Hi all
I have been turning bowls for 5 years of so but have gotten out of it lately. Since I have had kids and other hobbies that have become more important to me, the lathe has become buried by lumber stacked against it. I kind of converted my woodshop over to my fish tank room so everything is in a disarray. I am getting ready to move some wood so the lathe can see the light of day again.
I have a grizzly G1495. Horrible bowl lathe. I would really like to try a good lathe to see how much of a piece of crap mine is for bowls. It would make a great spindle lathe. The only spindle turning that I have done is to make myself a few wood mallets. I have turned somewhere around 100 bowls and I have over a 100 bowls that have long been dry out in my garage. I have a few plastic garbage containers full of ash blanks that need turning down to dry. Hopefully I get this done before they get moldy.
I mostly turn standard bowls and some plates. Nothing to fancy yet. I use local woods. Mostly from the town dump. Walnut, cherry, maple, ash, elm and some others.
Chris
I have been turning bowls for 5 years of so but have gotten out of it lately. Since I have had kids and other hobbies that have become more important to me, the lathe has become buried by lumber stacked against it. I kind of converted my woodshop over to my fish tank room so everything is in a disarray. I am getting ready to move some wood so the lathe can see the light of day again.
I have a grizzly G1495. Horrible bowl lathe. I would really like to try a good lathe to see how much of a piece of crap mine is for bowls. It would make a great spindle lathe. The only spindle turning that I have done is to make myself a few wood mallets. I have turned somewhere around 100 bowls and I have over a 100 bowls that have long been dry out in my garage. I have a few plastic garbage containers full of ash blanks that need turning down to dry. Hopefully I get this done before they get moldy.
I mostly turn standard bowls and some plates. Nothing to fancy yet. I use local woods. Mostly from the town dump. Walnut, cherry, maple, ash, elm and some others.
Chris
). If your blanks aren't too big, maybe a new little Jet 1014 could be in your future!