Ian's woodturning thread

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There used to be a showroom display area of turned products in Millers Dale near Tideswell in Derbyshire I think owned by Crafts Supplies. Well worth a visit.

[Ian Leach]

Cheers i'll look into it

 

A few more x2 morters, pestle to follow turned in brown oak

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Hi Ian,

 

Having seen your table (nice by the way) can you recommend anyone who can plane/thickness boards, I've got a stack of oak I milled a while back that is for my lounge floor... just need to find some one not too far from Worcester?

 

Cheers.

[Ian Leach]

Hi Ian,

 

Having seen your table (nice by the way) can you recommend anyone who can plane/thickness boards, I've got a stack of oak I milled a while back that is for my lounge floor... just need to find some one not too far from Worcester?

 

Cheers.

 

I'm afraid not sorry, the table i used a belt sander which worked very well. Other than that my friend has a thicknesser that i use sometimes for smaller stuff approx 20cm wide. Other than that with a floor you can get an industrial sander that you walk with once the floor is down they also work very well.

 

I am looking for a local company to do this sort of stuff but at the moment its not worth it price wise also looking at local collages as well.

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I'm afraid not sorry, the table i used a belt sander which worked very well. Other than that my friend has a thicknesser that i use sometimes for smaller stuff approx 20cm wide. Other than that with a floor you can get an industrial sander that you walk with once the floor is down they also work very well.

 

I am looking for a local company to do this sort of stuff but at the moment its not worth it price wise also looking at local collages as well.

 

-the floor sander was my initial plan, I used one of those on a pipe floor which worked ok, but when I tested it on a good piece of milled oak, it became very apparent that it would be far too slow.

 

That was a drum sander, the hire place do a larger ~2' disc type sander which they said I could test... may give that a go.

 

But my gut reaction is planing is the way.

 

Thanks though.

Edited December 8, 2010 by flames
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[stevie-b]

There used to be a showroom display area of turned products in Millers Dale near Tideswell in Derbyshire I think owned by Crafts Supplies. Well worth a visit.

 

They've moved from there to Bradwell:001_smile:

 

Craft Supplies - The Home of Wood-turning, Janik, Charles Greville, Sound Wood, ShopSmith ...

[Ian Leach]

Not finished yet as not quite happy with it but made from sycamore.

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I am looking for a decent lathe at a sensible cost so some advice on makes please. I would like to turn some large lumps of wood into something useful.

[slack ma girdle]

I am looking for a decent lathe at a sensible cost so some advice on makes please. I would like to turn some large lumps of wood into something useful.

 

You will be wanting a union graduate lathe, i got mine from these people.

G & M Tools - Union Graduate

The last piece that i turned was about 20", which was about the limit.

[NI Tree]

good craftman ship