I've been a member of SMC for just a little while, but never officially said howdy, so howdy.
I've had a lathe for a couple of months now and the rest of my tools are covered in wood chips from it. It seems that I am turning everything I can get my hands on around the house... bushes, tree limbs, a small elm tree that spalted after cutting it down last year. The cat scratched me when I tried chuckn em up... I was just going to trim some hair. The last thing I did though was not a good idea. Not for the breathing equipment or clothing I had on anyway. I have this 25 year old cross tie you see, that I cut a chunk off of and mounted it. It was actually coming out kind of nice. Some of the yellow pine didn't take the creosote and it looked like sprays of sunshine coming through black clouds. However, heating it up with the tools caused the fumes to come alive so I quit. It was a little later that the creosote chips started burning the top of my head.
So what have I learned from all of this... scissors work better on cats.
So anyway, now you know a little bit about what you are dealing with when I ask a question.
Hello again, Ernie