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Thanks to all this has sold to a fellow shed member
Regards
Bowl Basher

Now sold thanks all

Hi All
I am offering for sale my complete wood turning outfit
as follows
Carba-tec Middie lathe on timber stand, 4 draw tool chest with grinder and Nova sharpening jig mounted,2 nova G3 chucks, 5...

I am forced to give up turning due to problems with my hands and so am selling my complete turning outfit I have placed the add on Gumtree Sydney
Wood Lathe & accessories | Power Tools | Gumtree...

The circles are called CELTIC KNOTS not to hard just have to take your time and make sure all the cuts start and finish at the same distance from one end of the blank and the infill must be exactly...

Hi All it seems forever since I have posted here I am still around just getting older and slower
But here ar a few of my latest efforts

If you are considering the Nova have a look at the new Nova Galaxi having used both this and the older Nova lathes there is no comparison
Carbatec sydney have both on show
Bowl Basher

Hi all
don't get to post much these days but thought I would share my recent effort
I found a nice bit od camphor that just cried out to be turned in to a fruit bowl
it is 280 in Dia and 130...

Be a bit carefull with LARGE blanks on the MC900 as your slowest speed is around 500 and this can be a bit fast on the bigger end of town
This is from experience as I had one of those lathes
enjoy...

The other option is as a boat anchor

sorry to disapoint you Ray but that is not me in the pic just one of the fellow at Mens Shed in fact he is 93 and still one of the best spindle turners I have seen

Hi All
Even though I have retired my Grand daughter requested a large fruit bowl as her engagement present and it was to hard to say no
I had a couple of boards of European Horn Beam that were...

Thanks Dave
I aim glad that it is going to a good home
Regards Bowl-Basher

I sort of remember that I had the same problem went to the "nut house" and bought some in-between but that was a few years ago
regards
Bowl Basher

Hi All
Last year I got all fired up and decided to build a double spring pole lathe. when time and health has caught up with me and I find that I can't finish what I have started.
So if any member...

You will need to use 45% silver solder as a minimum but 40 with 3% nickel is the best this is used for saw blades and metal turning tools
Regards
Bowl Basher

Hi All
Although I have "retired" I still love to try my hand when the opportunity presents itself
Did these 2 at Mens Shed last week.
the Camphor bowl is 150 x 100 high and with the Knot I just...

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I found that drilling the head off took the pressure of the thread and you will find that it comes out easy with a pair of pliers or vice grips
Also found that Nova were more prone tooth's...

:((:((:((:((:((:((:((:(( some of us poor buggers have none nor a shed to put one in:no:
Regards
Bowl-basher

At our mens shed I have tried to introduce a program of checking all jaw screws before use also replaced the Nova screws with ones a MM longer this is a little more safety margin particular on the...

I found the following gave me the best results
240 wet sand(automotive wet & dry Paper very wet) to remove tool marks
600 wet sand
1200 wet sand
Micro mesh pads starting at the tan colour...

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all I can say Ray Is
YOU ARE A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT
but I love your work
Jen sends her best to Sue
Regards
Graham

Thanks for the update on prices I haven't been turning for a while:(:(:( and back then they were the only option great to see all the top woodturning suppliers in Aus. are finding new things for us...

Had the same problem and I found these guys ..Stiles and Bates in the UK they will post to Australia and are very reasonable also check out their plates and screws for attaching a lamp holder to the...

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Read Drillit's post and throw the files in the bin...
just last week one of the blokes at mens shed had brought one in that I had not seen and was scraping a SMALL bowl...

I find that a 60mm Forstner bit the the chuck in expansion mode and a bit of support from the tail stock is the quickest way for the guys that I am working with at Mens shed

:B:B OPPS
need to clean my glasses 24 it is
Thanks for the replies I thought about a ring/ear ring holder but am not sure do you think it would have had a cover or lid
Regards
Bowl-Basher

One of our Mens shed Members found this Turned item and brought it in, but no one could work out what it was intended to be used for
The body is 130mm high X 111mm in dia. the "peg on the top is...

I love to hear from a man with ambition :D:D
I think the best advice anyone can give you is to find your local wood turning group and go along you will be amazed at the amount of help and...

Dave
The Celtic ring is rather simple basically you cut the blank at an angle and replace the kerf with a contrasting infill glue it up and do the same on all 4 sides of the blank
you have to be...

In the good old days when I was an active wood turner :C I made a lot of these rollers for a bloke who restored old push mowers and found that most of our timbers are great.
Some of the best ones...

Would love to just a couple of small hurdles…… no lathe….. no shed…… and to far to drive there and back in time to cook dinner :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:I would just love to see the slab that was the next cut down from where you cut the burl I think that may be worth a bit of chainsaw work

Hi Hermit
Thanks for the comment.
The "dish" is a candle plate it is 80mm in dia and in the attached photos still has a protective plastic cover.
I used them a lot on bigger candle holders and...

Hi All
We have had a few quite slow weeks at the Mens Shed and I decided to try an "inside out" candle holder. The wood is Myrtle (not much figure But nice to turn)
it is 300mm high and the base (2...

Add
that is just loverly:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:
I envy your time in the shed
Regards
Graham

I would really
have liked to give it 3-4 spray coats of precaterlised 30% gloss lacquer but beggars can't be choses:(:(:(:(

Hi All
I don't get the chance to do much these days so jumped at the chance to try out the Mens Shed new Cougar 350VS
This slice of Mallee burl is 480 x 420 and was found at the WWW show in Sydney...

Hi Tore
This is the guy you picked the lathe up from
As I mentioned it was from our mens shed and I think the original hand book is in the files some where I will check next tuesday and if I can...

"WASATREE":rolleyes::rolleyes:
just could not help myself
Regards Bowl-basher

I made one some time ago for my sister and used Claret ash as the dots with larger ones for the primary numbers and slightly smaller ones for the intermediate numbers the timber was desert oak...

This is the same as the Cougar sold by Trend I owned one and recently bought one for our mens shed I only have one comment
:2tsup: TOP MACHINE :2tsup: and the price seems good
if you want any more...

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:It's Thursday Ray and Jen will be the first in line
as a matter of interest we have been invited to the first service using this Chalice and the matching wafer plate...

Hi Crocy
the blank I had was from an old tree and I believe the slab was cut about 10-15 years ago so it was fairly dry I used a 12mm Bowl gouge with a celtic grind (35 degrees) and a scraper ground...

Hi Skew
The Chaplin picked a design he liked from a selection of shapes found on Google and a it was turned to what he wanted a fair bit of weight left below the "bowl" for stability
As to the...

Hi All
I haven't posted in a long time as I was forced to retire when we moved to a townhouse...... Any way I have joined a Mens Shed that is attached to a retirement village and the Chaplin asked...

I turned one a bit like that a few years ago the pics are in the post "mistletoe" started by me sorry I don't know how to link it to this post
Regards
Bowl-Basher

:no::no::no::no: Not always so I have been trying to give one back for the last 20 years and still can't find some one to take him

Up your way it should be coming out of your ears:D:D Not like us poor city dwellers that have to be "ambulance chasers " to the tree loping boys.
Loverly first bowl keep them coming
regards
Bowl-...

:?:?:?The Coral Tree that is common here in Sydney is just as you describe but the bark is nothing like this tree it is shinny and a green colour one of the trees down the road has been pruned and...