Jay Bowdler

[Jay Bowdler]

Hello folks,

I got to your forum from Ashley Harwood’s site.

I’ve been tinkering with wood my entire life and finally purchased a NOVA DVR lathe 5 years ago after moving into my wood shop. No longer the garage!! . I was building a large dinner table for my daughter and wanted try my hand at turning the legs. Turned out pretty good BTW. Lately I’ve took a live edge bowl class at woodcraft and have been happily making sawdust ever since.

So I look forward to tagging along and learning with you all.

 

[John Torchick]

Welcome to the forum. May I suggest you go to the main AAW website and look for a local chapter? Well worth the time and membership fee as I have found woodturners to be most helpful to us newbies. There is a library that has good information and no due date on the videos.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Fungi is a living organism that needs an adequate temperature and moisture to grow in, once you change at least one of these factors it stops growing.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Welcome to the AAW forum, Jay. There is a woodturning club near you that medts in Folsum ... the Nor-Cal Woodturners, Inc. Here is a link to the club's website: Nor-Cal Woodturners
Here is information on Meeting time and loxation.

Fungi is a living organism that needs an adequate temperature and moisture to grow in, once you change at least one of these factors it stops growing.

@Mike Johnson are we into the mushrooms again, Mike.

 

[hockenbery]

Welcome to the forum.
Like Bill said Local AAW chapters are terrific places to learn and expand your woodturning horizons as well as meeting some new friends.

I also like doing natural edge pieces both bowls and hollow forms.
Mastering the interrupted cut is one of the more challenging feats in woodturning.
The tips and techniques on this forum is full of instructional posts on Turing.
Some link to videos. You may be interested in one I started is on turning a NE bowl from a crotch.

http://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php?threads/naural-edge-bowl-from-a-crotch.11058/

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

Welcome aboard. Glad you mastered NE bowls . Kinda unusual to try the hard stuff first

 

[David Hill]

Welcome from SE Texas!

 

[Dwight R Rutherford]

Noticed you are located in Wilton. NorCal Woodturners has our monthly meeting this Tuesday evening starting at 6 PM. We meet in Folsom at the Veterans Club. Please join us.
Dwight Rutherford