Hello

[Whitley]

Just a quick post to say hello. I have only recently started wood turning (I did a bit at school, though that was, ahem getting on for 40 years ago!!!!!), when I acquired an old, partly restored lathe. It works just fine as it is, but I need to rethink a sensible way to mount the motor and maybe modify the lathe so I can turn larger bowls.
The main reason for registering with this forum though is to get ideas and advice as all I have learnt so far is from a fading memory, trial and error and reading books and magazines.

 

[NickWelford]

Whereabouts are you, Whitley? There are possibly members nearby who can give good hands on advice....

 

[Whitley]

Hello Nick, I live in the north Buckinghamshire area, an area short of good quality wood turning supplies, thank God for internet shopping. I am going to the Toolpostat Didcot on Wednesday to see about getting a decent chuck. My old lathe came with three jaw engineering chuck, which is next to useless for wood working and the main reason why "I have shares in elastoplast"

 

[PowerTool]

Hello and welcome to the forum

Andrew

 

[Jenx]

Hi there Whitley .... I'm basically a beginner too .... you pick up invaluable info and ideas from the more experienced peep's here.. its a good help.

"Shares in Elastoplast", ha ha ha ... like it ! :wink:

Look forward to pics of your work, as time goes on...
Enjoy ! 8) :wink:

 

[NickWelford]

Bit far for me, Whit, but there may well be someone close by who can help.

 

[Paul.J]

Hello Whitley and welcome
Will look forward to seeing some piccys.
Paul.J.

 

[Scrums]

Hi Whitley, as said - there're a lot of good people on here, generous with their help and advice. Patience is going to be one of your best tools in 'restarting' turning - it won't all come at once.

an area short of good quality wood turning supplies, thank God for internet shopping.

I think that applies to he majority of us.

Chris

 

[gaz8521]

Hi whitley im a newbe too and have had a lot of good advice on the forum keep at it and good luck

 

[TEP]

Hi Whitley, and welcome to our little corner of UKWorkshop.

One word of advice about wood for turning. Don't use good timber to practice on, try and pick up some bits from tree surgeons or such like. You can get it for nowt' or for the price of firewood.

Good luck re-learning!

 

[dickm]

Whitley
A couple of suggestions;
Bedford Saw Services in Ampthill road sell blanks if you really want them, and they have a turning club that meets every Saturday. There have been several posts from them on here recently.

Or if you want more formal instruction, there are probably evening classes in the Great Linford Arts Centre. When I went to these, they were not much help, but I gather there has been a complete change of staff and last reports I heard before I escaped from MK were good.

 

[Whitley]

Many thanks for the kind words of welcome and for the advice offered. I was lucky enough to have a couple of apple trees in my garden, one diseased and one had grown too big for the postage stamp of a garden. They had to be felled and there was/is sufficient useable wood for me to practise on. My inlaws had a laburnum that was "run over" by a joy rider, and also had to be felled, although there was very little useable wood, and all of it only 2"-4" diameter.
The nearest supplier of all thing wood turning to me is Good Timber near Towcester http://www.goodtimber.com/, they specialise in British and Australian timbers and a good selection of tools, equipment, finishes etc.[/i][/b]

 

[richburrow]

Hello there Whitley
this forum is a great place on the internet to hang out, really nice helpful people. I am getting back into turning after some years away and having a great time :lol:
Keep us posted with your progress
Rich

 

[morris]

Hello Whitley
I have just joined as a new, about 6 months of woodturning and I found this forum great
good advice from more experienced woodworkers and some good ideas
I have managed to join a club near me where they have some lathes in a workshop, 85 members, meetings every week with all hands on

hope to see some turnings from you
welcome

 

[CHJ]

Welcome to the forum Whitley, there is also MAC Timbers near Oundle, not far away, not used them myself but they are on the list below so must have been referenced on UKW at some point.

 

[Bodrighy]

Welcome Whitley,

You don't have to buy blanks for practice, heluvan expensive way of practicing. Look for bags of firewood, chop up that Laburnum for spindle work (gorgeous wood ) Old furniture even can yield surprising amounts of usable wood (look out for screws nails etc tho') also if you have any woods near you look for fallen trees branches etc. Don't forget any tree surgeons round you as well. The weather we are having there is quite a bit just lying around at the moment.

Whichever way you go welcome to the slope and put a zip on your pocket :lol:

Pete

 

[RATWOOD]

Welcome Whitley
I am in Brackley