rounds. Also I could be a judge as I have the years of commercial experience and...

I'm sure the Woodturning Magazine and its flagship woodturning forum are delighted to get all the free advirtising on here

He is selling lots of other stuff but if he finds a buyer at that price I will eat my own shavings

Here is a mushroom at High cliff in Cornwall not far from Boscastle. If you have seen any interesting mushrooms then send in a picture.

Here is wonderful seat in Mullion Cove in Crnwall that loks like it is made of old wooden boat with oars for the arm rests. It has a wonderful Cornish eccentricity and charm about it.

It is a walnut tree.

Not many of them will pay income tax but will probably pay VAT when they buy fuel, commercial vehicles etc. Also I doubt that many will be claiming state benefits wheres about a quarter of settled households are workless. I think the state would like it that they travelling community become...

They all seem to have very strong Irish accents so naturally their culture and way of life is back in Ireland so why is not the Irish government helping out and offering sites for them?

The country has vast swathes of land used for defence and land always seems to be found for factories, supermarkets so why cannot a few acres be found for these travellers. Also where I live in Wales it seems to be very easy to get planning consent for ugly caravan and motorhome parks etc. The...

The apprentice system is alive and well in Britain especially in the high tech industries. Airbus UK takes on apps at its factory in Flintshire that produces wings for the Airbus a380. Not sure how much use the traditional trade apprenticeship would be for would be turners at it is very much an...

Very intersting discussion but and a lot of it is down to time. I used to say to the hobby turners that you have the luxury of time and can spend a week week or a month on an object but we professional craftmen have to always be looking at the clock and have to take a very pragmatic view about...

Here is 4 burr oak eggs around 6cm long. Very satisfying objects to make and a good test for the skew.

I am like Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney or Christain Ronaldo in that everything I do is instinctive and off the cuff and I doubt that these great players think too much about what they do and it is down to the training, natural ability and experince they have. I have heard that Steve Mclaren...

Very well done and 2 beautiful objects. It would be nice to engrave the names of the winners on the plaques and maybe have a turned item such as your nice plate, vase, bowl as the prizes and would be a great practical excercise rather than those plaques of flat lazer printed sycamore which are...