woodturning

[pyro]

Just made a little bowl to see if i could! thats about as deep as i can go with out a boring/bowl tool.

 

 

also tried a recipe for some sanding sealer that i found on the tinternet. seems to work ok!

 

Ben

[Paul Barton]

Is this lathe any good (I know nothing about them?) wood turning lathe on eBay (end time 17-Jul-10 11:16:12 BST)

 

It's only down the road from me.

[Ian Leach]

Is this lathe any good (I know nothing about them?) wood turning lathe on eBay (end time 17-Jul-10 11:16:12 BST)

 

It's only down the road from me.

 

I've never used that make befor but it looks limited on what diameter you can turn. Record lathes, axminster are good ones. Depends on how much you want to spend really.

[pyro]

and the lid a few hours later! only took 20-30 mins!

 

For a starter lather i recon that could be good, saves spending alot of money to find you havnt time or skill (no offence intended i duno if youve done it!)

 

Ben

[pyro]

 

just made these last night for somthingt to do.

 

a tea spoon holder for the kitchen and a little goblet, though not hollowed out yet... ive been doing the hollowing with the roughing gouge and spearpoint as money doenst permit for anything else!

 

how hot do the shavings normally get?

 

Ben

[Ian Leach]

They can get quite warm enough to take the hairs off anyway lol.

[pyro]

They can get quite warm enough to take the hairs off anyway lol.

 

ahh thats ok then, its mainly when using scrapers that things get a bit toasty!

 

Ben

[robbo 110]

can any of you point me towards a good book for turning??? when i started carving i bought every book i could find, most were waste of time!!!!!! any help as ever appreciated:thumbup1:

[pyro]

Hey

ive been looking into books aswell, ive come up with a few that look pretty good.

linky

 

 

look through - Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought - covers all and more of the ones ive found so far....

 

hope thats of some use!

 

Ben

[Ian Leach]

Turning green wood by Michael o'Donnell is a fantastic book