como
Established Member
Hi all,
Hopefully I'm going to be getting my new lathe tonight, (union jubilee which i'm buying off a neighbour), and I'm itching to start turning something.
I have fair collection of diffent exotic blanks, but I would prefer to get some practice in before using any of the good stuff.
What would you recommend as a good cheap timber to practice on? I've got an 8 foot length of 4x2 rough sawn pine (B&Q stuff) in the workshop, I was considering cutting this down to 2x2 and using it to get some spindle turning practice. Could this work, or is pine just not suitable for turning?
Mark
Hopefully I'm going to be getting my new lathe tonight, (union jubilee which i'm buying off a neighbour), and I'm itching to start turning something.
I have fair collection of diffent exotic blanks, but I would prefer to get some practice in before using any of the good stuff.
What would you recommend as a good cheap timber to practice on? I've got an 8 foot length of 4x2 rough sawn pine (B&Q stuff) in the workshop, I was considering cutting this down to 2x2 and using it to get some spindle turning practice. Could this work, or is pine just not suitable for turning?
Mark