Lathe tool rack.

[Yorkie]

Nice to see a woodturning video that's by an English turner - most of youtube seem to be American and a bit gimmicky and 'hyper' like Kermit in the Muppet Show, which I find heavy going. Odd though that he refers to the lidded box as 'burl' oak - it's usually Americans who use that term, whereas we usually refer to it as 'burr', as in 'burr walnut veneer' etc. No big deal. He did rather set my teeth on edge by using wire wool, especially on burr where it can snag. If you use wire wool on sanding sealer, it almost always leaves some fragments of steel, and steel reacts with the tannin in oak, turning it black. In fact some woodturners put wire wool in vinegar and use that on oak as an 'ebonising' stain. For small objects like the little wooden box he turned, it can be difficult to sand by using wet and dry as it's not very flexible. Hence, many turners (for competition or gallery pieces at any rate) use 'Abranet. EG:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=abranet&tag=mh0a9-21&index=diy&hvadid=39052860&ref=pd_sl_8my0r8p23e_e

When you put a video on youtube, you never know who's going to watch it, and I dare say some purists will have noticed that at one point he 'sanded the wood to shape' rather than' sanding the shape of the wood'. (Don't we all - I do when no-one is looking over my shoulder!). It's the end result that matters - a nice little box.

As to the paint-stripper Colin, the stuff you are after, which I found at Rufforth a few months back, is 'Paramose' which is industrial strength. You can get it from JC Penny for £21.95 + VAT + P&P, but they do say on their website: "For professional use only - not to be used in premises other than industrial installations". I guess that's meant as a disclaimer to cover themselves and I assume that they don't ask for a company account for you to place an order for it. I dare say other firms sell it too:

http://www.jpennyltd.co.uk/shopping/pgm-...php?id=382

It really is wicked stuff and makes Nitromors seem quite harmless by comparison.

The tool rack looks great - lots of thread chasers there - that's an acquired skill. A famous pro woodturner called John Berkley does a lot of thread chasing, but as he's developed a wood allergy, mostly only turns acrylic these days. Interesting guy - most of what he does is more akin to precision engineering rather than woodturning - intricate puzzles and what not.