New lathe! First bowl
#18
(03-02-2021, 06:20 AM)Grey Mountain Wrote: Good luck on your hip replacement.
If you don't make it, first dibs on the lathe.

You suck.

GM

(03-02-2021, 06:23 AM)Grey Mountain Wrote: Oh, nice bowl!

And good lesson to be learned from the original owner's experience.
Lathes are designed with two purposes in mind."
1. To kill you.
2. To make things round.

If you survive number 1, number 2 is a lot of fun.


GM

Grey,

I'm honored by your post--after eleven years I've finally earned a "You suck" from a long term Woodnetter! Thanks! And thank you for the advice, I'm well aware of those purposes, I'm planning to apply #2.

g
I've only had one...in dog beers.

"You can see the stars and still not see the light"
The Eagles: Already Gone
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#19
(03-02-2021, 04:20 PM)EightFingers Wrote: My lathe has tried the #1 a few times.

Somehow, I managed to get a few #2s off it!

Eight,
Glad it wasn't successful re: #1. I'm sure you've gotten ample #2's.

g
I've only had one...in dog beers.

"You can see the stars and still not see the light"
The Eagles: Already Gone
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#20
Lathes are designed with two purposes in mind."
1. To kill you.
2. To make things round.

Seems like every time a see something spinning past the tool rest, I think about my fingers being less then an inch from --if it goes between there it's gone---

Mine has intentionally made things not round several times.
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#21
(03-04-2021, 12:41 PM)shoottmx Wrote: Eight,
Glad it wasn't successful re: #1. I'm sure you've gotten ample #2's.

g


Yes, I’ve turned about three thousand bowls, give or take a couple.
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#22
My lathes have kilt me four times.

GM
The only tool I have is a lathe.  Everything else is an accessory.
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#23
Didn’t know you were Scottish!
VH07V  
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#24
(03-09-2021, 03:28 AM)EightFingers Wrote: Didn’t know you were Scottish!
Hey, after all a loin cloth is but a short kilt?

GM
The only tool I have is a lathe.  Everything else is an accessory.
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