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Newbie - But working on it said:
I have a lathe in my front hall that has not yet been taken out of the box - the tools won't arrive until a couple of weeks from now, and I have kitchen wall tiles to get up before the wet saw gets put away and the lathe gets put in.
The last time I turned was on a metal lathe in 1963. LOML gave me $250 to get a mini because she saw me watching every turning thing I could find on cable.
Very cool, and congrats!
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Names Brad "Lumpy" Lumgair
Been a newbie woodturner off and on since grade 7.
I'm on my third (and likely last) lathe. General 260.(unless I build a bowl lathe)
46 years old
Firefighter hazmat tech/rescue tech
Hobie sailer
Flat woodworker
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Jeff Frismanis.
Started out turning pens. Who didn't?
Anybody need pen blanks? No really!
Just upsized to a Yates J-170 and am finding new ways to make round things.
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krap22 said:
Adam
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Never turned a thing in my life, but i just bought a lathe because my wife wants a bedroom set that has turned pieces so it was cheaper to buy the lathe and learn how to do it than buy the turned pieces.
Good luck with that! Once you start buying turning tools there is no end.
Maybe instead of turning they should call it spiralling.
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Name is Bill, 62 years young, turning about 1 1/2 if you don't count junior high shop in 1959, now turning on rightuppercut's old 1442. 2ljunkie because my wife says that's what I am, and you know they are never wrong!
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krap22 said:
Adam
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Never turned a thing in my life, but i just bought a lathe because my wife wants a bedroom set that has turned pieces so it was cheaper to buy the lathe and learn how to do it than buy the turned pieces.
CHEAPER???!!! Your naiveté is soon to be shattered to bits! Thanks for the best laugh I've had all day.
Joyce
I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!
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woodchuckles said:
[blockquote]krap22 said:
Adam
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Never turned a thing in my life, but i just bought a lathe because my wife wants a bedroom set that has turned pieces so it was cheaper to buy the lathe and learn how to do it than buy the turned pieces.
CHEAPER???!!! Your naiveté is soon to be shattered to bits! Thanks for the best laugh I've had all day.
Joyce
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The pieces i needed to buy were well over $500 and so far i've only spent $300 and besides i get another tool to play with.
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Tom from Canada - been turning for 4 years.
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Names Charles, been an oilfield surveyor for 30 years, been turning for about 6 years and like lumpy, i am on my 3rd and last lathe pm3520
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