• The forum upgrades have been completed. These were moderate security fixes from our software vendor and it looks like everything is working well. If you see any problems please post in the Forum Technical Support forum or email us at forum_moderator (at) aawforum.org. Thank you
  • February 2026 Turning Challenge: Cookie Jar! (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to Chad Eames for "Red Tines" being selected as Turning of the Week for February 23, 2026 (click here for details)
  • AAW Symposium demonstrators announced - If the 2026 AAW International Woodturning Symposium is not on your calendar, now is the time to register. And there are discounts available if you sign up early, by Feb. 28. Early Bird pricing gives you the best rate for our 40th Anniversary Symposium in Raleigh, North Carolina, June 4–7, 2026. (There are discounts for AAW chapter members too) For more information vist the discussion thread here or the AAW registration page
  • Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.

Paul Jubb

P

Paul Jubb

Joined
Jun 9, 2020
Messages
5
Likes
1
Location
Arlington, Washington
Hi all. I am a new woodturner if you don't count some turning I did in school when I was a kid living overseas. I am in the process of setting up a new shop which is under construction right now. I moved to NW Washington from SE Washington about a year ago. Since I am headed towards retirement in the next 5 or so years, I decided to get a hobby started a little early.
I am usually more comfortable as a lurker and have been here for a couple of months learning lots of valuable things already. I am interested in lots of areas of turning and woodworking in general.
My Powermatic 3520C is being delivered today but won't be set up for a couple more weeks when the shop is finished. I have realized that this a very complicated hobby with lots of needs. So thanks for what you all have done already and for your patience and understanding for future questions and help.

Paul
 
Welcome to the forum, Paul, and congrats on the lathe!
Mark
 
John Torchick said:
Welcome! Complicated? No. Expensive. Yes!
Click to expand...
Very true John perhaps it is complicted because it can be so expensive.:) I am lucky my wife encouraged me to get a hobby and reached a point during my analysis paralysis stage.... said "just buy the Powermatic so I don't have to listen to any more Youtube videos on lathe reviews." Bless her heart....so I did, for her sake.
 
Paul Jubb said:
Very true John perhaps it is complicted because it can be so expensive.:) I am lucky my wife encouraged me to get a hobby and reached a point during my analysis paralysis stage.... said "just buy the Powermatic so I don't have to listen to any more Youtube videos on lathe reviews." Bless her heart....so I did, for her sake.
Click to expand...

Welcome to the AAW forum, Paul. Great strategy for getting the lathe that you wanted. I had a similar experience and my wife told me that I should get a Robust lathe. I didn't waste a second calling Brent English (AKA, Mr. Robust) and placing my order.

There are so many facets to woodturning that there is always something new to learn.
 
Paul,

Starting off with a capable machine like the Powermatic 3520C removes the excuse of tool or equipment performance, this only leaves operator error with your results. :-)
With a machine that size you should be able to make just about any kind of project for many years. Many turners starting out work their way up to larger machines and
need to add appropriate sized accessories for each of the larger machines. You made a good decision in your lathe selection starting out, now you can focus on the proper
use of the hand tools getting the results you desire.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top