How long have you been turning ?

[ROBERT SCHUMAN]

Just fo giggles ,How long has every one been turning?
Me <----- 16 years 10 professionally.

[tod evans]

since `72. tod

[Bob Noles]

T minus 10 so far :(

But, hey.... I'm working in a postitive direction :D

[sascha gast]

about 14 months

[Earl Eyre]

6 months, 30 years ago and then currently 3 years.
Earl

[Andy Hoyt]

September 10, 2001 - A pretty easy date to remember.

[Ernie Nyvall]

About 10 months ago.

Ernie

[Chip Sutherland]

6 months for me but really only 3 months of focused effort.

Given some of the gorgeous work I've seen some of you guys displaying....I think some of you might be lying. :rolleyes: ;)

[Loy Hawes]

Around 12 months

[Mark Cothren]

Started tinkerin' around with turning at Dennis' shop a little less than a year ago. Been turnin' in my shop for a few months now.

[Richard Allen]

348 bowls, 1200 pens, 227 platters, 1500 other turnings.

Spent $30,000+ Taken in $~15,000

[Gary DeWitt]

About 3 years, but not full time.

[Tony Sizemore]

About 5 months. Started as a fathers day gift... They really didn't know what they where getting themselves into. LOL

[Steve Clardy]

High school. Dropped it. Picked it back up in 1980. Dropped it.
Back full time in 1993, staircases and cabinets.

[Glenn Hodges]

'bout 6 years...

[Carole Valentine]

About 11 months. Turned my first little bowl in March of this year.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

About three years now as an AVOCATION.

Bruce

[Raymond Overman]

About 3 years now. Started turning when I was 31.

[Ed Lang]

First turned in 1975 school shop class. In and out ever since.

[Brad Schmid]

About 4 years.
Brad

[Jean Holland]

Holloween 2004 - turned my first pen. Got my first lathe in Novemer 2004, but haven't had much time on it due to moving around the Midwest and traveling for work. Hope to get more time on it this year! (and all the other fine tools I've collected).

[Travis Stinson]

Right at 2 years. Time flies when you're havin fun!:D

[Chris Rolke]

april will be 3 years for me

if i have it figured out correctly i am ahead on money brought in versus spent (until i go after a new lathe )

[Keith Burns]

10 years off and on, serious about it, 5 years or so

[Keith Christopher]

Off and on for about a year, I had to borrow time on a friends lathe. But only about 3 weeks myself on my own lathe.

[Jim Ketron]

it will be 2 years on 5-9-06

[John Timberlake]

Since '78 off and on, mostly for furniture parts.

[Dick Parr]

Just about 20 months.

[John Hart]

Bought the lathe 5 years ago....Only did a couple of things....all crappy. Started full time learning and turning last spring.....8 or 9 months

[Ken Salisbury]

Just fo giggles ,How long has every one been turning?


60 yrs :eek:

[Alan Ryalls]

not long enough!
seriously 8years
alan

[Kent Cori]

About 2 years. I figure another 20 more and I might, just might, get to the point where I am occasionally satisfied with my bowl and spindle turning skills.

However, I am clearly making progress. I have now mastered the "Launch the bowl through the garage window" skill. :eek:

[Andy Hoyt]

Kent - You get two extra value points if the window was closed at the time.

[John Hart]

However, I am clearly making progress. I have now mastered the "Launch the bowl through the garage window" skill. :eek:

I've discovered that this is why a "Chuck" and "Chuck it through the Window" mean the same thing. :p

[Ron Ainge]

About three years ago my wife drug me to a school auction. Well they had lots of shop equipment for sale and since I had never owned or turned on a lathe I bought a used Delta for $100. I had to have four other guys help me load it onto the truct and I had to dismantle it to get it into my shop. I now own two Deltas and one Jet mini. I use all three and I still want one with larger possibilities. My wife still smiles every time I bring my latest project for the shop for her inspection, what a gal to have on my side.

[Dennis Peacock]

Well.........
Let's see.............

I've been turning women's heads for about 32 years now. :rolleyes: ;)

OHHHHHH!!!!!!! You mean "woodturning".!!!!!:o

About 3 years off and on.

[Steve Knowlton]

I have been turning about 4 1/2 years.

[Tom Sontag]

Spun my first wood last night, so technically less than one day. Man, have I got a long way to go!

[Richard Gillespie]

Did a little bit a year ago and stopped. Wasn't getting good results because I didn't know how to use a skew chisel. Got the PSI DVD and learned how from that.

A month ago I finally got around to turning the ten pen kits I got from the Freedom Pen project. I've now done another 19 on top of those. If it wasn't so cold in the shop and too much to do to get ready for Christmas, my wife be mad at how much time I'd be spending out there.:rolleyes:

[Frank Parker]

I bought my lathe in Febuary and been turning like a mad man ever since, so much so that I've wore my Craftsman lathe out and had to order another lathe, oneway 2436 this time.
Frank

[Andy Hoyt]

I bought my lathe in Febuary and been turning like a mad man ever since, so much so that I've wore my Craftsman lathe out and had to order another lathe, oneway 2436 this time.
Frank

Way to go Frank. Bottom to top in one fell swoop! Got my OW last fall and love it bunches. Where in Lake County? I lived in Vallejo for a short spell.

[Frank Parker]

Hi Andy, I live in Nice, But I work in Ukiah.
I should get my lathe around January 15th, I'm going stir crazy waiting.
Frank

[Ron Mitchell]

I'v been turning for 2 months mostly Pens, a few sets of drumsticks for my son & his drum teacher, and one Christmas Ornament:D

[Carole Valentine]

Spun my first wood last night, so technically less than one day. Man, have I got a long way to go!

Welcome to the round side, Tom. :)

[Andy Hoyt]

Spun my first wood last night, so technically less than one day. Man, have I got a long way to go!
Tom - Not really. Just crank that lathe up a bit faster and you'll get where you want to go all that much sooner.:D

[Bill Stevener]

40 +++ years.

Bill>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:eek:

[keith zimmerman]

I am pleased to say that I have been turning for 3+ years, since September, 2002.

keith

[Chris Barton]

Seriously, about a year. Some "spotty" history of turning prior to that but, I didn't know what I was doing.

[Jim Becker]

First turning in 1996 with a pen turning class hosted by the inimitable Bill Grumbine--still have the pen in my bed-side table. Didn't turn for awhile after that. Bought a lathe in about 2001. (HFT 34706) Bought the next one 6 months later. (OneWay 1018) Bought the next (and likely last one) in Feb 2002. (Stubby 750) My "serious" turning started with the OneWay since that was about the same time as I took David Ellsworth's course, so I guess you can say, about 4 years now, give or take.

[ROBERT SCHUMAN]

About 2 years. I figure another 20 more and I might, just might, get to the point where I am occasionally satisfied with my bowl and spindle turning skills.

However, I am clearly making progress. I have now mastered the "Launch the bowl through the garage window" skill. :eek:



your good when you can get the piece to spin on edge on the bench behind you long enough to grab it!:)

[Jason Christenson]

About a year or so...just long enough to know that I haven't a clue.:)

[John Hart]

About a year or so...just long enough to know that I haven't a clue.:)

I'm with ya there Jason!!

[bob gugerty]

seven pens

[Rich Stewart]

It's been just about a year since I saw a guy turning trinkets in Taiwan. That's what got me interested.

[Sparky Paessler]

I've been turning for about 3 years mixed in with a lot of other stuff including a complete workshop remodel and expansion. Still have a whole lot to learn. (and I Need a bigger lathe.