Wood turning

Hebba works with wood, if he doesn't see this someone should drop him a note.

I monkey around with a router from time to time, but never got involved in turning.

Slimmerson- Welcome!

Why don't you take a few pictures of your work, and post them tothe "Original Art" Forum? I am sure that there are many here who would love to see them!

There is an art gallery in Toronto, Canada that sells most things handmade - including weavings, pottery, jewelry, and...beautiful wooden bowls (most of several different kinds of wood, so each is quite unique).

There are several people in the area where I live that do beautiful work with turned bowls...gorgeous, really.

Slimmerson welcome to A2k.

i have a lathe, made some bowels, candelsticks, etc. not a pro tho, just played around. you can make money if you have the knack for the market niche at the time.

Original "art forum"
moderator , I am not familiar with the original art forum. I do have some pictures I would be happy to post if you could give me some directions.

Slimmerson-Go to the "Forum Index. Scroll down a bit, and you will see a category "Your Original Art and Writing". The second item in this category is, "Original Art and Photography". You simply start a new thread there, and post your pctures. Use the same thread to post all your pictures, using the responses to add pictures.

Craven has written a nice tutorial about posting pictures:


Clink on Link to Tutorial on Posting Images

The thing is, I don't know how much YOU know about scanning pictures, coping to your hard drive, and uploading. You need to scan your picture onto your hard drive. You then upload it to Raven's Realm (or another place that takes uploads).
Then follow Craven's directions. If this all sounds like Greek to you, please PM me, let me know what you don't understand, and I will walk you thru it.

mikey52- Wooden Bowels? Hmm. Maybe you could sell them to a medical supply house. The gastro guys could use them to keep candy on their desks!

you need gnarled wood, and candy Phoenix, i have neither.






i am a bit gnarly tho.......

I bought a Conover Lathe (sans motor) for 150 bucks at an auction about 3 years ago. Its a sturdy good ole boy, real heavy and vibration free. The motor was more expensive than the lathe, but I know I made a great deal. Ive turned things(poorly) cause Im interested in any kind of woodwork. Ive made some really ornate sticks and a newell post for one that was missing from our center staircase. Im still wingin stuff all over the place and I want to start on bowls and open turnin gs from burl. Im thinking of taking a course at the Lancaster County vo tec if I can get some time . I tried reading some books and its not the same. I watch some of these guys at the wood shows with the little midis , and Im amazed at how effortlessly they turn, and talk. I know Id be in the emergency room with a parting tool in my aorta.
Im still a bit intimidated by this mama cuz its kind of big and industrial looking. Some of the opening tools Ive seen are a couple feet long(I suppose for the leverage?)
RANK BEGINNER

I wonder what happened to Slimmerman...

Ok, now, I am going to hunt up some links.

Back later.

http://www.woodguild.com

http://www.thepalette.com/stories_98/wood.html

Some links from my neck of the woods...

I like the look of your neck of the woods,Osso.

hi, Hebba, yes it is really beautiful around here, good people around too.

well heres a thread that started and went nowhere. Anybody see the threadmeister?