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Disabled Turners, Info Needed.

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IRISHMIKE

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Hello, Irish Mike here and I am disabled and do my turning seated and am looking to talk to other turners in the same predicament. Obviously you don’t need to be disabled to turn seated, it is more difficult, it’s harder to follow the tool with your body but it can be done. Anyone with ideas, comments, suggestions, I’d be glad to hear them. If you have figured out a way to do something to make a certain cut easier, or different ways to organize your shop, that’s also what I want to hear about.
Have a great day, and remember, having a bad day but in the shop, sure beats having a bad day and staying in bed...anytime!
 
Mike,

Wood Turning and Disabilities Is a special interest group - Rich Alderfer is putting it together.

They will have a Friday night session at the 2008 sympsoium in Richmond.

Regardless of whether this year's sympsoium is in your plans, I'm sure Rich would be glad to hear from you. You can find rich in the AAW directory.
Go tot he members only section for the online directory or use your hardcopy.

Happy turning,
al
 
Disabled Turners

I'm also a disabled turner who does most of the lathe work on a tall stool, but I don't have many suggestions on how to move easily around the lathe. You are right that from a seated position, many cuts and effective sanding stances are difficult to achieve. Because I can stand when necessary, I do some cutting hugging the headstock, since the head side causes me more problems than the tail side. At one time I toyed with the idea of getting a tall stool with casters, but then I saw myself scooting away from the wood every time I applied pressure, so I dropp[ed that idea. As for shop arrangement, I have my workbeench maybe three feet from the lathe and parallel to it. The grinder is at the tail end of the lathe maybe three feet away.

Jim (and Irish, too)
 
Seated Turners

HI Mike - I don't know whether you live in Eire or the UK but we have a brilliant seated turner in Tony Wilson who lives in Yorkshire. He is a professional turner and excellent teacher. He is also a very helpful chap and I know would be willing to help if he can.

If you want his details, drop me either a private message or an e-mail to pal@loseby.co.uk and I will pass his details on.

Kindest regards

Paul
 
hockenbery said:
Mike,

Wood Turning and Disabilities Is a special interest group - Rich Alderfer is putting it together.

They will have a Friday night session at the 2008 sympsoium in Richmond.

Regardless of whether this year's sympsoium is in your plans, I'm sure Rich would be glad to hear from you. You can find rich in the AAW directory.
Go tot he members only section for the online directory or use your hardcopy.

Happy turning,
al
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I wish I could be going to Richmond, I sure would love the experience, I know I would learn a lot and meet a lot of nice people, like they say (never could find out who "they" are) there is always next year?
I have emailed Rich, thanks for the assistance,
Mike
 
Sitting on a Stool

jflavin said:
I'm also a disabled turner who does most of the lathe work on a tall stool, but I don't have many suggestions on how to move easily around the lathe. You are right that from a seated position, many cuts and effective sanding stances are difficult to achieve. Because I can stand when necessary, I do some cutting hugging the headstock, since the head side causes me more problems than the tail side. At one time I toyed with the idea of getting a tall stool with casters, but then I saw myself scooting away from the wood every time I applied pressure, so I dropp[ed that idea. As for shop arrangement, I have my workbeench maybe three feet from the lathe and parallel to it. The grinder is at the tail end of the lathe maybe three feet away.

Jim (and Irish, too)
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Well Jim we have a lot in common as I turn from a tall stool also and have thought of putting casters on too but thought more of falling over than pusing away too far. I have my grinder close to the headstock so I can just swivel and touch up an edge, my jointer is close to the tailend and serves as a good table when not in use. I have a flip top table for my sharpening center. i have a slow spead grinder and a 1" belt sander on the top and have a high-speed grinder on the bottom side. What do you turn, bowls, pens, anything you can, (that's me)?
Do you trade any wood? Where are you located?
Mike
 
Stool with wheels

I also have bad legs and turn from a stool. I bought one recently from Woodcaft with wheels and a back. I was planning on buying a drafting stool.
I have seen a affair about 8' long and sized for a office chair with a place to mount his sharpener on one end. I was made out of 2x4's on edge and it seems like it, leg's were 4x4's. Litlle to viberation.
Dave

Just remember we are handicapped not invalid.
 
Stool turning

So how do you like the stool with the wheels, working out like you had hoped? I am thinking of getting a scooter that turns on its own footprint and the seat can be raised up and down. It's up to the insurance people now as the one I want is like 3-4K.
Mike
 
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