Does that face help Ben, ( top ten planer thicknesser tips)  Only kidding.

Looks a cracking read, can`t wait!!

Baz

The Saturday Project feature sounds interesting, just make sure you get your maths right (unlike Good Wood, with their three hours = 360 minutes! ).

Ben, I'll be looking to see you have the guards in place, of course! Good start on the front cover photo. Axminster have just uploaded a new video for their site on the AW106PT2 where the guard is NOT set correctly!

Olly

When i go back to the saw mill i recently visited, i will take my camera, it would frighten you to death.

Every machine was pre-war, his planer/thicknesser was made 1922 Wadkin Co.

The bandsaw had a 4"blade, the wheels were about 36" diameter, there must have been 4` of exposed blade back & front. The guy stood between the blade, put his hand through the gap & tightened the tension via a ratchet in the centre of the machine.

I asked if he had been there long, he replied he`d taken over from his dad when he retired. As if on que an 84 year old boy trundled past saying "afternoon". The guy said "That's dad, off to work on a motor". I had a good look as he walked away, all limbs were intact.

I`m still of the opinion common sense far out weighs the need for H&S, & there were 2 old boys (1 twenty years older than the other) proving the point.

Cheers Baz.

Sorry Baz, been there already!!

I used to work for a company that had a sawmill just like that. You'd watch the guys feeding it through the blade using a sliding carriage-type-thing but they still had to use their other hand to keep it tight to the fence - letting go before it's too late, so the timber usually ends up with a slight kink of curve at one end!

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 Looking at both Woodworker/turner and Good woodworking with it's turning section  arn't they a similar mag to each other, both seem to follow the same route,

George

What happened to the old magazine "The Woodturner" there  used to be 3 in the same group, Practical Woodworking, The Woodturner & The Woodworker,?

Now The Woodturner has disapeared, Practical Woodworking seems to be a bit hit and miss, The Woodworker has gone from the worst to the best of the three and Good Woodworking has joined the group.

We no longer have a dedicated Woodturning magazine, there are loads of combined woodworking mags, there are even several dedicated furniture & design magazines, so if woodturning is as popular as this site seems to show where is the magazine to go with it.?

Ralph

hi Ralph

we do still have a woodturning mag,it is on sale 24/7/08.

Dennis

Yes Dennis but that one is the GMC issue and it seems to be aimed at the "World wide And Wacky" turning,

A lot of what it covers is not realy turning more carved from a piece of wood that once had contact with the lathe, and daubed with so much paint Claris Cliff would be proud of it.!

The Woodturner used to be a magazine covering real woodturning, the sort that takes time to work out and then produce predominantly on the lathe.

Ralph

Yes i am sure you are right,

Its just a shame with all the woodturners and the speed with which ideas can be turned into a practical projects (no pun intended) a dedicated woodturning magazine based primarilly around projects and practical tips and solutions should have a good take up.!

Just a thought, ?

Ralph

Ralph.

I couldn`t agree with you more, i do occasionally buy the GMC publication, but the time half the projects spend on the lathe is minimal, usually only to give the piece its basic shape.

I tend to have a good flick through at W H Smiths & if there is any thing of interest i buy it.

It would be nice to have a lathe based wood turning magazine.

Baz

Good idea that, I will be going to smiths tommorow to get Good Wood, i will have a look at the same time,

There are so many things that could be put into a magazine so why do we have to read about some rich doctor who was fortunate enough (Rich and retiring) to become a full time professional, or the canadian who developed a rather strange looking laser contraption to check wall thickness, to name a couple of the recent ideas.

How about good honest basic turning projects & tips for variouse levels of turne.

Ralph

We`re singing from the same hyme sheet Ralph.

I saw the issue you relate to, that laser thing seemed to be saying get this, & forget about learning the skill of how to turn thin wall pieces, it will do it for you, At an enormous price. Who buys these things?

If it`s not painted, burnt, gilded, filled with coloured particles or all 4 then they don`t seem interested.

Baz

Baz

I couldn't see the point of having half a ton of steel to watch a small laser tell you exactly what a pair of callipers will do so much easier, how are you supposed to control a chisel with all that attached ?

One day ?

Ralph

It made me think, if i had a dig in, what injuries would i sustain with all those long metal poles sticking out.

It looked incredibly unsteady.

Baz 

It would never work over here, Health and safety would stop it streight away, then theres the fact it probably wouldnt fit in most of our workshops !

I would put the laser inside in line with the top of the tool, then just turn until you see the light, that would work just as well for thin wall work.

Ralph

 One of the best pratical turners who demonstrates is Gary Rance, he is a turner that learnt his trade working on production , There are many  so called must have tools and gadgets in the catalogues which are supposed to make turning easier, Take the skew for instance Gary  has designed a round skew if you watch in his hand it is brilliant, Ray Jones uses a square skew equally brilliant Keith Rowley uses an oval skew, People watch them demonstrate their choice of skew and think if they got the skew they have been watching  it will perform for them in the same manner, but what they forget it is not the skew that is performing ,but the skill of the turner whose hands the tool is in, honed over thirty or fourty years  of practice,

I agree I don't like all this painting , and burning  the end product often looks like it is made out of plastic, a small amount of decorating can be okay but a lot of it is over the top to my taste, as they say to each his own. it is the same with segment turning I  admire the effort and skill that is put into a piece and some turn out very nice, there is an american who makes them out of hundreds of pieces I have not got the patience.

George