The only reason I am posting this is to assure everyone, that I am trying to learn to turn with my Rikon Midi Lathe:eusa_danc
I think it was almost a year ago that I took a beginner's class on turning. The first half of the class was the standard bead cove stick, which I was terrible at and started to get very frustrated. The second half was to make a "weed pot" using green wood.
I thought I was frustrasted before, but this was horrible. I couldn't do anything right. As some point I said **** it and quit. Threw out the bead and cove stick and left. Previous to the class, I had picked out a Delta Midi-lathe and a beginner's set of tools. But when toolferone asked how I wanted to pay, I suggested he do something indelicate with the tools and left.:lol:
When I got home, I realized I still had the weed pot. So I showed my wife, thinking we'd get a good laugh out of it. But she oo'd and ah'd and put it on display. Every once in a while I'd throw in the trash, but she would rescue it put it back out:BangHead: Either love is truely blind or she was keeping it there to remind me how bad I was, everytime I wanted to buy a new tool:eusa_doh: Any way, as the green wood dried, it cracked.
When you guys gave me the Lathe and tools (thank you again), I decided what better piece to learn on.
Well it didn't turn out great, but this time I really learned something. I learned to make a tenon and use a chuck. I learned to use my tormek and sharpen some of the tools. I learned that eventually there will not be enough wood left to repair my mistakes. I learned to sand on the lathe and after putting a finish on it that I hadn't sanded carelfully enough or to high enough grit. I learned to horizontal bore.
So anyway, while it is still something that I wouldn't want to display, it makes a decent before and after picture. BTW, I had a ball doing it
I think it was almost a year ago that I took a beginner's class on turning. The first half of the class was the standard bead cove stick, which I was terrible at and started to get very frustrated. The second half was to make a "weed pot" using green wood.
I thought I was frustrasted before, but this was horrible. I couldn't do anything right. As some point I said **** it and quit. Threw out the bead and cove stick and left. Previous to the class, I had picked out a Delta Midi-lathe and a beginner's set of tools. But when toolferone asked how I wanted to pay, I suggested he do something indelicate with the tools and left.:lol:
When I got home, I realized I still had the weed pot. So I showed my wife, thinking we'd get a good laugh out of it. But she oo'd and ah'd and put it on display. Every once in a while I'd throw in the trash, but she would rescue it put it back out:BangHead: Either love is truely blind or she was keeping it there to remind me how bad I was, everytime I wanted to buy a new tool:eusa_doh: Any way, as the green wood dried, it cracked.
When you guys gave me the Lathe and tools (thank you again), I decided what better piece to learn on.
Well it didn't turn out great, but this time I really learned something. I learned to make a tenon and use a chuck. I learned to use my tormek and sharpen some of the tools. I learned that eventually there will not be enough wood left to repair my mistakes. I learned to sand on the lathe and after putting a finish on it that I hadn't sanded carelfully enough or to high enough grit. I learned to horizontal bore.
So anyway, while it is still something that I wouldn't want to display, it makes a decent before and after picture. BTW, I had a ball doing it
