I joined the forum almost 4 years ago and never posted until yesterday - figured I should introduce myself with my second post.
I been turning for 4 years with about 9 years of serious woodworking and about 30 years of tinkering. I've done dozens of pens, two incomplete bowls and a handful of other small things, not counting the little bit of turning I did in high school over 30 years ago (legs for a stool).
I really want to get into bowl turning, I just need to get my hands on more wood. Funny thing is, when I first moved into my current home, we cleared some trees that were 3-to-4 feet at the base that would have yielded all sorts of bowl blanks, and some smaller funky trees that would have had awesome figure (one really weird looking cherry comes to mind). But all that wood had been split and burned in the fireplace long before the turning itch hit. I have a friend who has a local tree company and his own mill. He says he's been stashing some figured offcuts, I just have to find the time to get out to his property, the next county over.
I have a Nova 1624 that I recently put the DVR upgrade on and I've been very happy with it. I have mostly beginner tools (Benjamin's Best and Hurricane) but have been really happy with them, especially now that I've started using the Wolverine Sharpening System, which is giving me waaaay more consistent results than using my WorkSharp with Tormek jigs. I still like the WorkSharp for my hand planes though.
I also do a little woodcarving, and have taught the woodcarving merit badge to some Scouts in the past.
I been turning for 4 years with about 9 years of serious woodworking and about 30 years of tinkering. I've done dozens of pens, two incomplete bowls and a handful of other small things, not counting the little bit of turning I did in high school over 30 years ago (legs for a stool).
I really want to get into bowl turning, I just need to get my hands on more wood. Funny thing is, when I first moved into my current home, we cleared some trees that were 3-to-4 feet at the base that would have yielded all sorts of bowl blanks, and some smaller funky trees that would have had awesome figure (one really weird looking cherry comes to mind). But all that wood had been split and burned in the fireplace long before the turning itch hit. I have a friend who has a local tree company and his own mill. He says he's been stashing some figured offcuts, I just have to find the time to get out to his property, the next county over.
I have a Nova 1624 that I recently put the DVR upgrade on and I've been very happy with it. I have mostly beginner tools (Benjamin's Best and Hurricane) but have been really happy with them, especially now that I've started using the Wolverine Sharpening System, which is giving me waaaay more consistent results than using my WorkSharp with Tormek jigs. I still like the WorkSharp for my hand planes though.
I also do a little woodcarving, and have taught the woodcarving merit badge to some Scouts in the past.
