Hi everyone. It has been a long time since I was on this form. The last time I visited was 15 August 05 according to the tracker. If I was not over here in Iraq I would have been around more. You know they keep us kind of busy in the Army and I just finally got my own internet connection so I’m not banned from where I go on the net.
Well, now to the point. Do any of you remember an article that’s out there about some company donating a mini-lathe to a soldier over here in Iraq to turn with? I don't even remember the magazine, but I thought it might have been Delta that did the donation. I still have until March 2007 on my tour (yes 18 months total and a guard member to boot) and I’m missing turning something bad, so I thought I would ask. It's bad, the little free time we get and there’s not much to do in the wood realm.
Before you get the wrong idea I’m not really looking to beg for a free one. I will pay for it, but shipping stuff here is very hard and can be expensive. So I though maybe they have a way to get it here. I could not even get a dart board sent here because of size restrictions. So however they sent that lathe in the article might be a way for me to get one. I would also need to have hand tools and some wood mailed. Amazing that there is not much for wood where I’m at. You would think I was in a desert.
So any help in finding that article would be great. See you can’t just call around and check things out over here. Or at least you better hope your family does not find out that’s how you spent your phone time instead of talking to them! 😀
If anyone did have some old turning or woodworking magazines they are willing to part with and would not mind the cost of shipping, I know a few soldiers that would love to thumb through them over here in our little make shift wood shop. Please PM, but understand it might take a day or two for me to respond. I’m not sure this was the place to ask, but you all have been great on all of the turning questions so I hope you don’t mind being side tracked for a minute with these stupid questions. Thanks,
Well, now to the point. Do any of you remember an article that’s out there about some company donating a mini-lathe to a soldier over here in Iraq to turn with? I don't even remember the magazine, but I thought it might have been Delta that did the donation. I still have until March 2007 on my tour (yes 18 months total and a guard member to boot) and I’m missing turning something bad, so I thought I would ask. It's bad, the little free time we get and there’s not much to do in the wood realm.
Before you get the wrong idea I’m not really looking to beg for a free one. I will pay for it, but shipping stuff here is very hard and can be expensive. So I though maybe they have a way to get it here. I could not even get a dart board sent here because of size restrictions. So however they sent that lathe in the article might be a way for me to get one. I would also need to have hand tools and some wood mailed. Amazing that there is not much for wood where I’m at. You would think I was in a desert.
So any help in finding that article would be great. See you can’t just call around and check things out over here. Or at least you better hope your family does not find out that’s how you spent your phone time instead of talking to them! 😀
If anyone did have some old turning or woodworking magazines they are willing to part with and would not mind the cost of shipping, I know a few soldiers that would love to thumb through them over here in our little make shift wood shop. Please PM, but understand it might take a day or two for me to respond. I’m not sure this was the place to ask, but you all have been great on all of the turning questions so I hope you don’t mind being side tracked for a minute with these stupid questions. Thanks,
