lessons

  1. Crrunion

    I Want To Trade Lathe Lessons For Black Walnut Blocks

    I have a few pieces of black walnut log rough cut with a chain saw about 12 or 14 inches long, and I would be willing to trade 2 or 3 of them for a few lathe lessons. I have used a lathe a little bit, but not much and have had no training. I want to learn to turn well enough to make some finials...
    • Crrunion
    • Thread
    • black blocks lathe lessons trade walnut
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Woodturning
  2. ScottM

    Picnic lessons learned

    Just wanted to write down a few things for future reference: - If you want a place that will seat 150-200 under cover and on Saturday we really need to book at least 9 months in advance. May is college graduation month. - Roughly 50% of the folks sign-up in the last two weeks. - We need a...
  3. Monty

    Lessons learned - Photopost voting....

    .... in no particular order If the voting type is RATINGS, you have to enable both posting AND voting in that category before anyone can vote. I wanted people to be able to vote but not post comments, but enabling voting by itself won't work - you gotta have both. Also for RATINGS...
  4. ashley_phil

    Lessons Learned on 1st Pen

    Here are is a pic of my first pen. General disclaimer: This is literally the first thing I've turned on a lathe I just inherited. Keep in mind that I do not know anything about turning or sharpening chisels so I'm at a distinct advantage. I'm having fun but certainly have a lot to learn...
  5. ChrisMathes

    New Yankee Router Table - Any lessons learned?

    Hey All! I bought the plans almost 1 1/2 years ago and finally got around to buying the plywood/mdf materials yesterday. I started cutting out to the plan and am going to be building the new version of the table this week. I was just looking to see if anyone who made this table had any...
  6. WoodWrangler

    Turning Precautions & Lessons Learned

    Since I recently purchased a lathe ... thought it would be a nice thing to have a listing of the turning safety precautions and lessons learned from NCWWers. Originally I wanted to know what are the dangers of a lathe -- meaning, what dangerous things can a turner do (i.e. kickback on a...
  7. C

    Pens... Lessons learned

    I am posting this for my own benefit as much as others. It always helps me to list out things learned, both good and bad. I hope this helps others, and maybe someone can add to the list. Or debate any point. All of this comes from my own observations, asking questions, mostly from Woodguy...
  8. gator

    Reputation vs Skill vs Lessons

    Now that I have a lathe I am going to take an all day beginners course from either Woodcraft or Klingspor. They are having a class the same day in Jan. the one at Woodcraft is with Alan Leland for $85 and the one at Klingspor is with Frank Penta for $45. I have seen both Alan and Frank turn and...
    • gator
    • Thread
    • lessons reputation skill
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Woodturning

Premier Sponsor

Our Sponsors

LATEST FOR SALE LISTINGS

Top