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In order to improve the level of communications among woodturners around the English speaking world, it seems worthwhile to define some of the terminology unique to our activity. I'll start with a few:
Valid Opinion -- one's own enlightened viewpoint
Opinion -- what others think
Fact -- see Valid Opinion
Herd Creature -- those who benefit from shared learning
Solitary Creature -- stands away from the herd; AKA lion food
Heard -- Internet rumor; see Fact
Internet Rumor -- Valid Opinion; see Fact
Grind -- waste steel
Sharpen -- waste less steel
Hone -- waste even less steel
Honie -- see OCD definition
OCD -- one who hones
Abrasive -- rubbing the wrong way
Sand -- delivering (I'll sand you a bowl blank)
Weight -- putting sand on a lathe
Wait -- allowing turning wood to dry
Scrape -- barely getting by
Skew -- a different perspective
Gouge -- paying for tools
Detail -- back side of a coin
Parting -- what a turner and his money do
Set Screw -- a screw that sits
Grub Screw -- set screw + ocean
Board -- what grubs do to to turning blanks
Bored -- uninspired
Live Center -- one that still works
Dead Center -- past tense of live center
High Center -- 4WD too far off road
Catch -- design opportunity
Design Opportunity -- catch
Vessel -- something that holds water
Art -- something that doesn't hold water
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Valid Opinion -- one's own enlightened viewpoint
Opinion -- what others think
Fact -- see Valid Opinion
Herd Creature -- those who benefit from shared learning
Solitary Creature -- stands away from the herd; AKA lion food
Heard -- Internet rumor; see Fact
Internet Rumor -- Valid Opinion; see Fact
Grind -- waste steel
Sharpen -- waste less steel
Hone -- waste even less steel
Honie -- see OCD definition
OCD -- one who hones
Abrasive -- rubbing the wrong way
Sand -- delivering (I'll sand you a bowl blank)
Weight -- putting sand on a lathe
Wait -- allowing turning wood to dry
Scrape -- barely getting by
Skew -- a different perspective
Gouge -- paying for tools
Detail -- back side of a coin
Parting -- what a turner and his money do
Set Screw -- a screw that sits
Grub Screw -- set screw + ocean
Board -- what grubs do to to turning blanks
Bored -- uninspired
Live Center -- one that still works
Dead Center -- past tense of live center
High Center -- 4WD too far off road
Catch -- design opportunity
Design Opportunity -- catch
Vessel -- something that holds water
Art -- something that doesn't hold water
UPDATES IN RED
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