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AAW / Woodturning Age

What age are you?

  • 18 - 20

    Votes: 1 1.1%

  • 21 - 30

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 31 - 40

    Votes: 2 2.2%

  • 41 - 50

    Votes: 5 5.4%

  • 51 - 60

    Votes: 21 22.8%

  • 61 - 70

    Votes: 39 42.4%

  • 71 - 80

    Votes: 22 23.9%

  • Over 80

    Votes: 2 2.2%
  • Total voters
    92
The ages shown in the poll here agree with the typical serious turner description given to me in phone conversations by a couple manufacturers of turning accessories. Their customer descriptions were basically affluent retired guys. Given how expensive it is to equip a shop with the latest and greatest the affluent part makes perfect sense.
 
Glenn Lefley said:
Id be interested to see the ratio of men to women in Woodturning. Or is that just wrong these days?
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What Glenn........? You think it might be politically incorrect to consider the facts? Well, we love and welcome our ladies who turn, but women don't generally gravitate to turning like men do. One could speculate on why that is, and that could get you into trouble......but, I don't think it has anything to do with natural ability. It has more to do with desire to pursue turning, and there are probably cultural influences steering that desire. I'll bet the ratio isn't too far off the mark to think it might be in the neighborhood of 20:1, men to women.

On the other hand, I spent many years in my youth attending drawing and oil painting classes, and socially mingling in that tier of the fine arts world......and, I can tell you the ratio of men to women who pursue that is quite the opposite of what it is for woodturning. The women are in an overwhelming majority there. You could speculate on the reasons why that is, and my bet is the conclusions would be very similar to the reasons why men seem to dominate woodturning.....:D

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odie said:
Still got my bike......but, it's becoming a classic fast! I'll bet I don't put 250 miles on it per year these days. John.....I know what you mean about the deteriorating reflexes. Age seems to be taking it's toll.....and, reflexes are something you need to ride.

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Nice wheels Odie. I have had a bunch of motorcycles mostly dirt bikes, loved to trail ride and hill climb.
 
Had a small motor 55 years ago. Took 19 years for the scars to go away. And I was barely moving when I went down. Still can't figure out what happened. BTW, anyone ever hear of an Italian bike, Parilla?
 
Back in my youth I raced motorcross for a number of years and crashed and burned on several occasions.
Broken bones and road rash is something I don't care to go through again. Road street bikes for several decades until my yearly allergies got to be too much to deal with.
 
Gosh I can't even tell you how many times I wrecked the dirt bike and always came out OK except for one sprained ankle. I was resilient back then. :)
 
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