lathe & tools

My lathe: if you are familiar with regular pole lathes you will have noticed that mine doesn't look like any you have seen before. When you are turning large lumps of wood using aggressive tools then you need a machine that is going to take the strain.

My tools are also not like the average pole lathe turner's and there are rather a lot of them! I make these "hook tools" myself from tool steel (see video below) and each one does a slightly different job.

NB I don't sell tools and haven't yet found anybody who makes reliable tools for a beginner. If you want to try some I recommend you find somebody locally who does blacksmithing or learn it yourself.

Questions? Many have already been answered on the Bodgers' Ask & Answer Forum, or you can post your own on that Forum. It saves me from answering the same ones over and over by email ... please!