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Thanks John, you're right, it’s a big subject so I should have been a bit more specific. I admire the work of turners like Al Stirt, Liam Flynn, Benoit Avery, among others. Like you, I’m happy to...

Can anyone point me towards good in depth videos or publications on carving and texturing turnings? I haven’t found much of interest on youtube.Thanks!

This is the advice I got from Kevin at Oneway,
”I suggest leveling and then tightening the anchors is the best strategy. I always put the two headstock leveling bolts and the back of the lathe...

No, it’s always raised when turning.

Hopefully I’ve attached images.
I roughed out the 19” diameter block of green cedar using an 8” faceplate with the tailstock engaged. No problem.
I shaped it and I didn't measure but now it’s...

Would a 19” diameter by about 26” deep chunk of green wood be OK if the outside was shaped using a face plate, and then chucked to turn the inside, the way we do smaller bowls? (stronghold chuck with...

Thanks everyone. I mostly turn bowls and my finish is usually a simple walnut oil or sometimes a polymerized tung oil for platters. The client specifically said he doesn't want a typical gavel but...

What's the best finish for a contemporary type gavel turned from figured maple?

Thanks John. Thanks all I need to know, for now.

I'm planning on buying a thread chasing set for boxes, etc. What TPI would be most useful and is there a particular set that users recommend ?

I got Michael's pictures in an email from him so, all good. Thanks to everyone for their input and I'll post a picture when I finish my gavel.

I've been asked to turn a "simple, unique, and contemporary" gavel and block for a local municipality. Other than wanting it from local and preferably recycled hardwood, they've left the design up to...

I normally turn bowls but I've been asked to produce some large end grain vases 16 - 20 inches deep, and I'm having a hard time hollowing them out with my bowl gouges. I was thinking of getting a...

I've been looking for the same thing so I hope you'll report on the Metabo after you've tried it out.
I'm sure it'll work on the outside of bowls but wonder how well it will fit the inside of...

I use walnut oil for my salad bowls but notice they sometimes develop a kind of crusty surface after they've cured for a time. Easy enough to polish, but I wonder if it's avoidable. I tend to...

Batty gauge is designed to give an accurate angle in relation to an 8 inch grinding wheel. I use it to freehand sharpen his 40/40 grind which I've been trying out.

I recently bought the Stuart Batty angle gauge and I like it a lot.
Trevor

I've used the 3 part beal system on a walnut oil finish with good results, but is it useful on a tung oil finish?

OOPS. I had the cutter set a good 5/8" lower than centre. Upgraded to a Oneway lathe recently and probably didn't adjust this knife. Will be coring again in a few weeks and will find out for sure,...

I'm close, but the knives are supposed to work plus or minus 2 inches of their recommended radius and I'm within that.

My 9 inch and my 11 inch coring knives work like a dream but my 13" knife binds and it gets difficult to feed the support finger in. The deeper I get, the more problematic this becomes, and I have to...

Does a soak in DNA merely help prevent cracking or does it also significantly speed up the drying process.

Oneway has no plans to design a lathe with a sliding headstock because they agree that your concerns are valid.

I've been buying walnut oil from Lee Valley but its costs over $35 per litre so I'm wondering why I can't just buy food grade walnut oil in bulk and save some cash.
I've heard that the walnut oil...

I checked my chucks a few weeks ago . My Oneway Stronghold were good but I trued up a set of Nova jaws because I was getting a bit of wobble when I reversed to do the inside of a platter.
I used a...