Adam W.
A Major Clanger
I went and splashed out on a nice vicmarc, watched Allan Batty on youtube a few times and then went and frightened myself with a skew for a few weeks.
Good fun and highly recommended.
Good fun and highly recommended.
100%I do believe that one of the biggest problems with wood turning is that you but a lathe and think 'great stuff'!
And then you start spending!
Ohhh, that gouge looks good
I like the look of that chuck!
How on Earth did I ever manage without that tool/this rest/adjustable speed/on and on and on
But do we love it? You bet we do!
His point is obviously he managed to master it without any aids like YouTube etc..And Loftyhermes?
Your piont is?
I'll see your catch and raise you a 9inch diameter projectile heading straight at your face not only does it raise you're pulse it flippin hurts and turns the concrete floor redBlimey - like many I stumbled into it through desire rather than any skill - I bought a 2nd hand Clarke CWL1000 through eBay which, to my wife’s disgust, stayed in our kitchen for about 6 months before we moved and I had room in my workshop. Anything over about an 8” bowl would shake the frame apart and it was terrifying to use but I learned to let the tools do the work which I think on a larger lathe I would never have understood.
Now have a Laguna Revo 24/36 - all my tuition has been through books and YouTube - for personal family reasons it’s hard for me to get time to travel to courses, much as I would love to, so I just soak up what is online then try and replicate.
It’s the most cathartic hobby in the world, and I have a few - nothing gets the pulse racing like a massive catch!!
The handles are good practice and the scrapers are made from old files, had some of them years now, still going strong.Well Adam I did the video watching, bought a lathe and now make stuff, but I really have no idea how to make chisels.
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