That was fun!

[Steve Busey]

OK, maybe not to you guys who knock out a couple bowls before breakfast, but this is the first real "shavingfest" to come off the new Vanilla! And from just a little plate - looking forward to a nice big bowl blank!

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[John Keeton]

Ahhhhh.....the maiden voyage!!! More to come, I am sure.

[Mike Cruz]

Wait 'til they are up to your knees (JK wouldn't know about that :eek:), and you have to kick them out of the way to move from side to side. (JK vacuums and sweeps inbetween each pass. ;)) Mine pile up lathe high behind the lathe regularly. Gotta start coring more and stop doing that, though...

[Russell Eaton]

Steve when you find yourself having to bend over to turn, it is time to shovel the shavings.

[Steve Busey]

Looking forward to stepping up my game. Need a few items first, including a smaller toolrest - waiting for my shop fund to refresh after digesting the lathe.

[Jim Underwood]

There ya go... Roughing out green stuff is fun isn't it? Must be why I have 70 roughouts on the shelves...

[Steve Schlumpf]

Yup... making long curlies is a lot of fun! Wait until you rough out a large blank and can create curlies that are 20' long!!

[Bob Bergstrom]

When you clean up with a snow shovel instead of a waste pan, you'll know you have arrived. Great looking curls and beautiful lathe.

[Steve Busey]

Roughing out green stuff is fun isn't it? Jim, I haven't had any green wood in the shop for over a year. This came off a maple/walnut glueup I've had laying on the shelf since I saw JohnK's ogee platter last October. Wet or dry, it was fun to see some big shavings jump off of it!

[Steve Busey]

When you clean up with a snow shovel instead of a waste pan, you'll know you have arrived. "Snow shovel"? There's just no bottom to this vortex, is there? (also, snow shovels are a bit hard to come by down here below the Mason-Dixie line! Could be a challenge in it's own right!)

[Jim Underwood]

I made my own (large) dust pan, and Saturday I was using it to fill up my wheel barrow about five or six times...

Failing that, you can always order a snow shovel from Graingers or MSC....