Old Hilly
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I bought a lathe and some tools, found some wood to slice up into little bits, bought some cheap mechanisms to practice on and finally worked out that I had to start somewhere. Timber is what we call "Forest Oak" or Allocasuarina torulosa that was felled when we did some fire hazard reduction a while ago. Finish is a couple of coats of French Polish rubbed on while the lathe was running. It's a start. I probably need to investigate other finishes but the smell of CA glue drives me nuts so perhaps Acrylic lacquer is an option?