Hello everyone. I am absolutely new to turning. I just bought my first lathe, a Delta 46-460. That's how I found AAW. I'm guessing Bruce is a member since this was one of the suggested forums he mentioned I should look into when I bought the lathe. So a shout out to him for being so helpful if he's here.
I live in WA and have experience with other forms of woodworking but have never tried turning. I have a 520 shopsmith and have made a dining room table with a hidden board game area, Adirondack chairs, tables and foot rests, several boxes, etc. I have been doing a lot of searching, reading and video watching the past few weeks and I still have a thousand questions. I am fairly cautious when starting something new and want to make sure I am being safe and not unknowingly dangerous. I'm wanting to get going yesterday but I need to learn what kind of wood I should start on. Something easy to just practice the different cutting techniques. Also need to learn what speeds to turn what at. I've obviously got a long way to go before I can turn something worthy of a picture but I'm excited to learn.
With that said I'm really interested in resin turning also. I have a pressure pot I picked up and now I need to find where I can get the basic screw together square molds.
I'm sure I will be able to scour the forums and find a lot of the answers to my questions here.
Glad to be here and will enjoy every minute soaking up the knowledge and ideas.
I live in WA and have experience with other forms of woodworking but have never tried turning. I have a 520 shopsmith and have made a dining room table with a hidden board game area, Adirondack chairs, tables and foot rests, several boxes, etc. I have been doing a lot of searching, reading and video watching the past few weeks and I still have a thousand questions. I am fairly cautious when starting something new and want to make sure I am being safe and not unknowingly dangerous. I'm wanting to get going yesterday but I need to learn what kind of wood I should start on. Something easy to just practice the different cutting techniques. Also need to learn what speeds to turn what at. I've obviously got a long way to go before I can turn something worthy of a picture but I'm excited to learn.
With that said I'm really interested in resin turning also. I have a pressure pot I picked up and now I need to find where I can get the basic screw together square molds.
I'm sure I will be able to scour the forums and find a lot of the answers to my questions here.
Glad to be here and will enjoy every minute soaking up the knowledge and ideas.