I Googled "Crown Woodturning tools" and happened upon this group. The thread had a lot of nice things to say about Klingspor's which was encouraging since I've had similar positive experiences there myself.
In my younger days, when my kids were young, I spent many hours in the workshop making period reproductions out of Black Walnut, Mahogany, and Heart Pine salvaged from an old building being renovated in downtown Winston-Salem. As my kids grew, so did their demands on my time and I spent a lot less time on projects and more on house renovation.
Now that they've started families of their own, I've been afforded more time in the shop AND time to teach my grandkids the joys of woodworking. It's a real shame that shop and home ec classes are not taught in grade school. So I've taken it upon myself to instruct my 11 year old granddaughter and 13 year old grandson woodworking. My granddaughter just wants to use the Dremel tool and paint whereas my grandson has done some nice projects and especially likes the lathe. I've included some pictures of some of their projects.
I'm hoping that getting some quality turning tools will entice me to do more turning since most of my projects were furniture building and house renovation.
In my younger days, when my kids were young, I spent many hours in the workshop making period reproductions out of Black Walnut, Mahogany, and Heart Pine salvaged from an old building being renovated in downtown Winston-Salem. As my kids grew, so did their demands on my time and I spent a lot less time on projects and more on house renovation.
Now that they've started families of their own, I've been afforded more time in the shop AND time to teach my grandkids the joys of woodworking. It's a real shame that shop and home ec classes are not taught in grade school. So I've taken it upon myself to instruct my 11 year old granddaughter and 13 year old grandson woodworking. My granddaughter just wants to use the Dremel tool and paint whereas my grandson has done some nice projects and especially likes the lathe. I've included some pictures of some of their projects.
I'm hoping that getting some quality turning tools will entice me to do more turning since most of my projects were furniture building and house renovation.
