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Happy New Year to all. I was fortunate enough to receive a Sorby ProEdge from my wife for Christmas yesterday. I am having some problems with the belt alignment despite following the instructions and I wondered if anyone is able to provide any pointers or suggestions about what I am doing...

:!: I've just noticed another thread has started about the comp - this thread is totally unrelated to anything to do with these posts and I hope that nobody interprets the timing of this post as any statement regarding the challenge 'cos it is a seperate issue. - Chris In Blister’s thread...

From my local rag... http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/regional/basingstoke/9098275.Man_s_body_found_on_roundabout/?ref=mr How did the tree phone the police..?

Hello, I'll be the first to admit that neither the turning nor the photgraphy are up to much but I have just completed my first pen and thought I'd share it. It's quite obvious that i haven't turned down the diameter of the blank sufficiently but I underestimated how much would have been...

Evening, Just wondering if anyone went to the Spring Open House event at the Tool Post today? I've been toying with picking up a pen mandrel for a liitle while to maybe make a Father's day present and perhaps this event just the excuse I need to go and visit. Cheers Chris

Afternoon. Does anyone have any recommendations for online printers that do enlarged sized prints? I'm looking at photobox, only because I have a voucher for a photobook so have allready uploaded a bunch of photos there. The price for 10x8" and 12x8" is around £1.50 with them. Snapfish do 10x8...

Evening, I'm lying up following an operation so aside from dreamily searching on the interweb for a bandsaw, I am trying to backup old photos from the family's 2 laptops to an old desktop computer. Both my wife and I have a load of the same photographs but we have named them differently when...

Evening All. I just came across this turned rake description: http://spatulatzar.com/zen_rake/ The rake has been finished by having the oil infused into the wood through a vacuum chamber. I'd never heard of this but a bit of googl'ing shows it is quite common. With a only a couple of vacuum...

Evening All, I just wanted to say a quick hello having been lurking for a few weeks now. You have provided a great deal of information and helped with my selection and first steps with my lathe. Looking forward to reading more and as I progress I'm sure i'll start to contriute a little it more...