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Formerly known as John's Woodshop
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Pete Thompson - 57 years old
been turning about 6 weeks, turned a couple of bowls, some pens, and some (s)crap.
Gotta keep practicing
This is addictive, only limit so far is my bank account
Used to live at the Jersey shore, still married to a Jersey girl.
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Since Mr. Yak keeps bumping this thread, I guess I had better answer the call
Name is Bob 59 years young and I have been turning off and on for a little over 3 years. Mainly have been into pens and hoping now with the purchase of the Jet 1220VS, I can broaden my horizions a little.
Cheers,
Bob
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My name is Phil Land. I am a 47 year old and married. I have a 26 year old daughter who is married and 2 1/2 years ago gave me my first granddaughter. Then 3 1/2 years ago my present wife and I adopted our son, Matt (he was less than two when he was helping me sand that pen on the lathe in the picture that is my avatar) he loves the "chop" and the saw dust in the shop. I have been turning since I got my HF like lathe 4 1/2 years ago (edit: that lathe lasted about 6 months then I got my Jet 1236)
There is nothing like the smell of wood as it is being worked; however, lack of filtration leads to fudgy boogers.
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Dustin, I have been turning about 1 1/2 years. I have only turned pens and 1 bowl. 34 years old.
Name Dust is what my parents and the rest of my family have always called me.
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Location: Cushing OKlahoma
My name is Jim but.....my friends call me..... Jim. I have been turning sense Christmas day on a PSI turncrafter. I am having a blast. now I need to upgrade my band saw and get a dust collector. I can see a trip to springfield in the very near future.
ASE Master Auto and Medium/Heavy Truck Technician, Service writer and parts consultant.
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I'm one of the new guys. My name is David and I haven't really done any turning yet. I'm getting together a set of tools to give it a try. It has always intrigued me so I'm sure I keep doing it even if it doesn't become my obsession. One thing that interests me about it is it is not all that loud of a thing to do. I do woodworking stuff outside and often late at night so I have to be cautious about what I do.
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Jason Woodford
I happen to have a full set and once they had one bad winter of moisture they never real look good again. - Scott Whiting 6/24/10
I live in a constant state of horny. She's very obliging. Why mess with it? - Snipe Hunter
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You haven't seen my tools yet.
