Hi everyone!
I joined a few weeks ago but haven't gotten around to present myself.
I'm Thomas Lynch, a woodturner from the very south end of Argentina. I live in a ranch called Estancia Harberton, 58 miles away from the city of Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego, so I must be the southernmost woodturner in the world, or at least as far as I know.
I'm an Industrial Designer who has always loved manufacturing processes and metal turning. I started woodturning during the pandemic. My dad was stressed out at the moment and I thought a wood lathe would help relieve some of it, but guess who got hooked instead! With no other woodturners in the area, I had no option but to learn from online videos and articles. I'm lucky enough to speak English, so I had access to the amazing content of some of the finest woodturners out there.
I moved to Buenos Aires a few years ago in hopes of starting my career as a designer and intended on taking some lessons at the most renowned woodturning school in Argentina, "La casa del Tornero", but somehow ended up joining the team as an instructor. I spent two years guiding people along their first steps in woodturning and helping the more experienced refine their techniques. This lead to a life changing experience earlier this year: Emiliano Achaval gave me the opportunity to stay with him in Maui for a few weeks and generously shared all of his knowledge with me.
The timing was perfect. The St. Paul Symposium was happening right before, so got the chance to attend to my first symposium alongside him. Emiliano presented me to all of the amazing woodturners I had learned from on those youtube videos, and tool manufacturers that supported the school in Argentina. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!! I still can't believe all of this actually happened and can't thank Emiliano enough for his kindness.
I've now moved back home with one objective in mind: Starting a woodturning community at the end of the world.
Last Saturday I gave the very first woodturning demonstration in Tierra del Fuego and it was a huge success! I had 14 attendees who were extremely excited to learn, asking so many questions and paying close attention to every little piece of information. The demonstration finished an hour later than planned because they all just wanted to learn more, and it probably would have kept on going if it hadn't been so late and the drive home was shorter. Lot's of other people also showed interested but couldn't attend on that day and were asking about the next demonstration, so I feel confident that something might be starting here.
I've been surfing the forums for the past few weeks and have already found so much useful information!
Hope to lean lots of new things and share what ever I can.
Cheers!
(I'd love to share some pictures of my work but have to figure out a way to compress them first to follow the forum's rules)
I joined a few weeks ago but haven't gotten around to present myself.
I'm Thomas Lynch, a woodturner from the very south end of Argentina. I live in a ranch called Estancia Harberton, 58 miles away from the city of Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego, so I must be the southernmost woodturner in the world, or at least as far as I know.
I'm an Industrial Designer who has always loved manufacturing processes and metal turning. I started woodturning during the pandemic. My dad was stressed out at the moment and I thought a wood lathe would help relieve some of it, but guess who got hooked instead! With no other woodturners in the area, I had no option but to learn from online videos and articles. I'm lucky enough to speak English, so I had access to the amazing content of some of the finest woodturners out there.
I moved to Buenos Aires a few years ago in hopes of starting my career as a designer and intended on taking some lessons at the most renowned woodturning school in Argentina, "La casa del Tornero", but somehow ended up joining the team as an instructor. I spent two years guiding people along their first steps in woodturning and helping the more experienced refine their techniques. This lead to a life changing experience earlier this year: Emiliano Achaval gave me the opportunity to stay with him in Maui for a few weeks and generously shared all of his knowledge with me.
The timing was perfect. The St. Paul Symposium was happening right before, so got the chance to attend to my first symposium alongside him. Emiliano presented me to all of the amazing woodturners I had learned from on those youtube videos, and tool manufacturers that supported the school in Argentina. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!! I still can't believe all of this actually happened and can't thank Emiliano enough for his kindness.
I've now moved back home with one objective in mind: Starting a woodturning community at the end of the world.
Last Saturday I gave the very first woodturning demonstration in Tierra del Fuego and it was a huge success! I had 14 attendees who were extremely excited to learn, asking so many questions and paying close attention to every little piece of information. The demonstration finished an hour later than planned because they all just wanted to learn more, and it probably would have kept on going if it hadn't been so late and the drive home was shorter. Lot's of other people also showed interested but couldn't attend on that day and were asking about the next demonstration, so I feel confident that something might be starting here.
I've been surfing the forums for the past few weeks and have already found so much useful information!
Hope to lean lots of new things and share what ever I can.
Cheers!
(I'd love to share some pictures of my work but have to figure out a way to compress them first to follow the forum's rules)
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