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Toni, maybe a chat to some of the guys on UK Woodhaven 11 Forum From this Link may be useful.

Best to use an Etching Primer to deal with any oxidisation to get best adhesion This LINK may help in choice of paint as it's from your side of the pond.

Having had enough near misses sanding rotating objects both freehand and with internal access aids there is no way I'm putting a gloved hand anywhere near a spinning lump of wood.

Yes, Reeves Drives need to be rotating to force the sprung loaded pully to respond to belt tension changes. Manually adjusted pulley needs to be set so that the belt rides near the outer edge when closed. [edit] Conversely the belt length needs to be such that it rides near the spring pully...

Oak, 222mm dia, CSS, 3 wheel buffed with Microcrystalline wax.

Ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) is taking most trees around the UK, we have one or two that appear to have some resistance but thousands of severely infected and dead trees have been cleared out of local hedgerows and woodland

A couple of old photographs featuring and associated with my favourite Elm. One of several along a field boundary close to the farmhouse. Climbed it several times just because I could as a teenager, first time was to secure a radio aerial near its top and which ran down to my bedroom window...

Unfortunately English grown Elm is becoming very scarce due to Dutch Elm disease scourge that took out most mature trees in the 1970's, we still get hedgerow growth from root stumps to about 30ft before it succumbs. Elm planks we had on the farm were very hard, (rejects from coffin making) the...

A couple more from last week, Elm 155mm dia. Elm 160mm dia. Both CSS & 3wheel buffed with Microcrystalline wax finish.

Thanks for the encouragement, better than calls from doctor for yet more blood tests. Elm 105mm dia. CSS & 3wheel buffed with Microcrystalline wax finish.

Thanks for the comments, I guess that's one way of describing the plot, there are more and more times when it is a little much for us to keep under control I'm afraid these days and becoming more a case of trying to keep it tidy rather than showcase.. Here's some shots of it from some 12 yrs...

Mostly serendipity at work Vaughn, it's pick a lump of wood of the pile and see what's inside it once any defects have been navigated.

A couple more bits today, both CSS, & 3 wheel buffed with Microcrystalline wax. Elm, 165mm dia. Cherry, 95mm dia.

A couple more views.

Nothing exotic equipment wise but gives me what I need most of the time on the actual turning front.

Made circa 1933 by my Father as part of wedding trousseau gift to my mother, like all the furniture he made, the carcase is in Oak with mixture of oak and pine shelves. Close inspection will show that it has some outstandingly wide planks in its construction and some novel use of basic joints...

Also gets a considerable amount of direct sun warmth in the winter daytime, it faces south, mid day summer can be a little on the warm side but plenty of opening lights and large extractor fan help. All the steel window frames on three sides came about as a 'design opportunity' and a way of...

In the first week of august with a steady 28 deg.C weekend forecasted we took delivery of 15 Sq. Mtrs. of Galvanized steel roofing sheet weighing some 120kilos. and we started moving it part way up the plot towards the shed. On the Friday the better half and I started stripping the...

Just about as good as one could expect thanks, there's a limit to what anno domini allows octogenarians to tackle and the shed has had to take a back seat for a few months. Following some remedial work on the shed structure and internals some serious wood sorting has shown that something serious...

Finally after many months sorting some of the many years of accumulated junk out, managed an hour on the lathe, to be honest somewhat forced by not knowing where to stash a bin full of blanks. Local home dried Elm, 150mm. diam. CSS, 3 wheel buffed with Microcrystalline wax finish.