Hello from Tulsa.
Several months ago I stumbled onto wood turning videos and was oddly mesmerized by them. That eventually turned into to watching 5 or more a day. There's just something about it that calms me.
Fast forward to last week when I was visiting my 80+ year old dad, we went out to his shop and he had a shopsmith, a set of gouges and pretty much everything I would need (as a beginner) to turn wood. All untouched for many, many years and most items looked like they've never been touched. (he acquired them from a friend and has never used himself)
I took this as a sign to embark on the journey of learning a new form of art. I've been a practicing musician my entire life and announced this past January that 2020 would be my final year. So starting January 2021 I'll be learning a new skill to pass my time.
So my first question is; is the shopsmith a decent lathe to learn on? I don't see them in wood turning videos and not sure if there's a reason for that.
Thank you for having me, hope you don't mind that I just sit back, read and learn for a while before I try to contribute to the community.
Thanks,
Jeff
Several months ago I stumbled onto wood turning videos and was oddly mesmerized by them. That eventually turned into to watching 5 or more a day. There's just something about it that calms me.
Fast forward to last week when I was visiting my 80+ year old dad, we went out to his shop and he had a shopsmith, a set of gouges and pretty much everything I would need (as a beginner) to turn wood. All untouched for many, many years and most items looked like they've never been touched. (he acquired them from a friend and has never used himself)
I took this as a sign to embark on the journey of learning a new form of art. I've been a practicing musician my entire life and announced this past January that 2020 would be my final year. So starting January 2021 I'll be learning a new skill to pass my time.
So my first question is; is the shopsmith a decent lathe to learn on? I don't see them in wood turning videos and not sure if there's a reason for that.
Thank you for having me, hope you don't mind that I just sit back, read and learn for a while before I try to contribute to the community.
Thanks,
Jeff