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Hi, are there any owners of the vicmarc VL150 on here? or does anyone know of a video i could watch of one being used?

I am looking to be able to turn wooden boxes from hard dense woods, but my...

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the actual fan, as I said I had to check it. The housing is around 22/24" from memory.
its not popping the breaker, every few months the capacitor on the side of the motor would fail, this fault was...

seeing as you live so close.... have GPW got one that you could have a test drive on before you buy? or have they got a customer who's bought one that lives nearby that you could go and have a chat...

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the impeller in this machine is just shy of 17" wide by 5" deep, i know this because after a few months of owning it it kept popping capacitors and i checked that the...

I have been turning for 15 years and luckily in my first year of turning I met a retired production turner who warned me about dust and scared me into taking it seriously

I use three ways to help...

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spankingpigeon:here is a quick pic to help gauge the size

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1210258_zps579a2b92.jpg

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here are two of a group of helmet/mask designs i've been working on recently, they are not meant to be a direct copy of any paticular type of helmet past or present, I have looked at...

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here area few boxes that i've finished recently

mullberry with jet inlay 2 1/2Wide by 3 1/2" tall

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1190624.jpg...

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I bought a few burrs from a timber supplier recently, they've had them along time and lost allot of the original identification markings

the guy reckoned this was salmon gum but I...

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I use 3 types of mop and 3 compounds to buff my work- they are all the mezerna brand and are:
stage 1-113gzp compound with B quality loose leaf mop
stage...

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here is one of my latest cast blaks- it has onelarge pine cone embedded within the resin with the base ofthecone at the top of the forrm (i might try the next one the other way up)...

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here are three new boxes that i cast a few weeks ago and finished recently

Burr elm (with a very dark blue resin)...

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I dont think she oak grows here in the U.K - but i do blast the cones with compressed air before casting.

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I dont know Neil- i just know where the tree's are :)

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here is a pen I’ve completed recently
It’s one of my own blanks which I’ve cast with mini pine cones and an iridescent multi coloured resin with a chrome Berea Atrax fountain pen kit...

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yes the reflections are a problem- i'm working on a fix- but these are the best pics i can do at the moment.

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Here's another hybrid cast which I poured over a week ago and turned yesterday
Electric blue iridescent resin with natural edge burr elm ovoid form
3 5/8" wide by 4 1/2" tall
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Hardenfast: lol someone must have snook out with some when it was dark!! :U all i can say is it must have been a big bird as this stuff aint light :roll:...

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Kcam- the wood and resin are cast together as a solid block and then turned as normal.

smiife:yes its hollow- i used some home made ellsworth style...

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here's a new piece i've just completed its two piece's of natural edge coolibah burr with a red pearlescent resin
2 7/8" wide by 2 7/8" tall
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Thank you its nice to have some positive feedback on these :)

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I've been enjoying making more ovoid forms since the last spalted beech one I posted- Its strange that for such a simple form I'm finding it a real challenge to get right!! I've made...

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unfortunately Alex the box is now sold so I can’t get any pictures- I hollowed the inside with a small homemade hollowing tool similar to David Ellsworths single...

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Woodenink: the bock nibs are not standard nibs that are normally supplied with the kits- I buy and fit these separately

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I dont turn many pens nowadays but i couldint resist trying these kits out

Berea Atrax gold with pitch black blank- Bock nib...

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Hughie: I dont know

Bryan: no hardener was required with this piece but i know what you mean and sometimes have to harden small areas with thin CA

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here's a spalted beech form- loosely based on an ovoid/egg shape
6 1/4" wide by 6 3/4" tall

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1140075.jpg...

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The finish is just lemon oil at the time these pics were taken but i'll probably build it up to a satin sheen with woodoc10 eventually

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here's a simple burr oak hollow form i've made today
3 3/8" wide by 3 3/4" tall

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1140053.jpg...

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here are two new boxes i've made recently

lignum vitae and boxwood 1 5/8" wide by 2"tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1130368.jpg...

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Thank you- I dont normally work with allot of Ash- but might start doing so if i can find more like this :)

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originally i use to use the Robert sorby lemon oil but that got harder to find and I belive Turners retreat are the only u.k stockist now- I now use the chestnut stuff and i belive it is made using...

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I’ve used lemon oil for years as I prefer a matt finish and its dead easy to apply and dries quickly
when I started selling my work I soon realised that lemon oil wasn’t a...

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here are some rippled/olive- slightly spalted ash forms- which i've completed recently-these piece's came from a very large crotch section of a tree which had blown down on the edge...