New turner in Snow Hill

[Elmojo]

Hi all,
I guess I better do a proper introduction before I get in trouble.
I'm Mike P. (to avoid confusion) from Snow Hill, NC.
For those of you who haven't been lost in the middle of nowhere lately, Snow Hill is right in the middle between Greenville, Goldsboro, Kinston and Wilson.
I've had my shop set up for a little over a year now, but it's only in the last couple months that I've put in any real time on my lathe.
I've made a few nightsticks for friends, including one from Cocobolo for my Dad that really came out nice. I'm especially proud of it considering that it was only the second piece of wood to lay between the centers on my lathe!
The first piece was a block of 4x4 pressure-treated pine that I made a mallet from. It was just to get me acquainted with my tools. Plus, I needed a mallet for driving the spur center.
Anway, I'm currently hooked on bowl turning and am starting to collect and process suitable pieces for blanks. If anyone is in my general vicinity and would like to donate to the cause, please drop me an email or PM.
Well, that's about it. My shop is a mess (just the way I like it), but it has most of what I need to make an unholy amount of sawdust, so I'm happy.
Now I just have to figure out how to do away with this annoying "job" problem, so I can devote my time to turning full-time!
Oh, and I have a small gas forge that I use to make knives and some tools.
Okay, that really is it...for now.
Cheers!

[Badabing]

Welcome home Mike! This is THE place to be so you can just forget those other forums you're a member of

Seriously, you will like it here. Don't forget the number one rule though: No pictures, didn't happen! So we don't believe anything about that RR Spike knife

[erasmussen]

I am thinking purty soon we will have enough turners/wanna be turners in the area to get something going

[Elmojo]

Originally Posted by sapwood

Welcome to NCWWer, MikeP!
Cool avatar
Roger

Thanks Roger, I like it too!
It was just some random photo I had on my hard drive that I thought looked nice. I'll get around to replacing it with a more appropriate one once I've been here long enough to feel like I deserve a 'real' one.

[Elmojo]

Originally Posted by Badabing

Welcome home Mike! This is THE place to be so you can just forget those other forums you're a member of

Seriously, you will like it here. Don't forget the number one rule though: No pictures, didn't happen! So we don't believe anything about that RR Spike knife

I agree on all counts. Thankfully, none of the other forums are wood-related (except for Bowyering), so there won't be a conflict of interest.

As for the photos, again I agree. Check my member gallery, there's a couple shots of a few knives I've worked on recently.

Thanks again to everyone for the more-than-warm reception.

Come down off the hill, it's cold up there on snow hill