addiction

[Michelle Rich]

I admit I am powerless over my addiction to turning.....what else would compel one to make as ridiculous a chair as this one?:eek:. Maple and 2 colors of milk paint..

[John Keeton]

Michelle, that is extremely well done!! Not only are you a superb woodturner, apparently you have good flatwork skills as well. Building a chair is the ultimate challenge, and you pulled it off beautifully!

[Tony De Masi]

WOW. Very nicely done Michelle. I don't think I'd have the patience for that. I made one chair out of flat stack a few years ago and I don't care to make another.

Tony

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is beautiful. I am like Tony and made one chair a few years ago. No desire to do another. That is really well done.

[Rob Cunningham]

That's a beautiful chair Michelle. I've built some chair and sofa frames for upholstery but never a finished chair. Well done.

[Richard Madison]

Nice work Michelle. Sure looks as though it was made by a turner.

[Steve Schlumpf]

WOW! Somebody's been holding out on us! Beautiful work!

I haven't tried a chair yet but can respect the level of difficulty to turn everything to match! Very nice work!

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[Paul Douglass]

That is some beautiful work. Not only beautiful but a LOT of work. Ya, I made a chair, a Morris chair, I'm proud of it but would never do it again.

I wouldn't set it next to your chair either. Mine wouldn't look so good to me anymore.

[willie sobat]

I wouldn't call it ridiculous! Very nice.

[Thom Sturgill]

Very nice indeed! I toss the idea around occasionally, but haven't had the nerve to try one yet. And I'm sure it would be ONE even though SWMBO would want a set.

[Michelle Rich]

thank you, gentlemen. Nice to get kudos from this group. Lots of years of practice & many many stools and cockeyed chairs, got me to this point. Appreciate ya'll taking time to comment.

[Harvey Ghesser]

That is just awsome! Wow!!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Michelle,

Nice chair! Lots of spindle work there. Tough to make things that similar! Nicely done Lady!

[Scott Hackler]

Very nice chair Michelle. Im curious to know if you use a duplicator or if it was all freehand. I have thought about making a chair or stool and was curious as to how different people make the copies of thier legs and spindles.

[Michelle Rich]

Very nice chair Michelle. Im curious to know if you use a duplicator or if it was all freehand. I have thought about making a chair or stool and was curious as to how different people make the copies of thier legs and spindles. do not own a duplicator..thanks for your question

[alex carey]

dang michelle, thats pretty impressive, takes a ton of patience, most of us turners don't have that kind of patience, thats why we turn. Insta gratification.

[Joyce Baldauf]

Absolutely stunning!!!! Love the seat work as well.:D:D:D

[George Guadiane]

Stunning chair, nicely done!

[David DeCristoforo]

It's really nice to see some top notch spindle turning for a change. It seems like bowls and hollow forms prevail around here to the point where you almost forget that there are other things you can do on a lathe. That's a sweet chair. Looks like a nice job on the seat too...

[Curt Fuller]

You could be addicted to worse things. I would love to build an entire set of chairs very similar to this one.

[David E Keller]

Beautiful chair. Great symmetry. Very nicely done.

[brian watts]

WOW...Very nicely done Michelle.

[Allen Neighbors]

Waddaya mean, ridiculous? That's beautiful.

[Sean Hughto]

Fantastic work. I too appreciate seeing such inspiring spindle work, not to mention chair building!

[Michelle Rich]

Thank you ladies & gents..I too see very little spindle work anymore. I love bowls and forms, but good spindle work is disappearing. Funny, over on WOW I got awarded" Picture of the Day" becau se of spindle work. It's rarer than hen's teeth. I think it may be because we all probably started with spindle turning, and somehow think that when we go to bowl turning, we have graduated to a higher plane???? If any of you have secret spindle work, and haven't posted it, let's see it!:D

[Karl Card]

addiction - i dont smoke, i dont drink but dont touch my wood...lol

I am looking forward to making something with spindles and have quite a few stored up but right now have nothing requiring them.

Very nice chair and I hope to have the patience to make something like that one day...