Daniel Morgan
01-13-2014, 8:17 AM
As the title states I am new (noob) to this forum and I'm thrilled I came across it in a web search.
My search that produced this website was right after Christmas; I received a used Record mini lathe for a present from my wonderful wife.
I am an experienced woodworker as I have been doing carpentry for a living for about 25 years (on and off, fluctuating with the economy).
Almost 50 now my wife and I have settled down with only one kid left in school back in our hometown with the hopes of never moving again. All this to say I am working on setting up my garage for some serious hobby woodworking. I am a maintenance man for a local assisted living facility and as such I get a lot of calls to fix stuff for folks to make a little extra cash.
Soooo...sitting in my garage right now is a busted dining chair that I will use my nifty Record lathe to repair a spindle. I have enough experience with the lathe to make such a project but I'm wondering if any of you experts here could help me with some species and finish identification, if I can get a good picture and figure out how to post it?
Glad to be here.
My search that produced this website was right after Christmas; I received a used Record mini lathe for a present from my wonderful wife.
I am an experienced woodworker as I have been doing carpentry for a living for about 25 years (on and off, fluctuating with the economy).
Almost 50 now my wife and I have settled down with only one kid left in school back in our hometown with the hopes of never moving again. All this to say I am working on setting up my garage for some serious hobby woodworking. I am a maintenance man for a local assisted living facility and as such I get a lot of calls to fix stuff for folks to make a little extra cash.
Soooo...sitting in my garage right now is a busted dining chair that I will use my nifty Record lathe to repair a spindle. I have enough experience with the lathe to make such a project but I'm wondering if any of you experts here could help me with some species and finish identification, if I can get a good picture and figure out how to post it?
Glad to be here.