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Turning Bowls

I bought a “luxury selection of exotic wood blanks” from ebay to try turning some bowls. Some of them worked! Bowl 1 + Bowl 2 These were a success, although I think bowl 2 is better from a shape and finish point of view. The groove I’ve cut into the bottom is how you holdContinue reading “Turning Bowls”

Lasercutting Lathe Toolbox

One problem with the lathe is I now have a whole set of chisels lying around the place, which is kinda annoying. I spent yesterday designing a quick tool support to attach to the lathe bench in Fusion 360 as usual: I cut it on the laser cutter out of 5mm MDF: Unfortunately I madeContinue reading “Lasercutting Lathe Toolbox”

Wood Turning Lathe!

I’ve always wanted one of these. When I was wee, we went on tour round England visiting various relations, and I remember being very impressed with a lathe. I’ve no idea which relation it was, unfortunately, but I do remember the lathe. I decided to order one from the UK rather than direct from China,Continue reading “Wood Turning Lathe!”