Sam Blasco
08-19-2005, 10:20 AM
Hey all, just wanted you to know that tool lust never dies, even when you work with a tool company. I've been wanting a big lathe for years, but when I was running my cabinet shop there was never time to get into such a frivolous aspect of woodworker, like turning. I mean, I would do some spindle work for a leg here or there on grandpas old Delta, but it was all in a day's work. That old lathe didn't make the move here because I knew this was going to happen at some point. Last year I attended a turner's symposium and knew that it was something I had to get into, and I started a savings account for a Oneway or Vicmarc or the like. Well, last month I attended the AAW National Symposium in Kansas City, got to sit in on some classes, watching things spin and shavings fly for three days straight was just too much for me to take anymore. It just looked like too much fun. So much talent on display there, I felt like a little kid, keeping my mouth shut, watching and anxious to attempt, waiting for when no one is looking, of course, to try my hand at it.
Well, a couple of months ago, I sold my cargo truck (it had served me well, but was no longer needed for what it was designed for) and the gentleman who bought it thanked me for taking such good care of it and already building in all the storage and cabinet moving extras. That put the lathe account way over the top...
I placed an order this week, the lathe is being hand built by a man, Brent English, in Wisconsin and should be ready by December (I'll put it out of my mind for now). It is a brand new company, I think I'll have, something like, lathe #7. The company is called Robust, and if anyone wants to visit thier website and get the full story, go here:
www.turnrobust.com (http://www.turnrobust.com)
Until then.
s
PS. In case any of you were worried about grandpa's lathe, the old Delta is in the shop of a 68 year old woman now and she is having a ball with it. Her's was the last kitchen I did in Miami and she was my helper for that project (I always offered clients sweat equity if they wanted to work in the shop on their own gigs). She turned out to be one of the best helpers I ever had. It's a good story, she got hooked, and I helped her outfit a complete shop before I left, plus she got alot of my scraps and the wood I couldn't take with me.
Well, a couple of months ago, I sold my cargo truck (it had served me well, but was no longer needed for what it was designed for) and the gentleman who bought it thanked me for taking such good care of it and already building in all the storage and cabinet moving extras. That put the lathe account way over the top...
I placed an order this week, the lathe is being hand built by a man, Brent English, in Wisconsin and should be ready by December (I'll put it out of my mind for now). It is a brand new company, I think I'll have, something like, lathe #7. The company is called Robust, and if anyone wants to visit thier website and get the full story, go here:
www.turnrobust.com (http://www.turnrobust.com)
Until then.
s
PS. In case any of you were worried about grandpa's lathe, the old Delta is in the shop of a 68 year old woman now and she is having a ball with it. Her's was the last kitchen I did in Miami and she was my helper for that project (I always offered clients sweat equity if they wanted to work in the shop on their own gigs). She turned out to be one of the best helpers I ever had. It's a good story, she got hooked, and I helped her outfit a complete shop before I left, plus she got alot of my scraps and the wood I couldn't take with me.