Well today Jim came to my shop to give me some hands on lessons on turning. This was the first time I had ever seen woodturning done in person and I had a blast. I got to see how I was going about things all wrong and learn from someone who really kinows what he is doing. I learned how to sharpen my bowl gouge and how to properly turn a bowl and a platter.
Jim got here around 10:00 and did not leave until 4:30! He made my HF 34706 sing and even got the POS Ridgid lathe I replaced with the HF to hum a little! I had a great day with a GREAT guy and all it cost me was lunch, some wood, and some metal building purlins.
We made a splated hackberry bowl and a mesquite platter from the blanks I am selling to raise money for our adoption fund (see my sig line for my website, sorry for the imbedded ad, I just had to do it!).
Take a look at the picture to see what we made. I know these are nothing fancy and Jim would probaly not be very proud of them since they were made as demonstration pieces but I sure am proud to have them.
Thank you VERY much Jim for grasciously giving me your time to get me hooked on this dang habit, I mean hobby!
For everyone else, if you ever get a chance to help out a newbie, please do it. Without Jim I would have ended up ditching turning and letting the lathe sit in the corner. He has helped add me to your ranks!
Jim got here around 10:00 and did not leave until 4:30! He made my HF 34706 sing and even got the POS Ridgid lathe I replaced with the HF to hum a little! I had a great day with a GREAT guy and all it cost me was lunch, some wood, and some metal building purlins.
We made a splated hackberry bowl and a mesquite platter from the blanks I am selling to raise money for our adoption fund (see my sig line for my website, sorry for the imbedded ad, I just had to do it!).
Take a look at the picture to see what we made. I know these are nothing fancy and Jim would probaly not be very proud of them since they were made as demonstration pieces but I sure am proud to have them.
Thank you VERY much Jim for grasciously giving me your time to get me hooked on this dang habit, I mean hobby!
For everyone else, if you ever get a chance to help out a newbie, please do it. Without Jim I would have ended up ditching turning and letting the lathe sit in the corner. He has helped add me to your ranks!
