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Thank you my friend, I know you are making turned things too! Any tips are gratefully received
I would just like to say
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Oh dear!
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When my neck goes into spasm I would welcome something like that to put my breakfast egg in!Looks like a tall egg cup.
When my neck goes into spasm I would welcome something like that to put my breakfast egg in!
Get a shorter chair?
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I turn my own lace bobbins but because I like them slim the breakage rate of such tiny items, is very frustrating! I get to the point of making the neck just a few mils thick and …. bang! There goes another bit of wood for the fire.
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I've tried that but it then gets me in the back!Get a shorter chair?
J
I turn my own lace bobbins but because I like them slim the breakage rate of such tiny items, is very frustrating! I get to the point of making the neck just a few mils thick and …. bang! There goes another bit of wood for the fire.
Do you actually make lace too?
That is a dieing art too.
J
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Yes. Very therapeutic or, as my husband says 'time consuming'.
Time? So what you got plenty of it
probably helps keep the finger joints moving too, not an expensive hobby.J
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Wow. Absolutely wow.
Wow how do you keep track of all them bobbins. Very nice
Think I’ll stick to me spanner’s
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To buy the bobbins is expensive unfortunately, that is why I now make my own! You would be surprised how many hundreds you need. When using fine threads - like the filament for the fish, then the very, very slim bobbins are best and there was well over a hundred used for that little picture. If I am using a coarser lined thread, then the 'firmer' ones are better. Wood is the best thing to make the from although you can get some made from glass, brass, bone and pre-1947 ivory. Plastic ones are used by beginners to cut the starter costs. I like to use a linen thread which is specially done for making lace ( an S twist as opposed to a Z twist) and that is not cheap BUT it goes a long way.Time? So what you got plenty of it
J
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Isn't it one of Mackers's used butt-plugs?Looks like a tall egg cup.
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That is superb!
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That's exactly how I feel about all those restored/ repaired/ etc. cars when I read about them. Horses for courses really 'in't it?
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Good evening from above Sheffield
Steady days work. Nice & dry today.
Arrived this morning to find they had fitted some new lights to my trailer... pity they did not wash the truck
Steady days work. Nice & dry today.
Arrived this morning to find they had fitted some new lights to my trailer... pity they did not wash the truck
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Just stop eating eggyweggs, problem solved. No, don't thank me, advice is free to contributors to this fredI've tried that but it then gets me in the back!
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I tumbled on to that solution some time ago! Now it is egg only if it is flat on the plate.Just stop eating eggyweggs, problem solved. No, don't thank me, advice is free to contributors to this fred
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I am amazed at the range of skills kept alive by the peeps on 'ere. We don't need city bankers to get us out of the re-session, we can do it wivvout thems.
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