Nigel Tracy
12-16-2008, 9:55 PM
Well I'm a long-time lurker, some-time poster and wanted to say hello.
I inherited the "family lathe" about a year ago when it was deemed "unused" by my sister (not touched for ~15 years). I wanted to turn some legs for a walnut table and did so. After that it went untouched for quite some time until I decided a few weeks ago that some pens for Christmas gifts would be fun. And that's when the whole bowl think grabbed my attention--seeing the process here, on youtube, and other websites...
Well anyway that's the long way of saying unfortunately or fortunately, for better or for worse, I seem to have been bitten by the turning bug.
Here's a shot of "my first pen." Walnut pen (on walnut/cherry box--all wood from our property incidentally). I only applied some wax for finish so nothing spectacular there but I'm ready to go to work on some more in Santa's Workshop now... (cutting it close I know I know).
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jrNIE8PzJw0/SUboMnz1YsI/AAAAAAAAAFg/KB7HYCjSm5U/s640/DSC01030.JPG
My eyes are now wide open to what lies in all the rounds in the firewood pile--mostly beech and sugar maple right now but our hardwood bush is rather large and we can barely keep up with the deadfall and "maintenance" trees that come down every year... some are very large. Oh it looks like yet another slippy slope lies ahead... (I'm already asking for a chuck for Christmas... we'll see!)
Once again, thanks for all the great information on the forum! I hope to be able to give something back or at least show some pieces sometime soon.
See you around,
Nigel
I inherited the "family lathe" about a year ago when it was deemed "unused" by my sister (not touched for ~15 years). I wanted to turn some legs for a walnut table and did so. After that it went untouched for quite some time until I decided a few weeks ago that some pens for Christmas gifts would be fun. And that's when the whole bowl think grabbed my attention--seeing the process here, on youtube, and other websites...
Well anyway that's the long way of saying unfortunately or fortunately, for better or for worse, I seem to have been bitten by the turning bug.
Here's a shot of "my first pen." Walnut pen (on walnut/cherry box--all wood from our property incidentally). I only applied some wax for finish so nothing spectacular there but I'm ready to go to work on some more in Santa's Workshop now... (cutting it close I know I know).
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jrNIE8PzJw0/SUboMnz1YsI/AAAAAAAAAFg/KB7HYCjSm5U/s640/DSC01030.JPG
My eyes are now wide open to what lies in all the rounds in the firewood pile--mostly beech and sugar maple right now but our hardwood bush is rather large and we can barely keep up with the deadfall and "maintenance" trees that come down every year... some are very large. Oh it looks like yet another slippy slope lies ahead... (I'm already asking for a chuck for Christmas... we'll see!)
Once again, thanks for all the great information on the forum! I hope to be able to give something back or at least show some pieces sometime soon.
See you around,
Nigel