Hello everyone. I’m a 78 year old located in Oak Island , NC. Hobby woodworker since 1983 making mostly furniture for family and friends. I did a bit of spindle turning on a HF lathe, like fluted columns for Grandfather clock I made. Fall of 2024 I took an intermediate turning class for 12 weeks at the local community college, first time I used a chuck or turned a bowl. When the class was coming to an end I purchased a midi Nova Neptune and I’m now embarked on improving my skills. My shop is in a garage like space , like 10-12’ wide and three cars long on the ground floor between the pilings. I sealed it up fairly well and made sure I was able to obtain 50% humidity as the salt air reads havoc, before moving my tools. Due to space constraints most of my tools are mobile and moved in to position when used. I’ve turned a number of live edge cedar bowls from a tree that washed up on the beach a couple of years ago and some other things. I’m looking forward to learning from this group and contributing when I can.
Sorry, couldn’t figure out how to rotate these.
Sorry, couldn’t figure out how to rotate these.
I've been here for 2 or 3 weeks. Welcome. I've been turning with no training for about a month and absolutely love it. I had the same problem with my uploaded images rotating when I first got here and started quite a thread on the subject. The thing that worked for me was to use the little box with a mountain inside at the top of the page. Right next to the thing that looks like two chain links. Haven't had a problem since. Welcome again and happy turning.
