24-11-2012, 12:34 PM
Hi,
What do you have in mind regarding woodturning singlepentode69?
Woodturning is a big subject ranging from decorative to utility items. What lathe and tooling do you have if any; what timbers do you intend to turn etc?
As Joe kindly says both David and I do woodturning; Joe has just acquired a metal lathe but is currently turning delightful pens on it. David is well into decorative items and has generously given a number to Bron and me these being on show in our front room. David is also very heavily involved in his local woodturning group.
I've tended to turn wood on a need to have basis mostly for use in items around the bungalow; tables/lamps and similar items although occasionally I've turned sets of radio knobs and many tool handles.
I recently bought a Union Jubilee woodturning lathe and am now upgrading it in fact I've just spent the full morning in the garage in spite of the frost. I'm attempting to fit an electro-magnetic clutch to the Jubilee to save switching the motor on and off all the time; additional to the clutch I'm installing a much bigger 3 phase motor hooking it up to new VFD so whatever your interest in woodturning I'm pretty sure a forum member will respond.
Lathe ownership among the forum members is increasing which is good news as lathes are not only interesting to own and use they are very useful. I've now got three metal lathes and two wood lathes but I'm a lost cause.
Good luck in your endeavours and kind regards, Col.
What do you have in mind regarding woodturning singlepentode69?
Woodturning is a big subject ranging from decorative to utility items. What lathe and tooling do you have if any; what timbers do you intend to turn etc?
As Joe kindly says both David and I do woodturning; Joe has just acquired a metal lathe but is currently turning delightful pens on it. David is well into decorative items and has generously given a number to Bron and me these being on show in our front room. David is also very heavily involved in his local woodturning group.
I've tended to turn wood on a need to have basis mostly for use in items around the bungalow; tables/lamps and similar items although occasionally I've turned sets of radio knobs and many tool handles.
I recently bought a Union Jubilee woodturning lathe and am now upgrading it in fact I've just spent the full morning in the garage in spite of the frost. I'm attempting to fit an electro-magnetic clutch to the Jubilee to save switching the motor on and off all the time; additional to the clutch I'm installing a much bigger 3 phase motor hooking it up to new VFD so whatever your interest in woodturning I'm pretty sure a forum member will respond.
Lathe ownership among the forum members is increasing which is good news as lathes are not only interesting to own and use they are very useful. I've now got three metal lathes and two wood lathes but I'm a lost cause.
Good luck in your endeavours and kind regards, Col.
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