Hello everyone.
I joined the forum a little over a year ago when I bought my first lathe, but never got around to introducing myself and joining in the fun.
I've been a flat woodworker for many years, mostly using hand tools. Always been fascinated with turning, but never had the opportunity, or time, or money to jump into it. Bought a Rikon midi lathe, and haven't completed a flat WW project since then.
In fact, the lathe (and associated tools, etc.) is sitting on my Roubo bench and there isn't space to do flat WW until I build/buy a stand for it.
I live out in the country and have a wealth of trees to harvest (just need more time). Honey and black locust, oaks, cherry, walnut, maple, hackberry, mulberry, osage orange, ash and many more. The summer before I bought the lathe, we lost a large section of our standard size apple tree in a storm. Planning to cut some of it into lumber, I sealed ends and stored it in my machine shed until I could get it milled. Needless to say, none of the apple was made into lumber.
My shop is in my machine shed which is un-insulated, un-heated, and with a dirt floor. Most of my WW is done in the winter using space heaters. My threshold is about 20*, it's just too cold to work below that. The nice thing about the dirt floor is, I don't have to worry too much about cleaning up. About once a month or so I'll rake up the shavings and throw them away.
Keeping with the standard forum rule: no pictures, it didn't happen, here is a pic of some of the apple I made into a wedding gift for my nephew and his bride last August. Salt and pepper mill with bottle opener and stopper.
I joined the forum a little over a year ago when I bought my first lathe, but never got around to introducing myself and joining in the fun.
I've been a flat woodworker for many years, mostly using hand tools. Always been fascinated with turning, but never had the opportunity, or time, or money to jump into it. Bought a Rikon midi lathe, and haven't completed a flat WW project since then.
In fact, the lathe (and associated tools, etc.) is sitting on my Roubo bench and there isn't space to do flat WW until I build/buy a stand for it.I live out in the country and have a wealth of trees to harvest (just need more time). Honey and black locust, oaks, cherry, walnut, maple, hackberry, mulberry, osage orange, ash and many more. The summer before I bought the lathe, we lost a large section of our standard size apple tree in a storm. Planning to cut some of it into lumber, I sealed ends and stored it in my machine shed until I could get it milled. Needless to say, none of the apple was made into lumber.
My shop is in my machine shed which is un-insulated, un-heated, and with a dirt floor. Most of my WW is done in the winter using space heaters. My threshold is about 20*, it's just too cold to work below that. The nice thing about the dirt floor is, I don't have to worry too much about cleaning up. About once a month or so I'll rake up the shavings and throw them away.
Keeping with the standard forum rule: no pictures, it didn't happen, here is a pic of some of the apple I made into a wedding gift for my nephew and his bride last August. Salt and pepper mill with bottle opener and stopper.
