Exactly this. I caution new turners about watching RR, Tomislav, et al, early in their turning career. I point them all to www.turnawoodbowl.com for basic training. Then they can go back and start trying to be Richard Raffan.
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Exactly this. I caution new turners about watching RR, Tomislav, et al, early in their turning career. I point them all to www.turnawoodbowl.com for basic training. Then they can go back and start trying to be Richard Raffan.
As I told Tomislav, quoting some one from a song about "Buddy Bear and the still" "kind of like the jitterbug, it plum evaded me". I still don't get this cut, but I am working on it.
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Aaron, I’d love to hear how your platter class with Matt Monaco was. I’ve had several classes at Campbell (Trent Bosch, Dixie Biggs, as well as a banjo making class and most recently mushroom foraging- all terrific!) and looked longingly at the description of this one.