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zildjian
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Post: # 10650Post zildjian
December 22nd, 2015, 9:51 pm

and this woodturning listed as a pastime, do you do a lot of that?
I've been hearing a lot about this as a hobby lately and wondered if it was something I could add to my carpentry skillset

but the outlay on lathe and handtools sounded quite dear, is it?

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derestrictor
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Post: # 10666Post derestrictor
December 23rd, 2015, 5:20 pm

not just the tools. a lathe the specially long chisels they use and then the lumps of wood from all over the world to whittle into candlesticks and fruitbowls

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Post: # 10669Post hondababe55
December 23rd, 2015, 5:54 pm

Hi and welcome.

I've got a Northstar 850SC on a Mazda B2500. I love it for all the reasons you've stated - just drop off and drive off.

Enjoy.

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zildjian
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Post: # 10678Post zildjian
December 23rd, 2015, 8:24 pm

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Post: # 10680Post lamp-it
December 23rd, 2015, 9:35 pm

ah got it the OP wants to tow a boat, I was sat here wondering what the speedboat meant :shock:
Rob

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Post: # 10700Post Black Countryman
December 25th, 2015, 9:15 am

Thanks again for all the welcomes & comments and thanks for the picture of the demountable towing a boat. Did you have to add something to your trailer to increase the distance between the back of the camper & the boat? I was looking at it a couple of days ago and I'm worried that my dinghy will be too close to the vehicle and catch the camper when I turn.

As for the woodturning bit, its something I started at woodwork night school and I found that its relaxing to see shavings flying over my shoulder and a lump of wood turn into something useful and, hopefully, beautiful.

Its not an expensive hobby. I picked up a second hand lathe and a set of chisels and some decent wood for about £140 from the widow of a friend of a friend but if you get addicted it can be like any other hobby and you can spend a fortune on tools and gadgets to get "perfect" results. Fortunately, I'm a bit tight and I don't spend too much on tools but I'm a bit of a bugger for splashing out on new finishes. I hardly spend anything on wood as I beg, steal and borrow 95% of the stuff I turn and like to recycle old wood. Here is a picture of a bowl I turned for a VIP visitor to our sailing club. It cost nothing as the bowl is made from the back end of a boat which had been abandoned in the dinghy park and the oak insert came from an off cut of the fence. I can't claim credit for the etching as my wife does that side of things.

Merry Christmas :D

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Post: # 10715Post derestrictor
December 25th, 2015, 9:21 pm

Nice work Black Countryman on that bowl out of interest how many hours to create something like that my FiL used to do that years back tried to get me interested but i dont have the attention span/patience :roll:

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Post: # 11198Post Black Countryman
January 21st, 2016, 8:16 pm

Sorry for the delay, I didn't spot your post (is there some way of being notified when somebody comments on a post you've made?)

The bowl didn't take that long ( a couple of hours or so) to make and my wife did the skillful bit (the engraving) under supervision).

There is a slideshow on Youtube showing how I made it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai2hJaJdmUA

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Post: # 11214Post zildjian
January 21st, 2016, 10:24 pm

hello again, you should be getting notified of activity in your own posts, or in this case 'members campers'
just ✔ the subscribe box at bas of page on right I believe

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Post: # 28408Post Fliqur
May 28th, 2020, 12:01 pm

Hi guys, I'm Deniel from London.
I'm the owner of 2019 Reflection 312BHTS.
And 1972 Chevy C10.

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