Again thanks for your comments. A mate of mine got me interested in turning a while ago. So I booked a 2 day course at Yandles of Martock in somerset. I enjoyed it so much that I bought a fairly inexpensive lathe from Axminster and just spent every spare minute turning. I watched loads of videos online, read books, asked questions etc. Earlier this year I upgraded the lathe to a Record 1624 with the money I'd put away from the items I sold.