Michael Murane

[Michael Murane]

As I write this, sitting in my garage/shop is a like new Laguna REVO 24-36 lathe that I purchased in 2018. I grew up in the 1960's hanging out in my dad’s wood shop watching him turn spindles and bowls on his lathe. It has always been my dream to learn how to turn. I live in Albany, Oregon, after 23 years I retired from the US Army back in 1997, then I went to work for the Orgon State Employment Department for another 23 years. Married 46 years with 3 grown sons and now that I am retired, I hope to spend time on my lathe.
I joined AAW as well as the Willamette Valley Wood Turners so perhaps I can make a few friends that would laugh too hard at my beginner’s effort at turning.
I will be attending the AAW Symposium this upcoming May in Portland. I hope to make some new friends and learn a lot.

 

[Gene Pitstick]

Welcome from Ohio. Looks like you have made some good choices with your lathe and memberships. You'll really get a lot out of the symposium.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Welcome! Definitely go to that symposium, you will be blow away by the knowledge and willingness of fellow turners!!

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

Welcome!

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

welcome aboard. The symposium may be overwhelming but just pick areas you are interested in and take a lot of cash to spend on tools and gadgets. Oh by the way we like pictures.

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

Welcome to the forum!!!

 

[Michael Murane]

Welcome from Ohio. Looks like you have made some good choices with your lathe and memberships. You'll really get a lot out of the symposium.

Thanks for the welcome Gene. What kind of turning do you like to turn? I spent my youth mostly watching my dad turn spindles, and then try to do it myself. Never got very far however (I did manage to create a lot of wood chips and sawdust!)

 

[Michael Murane]

Welcome! Definitely go to that symposium, you will be blow away by the knowledge and willingness of fellow turners!!

Thanks for the welcome Gabriel. I'm hoping that the symposium will be an outstanding adventure. I registered for the entire 4 days along with the banquet. Have you attended one of these before?

 

[Michael Murane]

Welcome!

Thanks for the welcome Pat! I'm looking forward to the symposium. I have only used my lathe a few times since I got it back in 2018. It's a beautiful piece of machinery. Now that I'm retired I just need to start learning how to create beautiful turnings with it.

 

[Michael Murane]

welcome aboard. The symposium may be overwhelming but just pick areas you are interested in and take a lot of cash to spend on tools and gadgets. Oh by the way we like pictures.

Thanks for the welcome Gerald! I hope that the symposium won't be to overwhelming. I was thinking of sitting thru as many demonstration sessions as I can. You've got me thinking that perhaps I shouldn't bury myself learning about techniques that are way above my ability.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Thanks for the welcome Gabriel. I'm hoping that the symposium will be an outstanding adventure. I registered for the entire 4 days along with the banquet. Have you attended one of these before?

I attended our local symposium at the OVWG last October, I have not attended a national one yet. If the national one is anywhere close to our local one it should be great!

 

[Darryl Fective]

Welcome, glad you found us. Woodturning is one of those slippery slopes... Except that nobody regrets falling into it. I hope you can find some willing mentors/help locally, as it can really decrease the learning curve.