Yesterday, I made a couple of new turning tools, a point tool, and a multi-purpose tool. I used 10mm diameter by 200mm long high-speed steel bar stock purchased on eBay for the “working end”. The first job was to turn a couple of handles. I used Elm for the handles, as this is what I […]
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I posted a little while back that I had popped some pieces of beech wood into the waste/compost pile to see if they would spalt. Once these were removed they needed a little while to dry out as they were very wet from being outside. After some time to dry a little, I put one
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Spalted wood is much sought after for its interesting and beautiful grain patterning. Spalting is a natural process caused by fungal attack on the wood, if left to progress too far it ultimately destroys the wood as rot. If caught at the right time though and the wood then dried it is completely stable as
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I started my woodworking hobby on a scrollsaw, making mainly intarsia pieces and was pretty dismissive of woodturning. I always berated the process as “only being able to make round stuff” and being very wasteful as most of the wood ends up as shavings on the floor! Then, I was loaned a lathe to have
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it was the Westray Christmas Fair at the weekend. Held in the Parish Kirk with refreshments provided by the RNLI it was an enjoyable if not massively profitable event. It was rather quieter than in previous years. As a few people said, I think money is a bit tight this year with the general cost
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