Rick Cicciarelli
04-15-2011, 11:27 PM
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!!!