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by **jaco** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:05 am

Welcome 1, welcome all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to the new Turning Forum.
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by **lordnibbo** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:07 am

First to post ;D I don't turn wood often, but I do turn green looking at the pics of shiny nice tools, does that count? ;D

by **jaco** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:21 am

Of course it does! ;D

I also turn green when i see all those shiny tools at the expo.
As well as when i look at the excellent projects completed by memebers. No names mentioned .................
;D ;D

by **davegw** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:25 pm

I do both - Turn wood and turn green when I see nice tools - I know which one I prefer.

by **dom** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:37 pm

Hi Dave, welcomed to the forum.

by tj » Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:30 pm

Hi all, i will post this question here as this is where i will be hanging out most. Iwould like to add some pictures of my new workshop as i have just got a camara. It is not finished inside yet but i have just got all my equipment back from different parts of Cornwall.What i want to know is how to get my pictures from photobucket onto the site, hope somewon can help.

by **jfc** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:36 pm

If you click on your picture in photo bucket and then on the right last option is a tag line click on that and copy . Then in your post here just click and paste , no tags needed as photo bucket does that for you .

by tj » Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:50 pm

Thanks jfc, i will look into that in the next day or two.

by **celt40** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:44 pm

Hi
Turn as often as wife lets me !!!!!! ;D

Into Pens and Inside out Christmas decorations.

by **jaco** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:43 am

Welcome Selt! ;D ;D ;D

What size lathe have you got for turning pens?

Please post some pics - see other thread.

Phil
8-)

by **sooty** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:07 am

Bought a Perform CCL late about a year ago for my retirement
I turn both green wood and prepared blanks
Prefer to turn green as it cuts so well the only drawback is the distortion?

by **jaco** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:14 pm

Hello Sooty, Welcome! ;D ;D ;D ;D

So, another pensioner, plus Dom, Senior and a few other oldies.

Can you post some pics of "green" stuff?
I have only turned very dry stock.

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by **sooty** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:20 pm

These are just a few that were turned with green wood

Thought this was Yew but someone says it may be Flamed Beech

Silver Birch

Alder

Laburnum

by **dom** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:13 pm

Very nice Sooty, welcome to the forum.

by **jaco** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:37 am

Very nice work!

When you turn it green, how long does it take to 'dry out' before you can finish it?

by **sooty** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:20 am

I dont wait I turn and polish the same day

by **celt40** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:01 pm

Sorry Phil have not been on forum for some time i was not, not answering your post.
I have a the Axminster 1440.

by **jaco** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:51 am

Celt, not familiar with them.
We tend to see the Jet here + few others which i think come from China and other unknown places. ??? ??? ???

The Jet is solidly built as opposed to some very "tinny" Eastern stuff.

The chap i bought my lathe from (ZAR575), bought a new 'Eurasia'???, he found it lightweight and had the cheek to want to buy his old one back from me.
Needless to say i told him to take a very long trip to Never-land ;D ;D

by **happyhammer** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:09 am

Hello, just joined up here but I'm a regular on an Australian forum which judging from some of the usernames on here is frequented by some of you blokes.

I have a lathe, the MC-1100 chinese clone, I'll post pictures in the other forum. I turn pens, bowls, goblets, eggs, vases and anything else that takes my fancy, look forward to having a chat.

HH.

by **jaco** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:24 am

Hello HH!

Welcome to the forum, looking forward to your contributions.
8-)

by **happyhammer** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:11 am

Thanks Jaco can anyone tell me how to put up an avatar, add my location and attach pictures to posts. Haven't used this forum software before. :-[

Thanks, HH.

by **shawn** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:52 pm

Hi,

I have a Canadian made Oneway 1650 lathe. If you don't know of this Cadillac of lathes take a look at http://www.oneway.ca/

by **jaco** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:03 am

Certainly looks different!

Also looks sturdy, well built.

8-)

by **jaco** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:02 am

happyhammer wrote:Thanks Jaco can anyone tell me how to put up an avatar, add my location and attach pictures to posts. Haven't used this forum software before. :-[

Thanks, HH.

Hi HH
Posting pictures here ...
http://trevera25.proboards85.com/index.c....play&thread;=417

The avatar - ask Jason (he is the one with Bollywood Lights avatar)
;D

by **jfc** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:37 pm

;D You need to copy and paste a direct link into the avatar place in your profile . Make sure the pic is small enough . Welcome btw .

by **cove** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:33 pm

Hello everybody. I've just signed up. I'm in London. Been turning for many years, making a bit of money out of it, but only part time. Mostly I make spindles out of reclaimed timber and other stuff out of mdf. Lots of mdf, actually it turns surprisingly well, but it normally gets painted. I used to do craft fair stuff but haven't had time for that for years.

by **jfc** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:47 pm

Welcome to the forums Cove . Turning MDF Jacob will love that one ;D

by **jaco** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:14 pm

Welcome Cove!

This section is classified as "Turning" as in dead-turning-in-a-box.

PLEASE post some of your craft ..............................
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by **mrgrimsdale** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:42 pm

And photos!
Even if it is turned mdf!
Re paint;interesting article here if you scroll down.
I like paint too, not only because you can get away with cheaper materials and filled holes, but also in it's own right; it brings out the architecture or 'can reveal the form' as Chris Schwarz says.
Also quite a few woods aren't all that interesting in the nude.

by **modernist** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:06 pm

Whilst not normally a fan of paint I love that "Yankee Blue". I think it sets the piece of beautifully and as he says you can see the form.

Brian

by **greggy** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:26 pm

hiya guys, long time no see.

by **jaco** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:33 am

Hello Greg

Its a bit quiet around here .............

The guys with lathes have turned them into 'jungle gyms' for spiders .........
:roll:

by **engineerone** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:18 pm

n o mate they are all scared of being turned on by your magic mushrooms :lol:

paul

by **jaco** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:02 pm

engineerone wrote:n o mate they are all scared of being turned on by your magic mushrooms

paul

Nearly as good as some high class weed! :mrgreen:

by **Dave Wilcox** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:45 am

Hi Folks,
Just enrolled having been ealry morning browsing and found this excellent looking forum. Do some turning but have it all mothballed at the moment as trying to sort house move/sale etc No room for spiders or me in the workshop at the moment

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Dave Wilcox