turning

The nearest woodturning club to me opened its doors last night with a demo from Chris Parker (The Bald Woodturner). Sheffield Woodturners Home I was so much out of my depth, the bloke turns a bowl faster than I can get my job onto the lathe. He started off by turning a bowl and he then...

I am nearly at the stage of being able to return to turning. The foundation for the new workshop has now been fully laid and touch wood the new workshop will be delivered Thursday so by the week end I can start to get everything back in and set up. The old workshop is now in the place where the...

As most of you will be aware I took part in a one full day wood turning training course on Wednesday 7th July and I will try and express my views on it in this thread. Before I continue I would like to make clear that I have received no payment of any kind nor was I given any incentive payments...

Well if nothing else the title alone would probably get this thread a few more views :face: Of course I am talking about my wood turning virginity. I wanted to show these photo's on here before anywhere else mainly due to the wonderful help and advice you have shown me since I joined up, it...

Has anyone been on a pen turning course? If the answer is yes I have the following questions if I may. First off are they value for money? I have been looking at this one Pen Turning Courses near Doncaster - Turners Retreat Secondly had you done any woodturning previous to going on the...

Hi all, Been making a few of these lately to sell on... Might get onto some turning soon:banana::banana:

Hi folks, my name is Martin and i'm the resident newby. I have only just recently fired up a lathe (lockdown has its uses). I thought i'd start small, with turning pens. I have successfully turned a few slimline pens which turned out to make nice xmas stocking fillers. Now i'd like to move on...

We have a great granddaughter here on occasions as we are look after her while her mum works. She wanted to make herself a pen a little surprised at the style she chose but I think it was the click lever idea that she liked most, she also rummaged through my pen blank draw and found this blank...

For me!...... After my escapades of having difficulty of turning pens due to numbness in the hands and not being able to feel the transitions between bushes and blank, so I had a chat with our Bill Mooney. Now he is one to inspire many due to his limited abilities, but he gave me some great...

Hi all, New to the forum. Been turning for a wee while but just a few months doing pens. Have a passion for fountain pens and mechanical pencils as I also do portrait art and use both in my art. Had owned a Mont Blanc Meisterstuck 146 for 15 years until I realised I can make luxury pens of...

Hi all, my little project is now finally done...... Other than the little bloody white ribbons everywhere and sweating on if I go too thin, I have enjoyed turning these! ???

As you can imagine my usual main income teaching turning has been a bit sparse recently. I did sell a record amount of gift vouchers last year and have more people booking courses now that actually want to take up turning as a hobby, so things are probably going to get a bit mental once...

Now I was going to buy Yorkshire Grit but I first thought I would read some reviews and this is the first one I read. I'm new to wood turning so this may very well be me misusing the product , however I have been using the standard Yorkshire grit and like it a lot , this paste works well and is...

Nothing too stressful today. Enjoyed turning this. Plain and simple. Cheers Frederick Also finished this today. Spalted Beech although spalting isn't that brilliant but again lots of fun..... Stay safe everyone.................

I've got quite a few bits to do but want none of it at the moment so just turned this. The bark had had it and there was a straight cut on an upward branch so a bit of reshaping and pyro was in order!

I'm thinking of turning my first bowl tomorrow on a blank that is cut as a square lump of wood so it will be end grain bowl. Maybe not the ideal wood to start my adventure in bowl turning but I have 6 or 7 lumps of this wood so I have a lot to practice pieces to run through. I would like to...

Looking for Heel End Turning Pen Kits. Let me have the names etc Thanks :pray:

Yep well I was waiting to have a new light delivered because the day I decided to start pen turning again it broke so I had to order a new lighting panel (LED). At the weekend I started collecting all my tools and pen parts for a day in the garage turning a pen. So I found my mandrel and just...

Yes I'm new to turning pens however I do like the idea of kitless pen phil's the one to blame with that amazing ironwood fountain pen (dam it's a fantastic looking pen) but I'm wondering on the right route to take, but also being tight on money I am a tight git BUT I do like to buy the right...

Not done much turning as making wooden models Now they are finished I can get back to turning a little more. This was just a case of having a play with a new tool for hollowing and at the same time I thought I would add some very subtle twists to the piece. Made with Yew and stands 6" and 3...