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REMEMBER THE DOG TEETH USED TO CONNECT TIMBER JOIST TOGETHER. THIS TEETH IS ALSO GOOD ON WOOD TURNING,HOLDING WORK PIECE IN PLACE WHILE TURNING. ONCE IT HAS BEEN SCREWED TO FACE PLATE WITH THE 2 [...]

AS ALWAYS THE UNIQUE PLANTER FROM AN OLD STEEL CAP BOOT. AMAZING WHAT YOU FIND IN A SKIP. THIS WAS RUBBEROID INSIDE THEN ABOUT 8 X 6 MM HOLES DRILLED IN THE SOLE. A GOOD LOT OF BOOT DUBBIN ON …

BOUGHT FROM A CAR BOOT/FLEA MARKET 10 BAGS VARIOUS SIZES TIMBER,POT LUCK WHAT YOU GET IN BAGS.MOST BAGS CONTAINED 2 INCH X 1/2 INCH X 9 INCH LENGHTS OF PALLET WOOD READY FOR A LOG OR OPEN FIRE.10 [...]

MADE FROM 6 X 2 INCH  ALUMINIUM BLANK.  MADE  IT TO FIT MY TYME CUB LATHE WITH 20MM X 2 MM THREAD.BOUGHT OFF CUT OF BLANK FROM A LOCAL MACHINE SHOP £5 // [...]

THIS IS THE LATHE I USE TO MAKE SCREW CHUCKS /MORSE TAPERS/FACE PLATES PLUS ONE OFF MACHINED PARTS FOR VARIOUS LATHES THAT NEED NEW PARTS ,THIS MAKES LIFE EASY IF YOU NEED A PART YOU DO IT [...]

 A PINE CANOPY FOR CUSTOMER .STARTED OUT AS 5 X 2 SAWN TIMBER.THEN MACHINED AND PLANED ALL ROUND.A DAYS WORK WENT INTO THIS. READY TO FIT MONDAY.SIMPLE AND EASY TO MAKE.COST OF [...]

I SAW IN YOUR LASTEST WOODWORKER EDITION,DRILL AND TAPPING TIMBER FOR EASY ASSEMBLY OF JIGS .NOT A BAD IDEA?BUT IN THE PAST I HAVE ALWAYS DRILLED AND TAPPED TIMBER ESPECIALLY PINE  AS [...]

THIS IS KNURLING ON METAL ..NOW REPLACE METAL WITH WOOD HARDWOOD AND YOU GET THE SAME EFFECT.AS THE KNURLS HAVE BEEN RAZOR SHARPENED.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTmv_kYimrI  TRY DIFFERENT [...]

THIS I BOUGHT AT A TOOL AUCTION ,I HAD TO CLEAN IT UP AND HAD THE KNURLS RESHARPENED BY A COMPANY AS I DO NOT HAVE A MICRO SHARPENER. THIS I USE ON THE WOOD LATHE TO PRODUCE PATTERNS ON …

OFF CUTS OF PALLET WOOD AND A FEW BROKEN SLATES FROM A SKIP.AS SUMMERS COMING THE BIRDS NEED A NICE COSY HOME!! MOST OF OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS  WILL THINK THEY HAVE A DREAM HOME WITH [...]

TODAY I WILL BE MAKING SCREW CHUCKS  AS SEEN IN PHOTO BUT WILL NOT TAP CENTRE FOR LATHES?AS EACH LATHE HAS ITS OWN THREAD. AS THESE I WILL SELL TO WHO EVER WANTS ONE AND WHAT LATHE THEY [...]

At our weekly staff meetings, I usually don’t have much to say. Our staff is comprised of knowledgeable people who know a lot about woodworking; our cumulative knowledge is deep. But, we [...]