My copy was just handed to me by my friendly postman 😀

Sunday must be template making day it’s what I’m doing as well

What do you do on a sunday when you are avoiding the kids and the "honey-do list"? You go sit in the shop with a beverage and make a few templates while contemplating the next build. 🙂 Attachment :...

Thought I would have a practice run using the methods that Mark shows on the live streams before starting on the wood I bought from Mark & Carol. First job is making the blank flat and level and n...

@rocknroller912 Firstly, you need to understand that what you mean by lathe is likely more capable than what I own, it’s one of these: Attachment : 0B17922A-2BD7-452B-AC65-34C7189BDEAD.jpeg so ...

@tej Setting it up on a lathe is only to get things straight an level, the motor isn’t used. If you can put the tube in one end and the thread tap in a drill chuck at the other then turn the Chuck by ...

@rocknroller912 I only have tiny hobby wood lathe, no way it would have the torque needed to cut thread in steel. I’d not really considered this. So, plan B, i could use a softer metal, brass or alumi...

@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe and wind in by hand if you have the correct lathe a...

@boo Cajun is from the French speaking part of Louisiana. It goes back the the American War of Independence in the 1770s when France fought with Americans I think. Some went South and some North to Qu...

@rocknroller912 sounds like a good plan too, I’ve got to get some more tube anyway now as the piece I was using went astray!

My favourite song today:

Cajun is a bit like Guinness either love it or hate it I love both!

You could drill a hole into a rectangular piece of wood, then cut it through the length to give two pieces each with a semi circle. Use this as a clamping guide to hold the tube in a vice. With a bit ...

@boo yeah that might help, don’t have any the right size but can turn some the right size. Other thoughts were sacrificing the end where it’s clamped, using oil for cutting or getting thicker walled ...

Hi Tej, Thanks for the welcome and advice. It's going to be a fun journey. 😀

Hi Cheesewhisk, I live just outside of York although I'm originally from the badlands(lancashire) 😉 Yep I adore Yorkshire. I don't think I'd ever leave here. Good to know others with the same...

Thanks TV1. 😀 Your words are really encouraging and I can see your advice is really sound about following it all step by step and walking away to re-evaluate it when it goes wrong. I'm de...

I’d never contemplated butchering mine, will investigate later!!

The bit that slides up and down is some kind of plastic - I trimmed some of it so that it could slide up a bit more - I’ll take some pics later.

did a bit of surgery on the bit that adjusts the height of cut @frocesterbill What did you do for this?