Hellos Fellow Woodturning geniuss. My name is Thom Schuck and I live in Portland Oregon. I turn sitting in my wheelchair. For a few years I was building birdhouses. My legs got so bad I could no longer stand. I am turning using a really nice 1983 Shopsmith Mark V. When my legs went, I went now what? After my engineering pals fiddled with my machine and I bought a new powerchair I discovered how to use the lathe. I love turning. I started with the original set of Shopsmith chisels. Then I went to Woodcraft and met my mentor Rich. I am a real tool nut. Its a genuine problem. I started buying Richard Sorby tools. Then I had to sharpen them so I picked up a sweet Rikon grinder and outfitted it was the Wolverine grinding system. Oh boy! Then I called Doug Thompson. What a guy! I started buying Doug’s tools. Then I started chatting it up with Cindy Drozda. Like I said I LOVE tools. I just bought my first Crown PM Rougher. I am the worst turner on the planet. I love spindle work. I make candlesticks. My undergrad is in Technical Woodcraft. I spent my professional life owning a custom fine art frame shop. I had not touched a lathe in decades. I did not know what a chuck was? I do now…. My biggest problem is my wife keeps parking the new car in my shop! So be it! My health is not good. My life span is greatly compromised. I am angry I did not discover the freedom of turning earlier in my years. I LOVE running my Shopsmith. What a hoot. Yes I had a full on woodshop with a full time wood guy that built hardwood frames. We sold them on a national basis to other shops that had high end clientele. I kept my shop on the map for 25 years. Then I went to see a neurologist. Talk about a buzz kill! So you will see me pop up from time to time asking some of the most basic questions ever. I am OCD to the core so I love to get things “perfect”. Give me a tree and I will return with a box of toothpicks. I read a lot. I read everything I can get my hands on. The one thing I do not do at all is politics. NONE! I will be around….
Regards,
Thomas L. Schuck
Regards,
Thomas L. Schuck
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