Keep posting them Bill... I've got a "woodturning" folder in my bookmarks and I'm stashing them away like crazy... and reading and reading and reading....
You be the ocean... I'll be the sponge
I wanna make sure I say THANKS!! I truly appreciate the time and effort you're making to help wannabe's like me.
A new aspect to woodworking really has a great affect on my morale... sometimes I swear that if I see another basket handle I'm gonna go completely bananas....as opposed to just partially bananas :) Having my hobby be the same as my work probably seems pretty wierd... but that's how it is. When I go into the shop to do some "hobby-lobby" as an old friend calls it, I don't feel like I'm at work... I'm relaxing and enjoying myself. I did the same kinda thing in the Coast Guard... I would get back from a long SAR case, step off the Cutter, walk to my boat, and go back out again.... yea, they thought I was nuts too :)
Keep em coming mate... I surely do appreciate it. My plan is to absorb as much as I can while waiting to set up shop again... then start the real learning with a chisel and some spinning chunk of tree.
Looking at these pics, I'm quite simply dumbfounded... it just doesn't look possible to reach inside of that spinning bunch of wood with a chisel without it grabbing him and giving him a ride... simply awesome....
I have just been given a Coronet Major wood lathe , but the aluminium face plate is broken , where in the UK or Portugal can I get a replacement . It is quite an old lathe but it still works well ,...
Poplar is okay if they are to be painted. If not, or stained, I would not choose poplar. It is soft, uninteresting and does not finish well (unless painted). Oak or maple are not that much more...
Note: the first two pictures, top to bottom, show the sample woods I bought to match: mahogany, walnut, oak, the bottom is the side of the table. The remaining 3 pictures are of the wood in question...
I purchased a very old dining set that i'm fixing and refinishing. I'm more of a handy person than a woodworker but am enjoying the process.
I'm still stripping all of the pieces, but I know I'll...
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