new experience...green wood....really cool!

[Rick Cicciarelli]

I have been practicing my turning skills on scrap 2X4s so far. My folks had an old sugar maple that had to be cut down. I got a few straight grained logs...split them out and had my first experience turning a piece of firewood into a turned piece of wood. Wow...that was exhilarating!! Just the idea that it was a tree a few days ago...and now I have this piece of turned wood. I guess there has always been this separation in my mind between trees and finished furniture because I have always just gone and picked up a piece of lumber that was ready to go. Taking a tree, riving out a chunk, and turning it into what could be used for a chair leg is REALLY cool! :D Not to mention the fact that it feels MUCH nicer to turn than a dried piece of 2x4 with knots. I was making maple "spaghetti noodles" for the first time....super cool!!!

[Ken Hill]

Yep, you will never look at a tree the same way again!

[Dan Forman]

Me thinks the lad is hooked.

Dan

[John Hart]

Me thinks the lad is hooked.

Dan

Yeah...that feeling is one of the biggies. The neighbors better start putting electric fencing around their trees. :)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Oh, oh that is one of the neat feelings you get when making those long green curlies. Tree's will never look or be the same.

[bob svoboda]

That's a great feeling that will never dim.

[Steve Vaughan]

Yup, that is one nice feeling right there!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Yup! No doubt about it - turning green is a blast!