SSWoods
Member
Hello everyone,
I am a relatively new turner. I retired last April. I was considering several hobbies to occupy some of my free time when a few months later I came across an advertisement for someone selling their lathe. I'd enjoyed turning in junior high and early high school, so I thought 'why not'. Many dollars later, I am now committed.
I've turned a few hundred small items since then; items such as pens, sewing items, bottle stoppers, game calls, bedside bowls, gnomes, tops, Christmas trees and ornaments, etc. I do both wood and acrylic. Until Christmas I was selling the items I made at a local farmers market. I expected to sell mostly pens. It turns out that I sold several sewing items for every pen. Go figure. I have only turned a few larger bowls, but I want to do more of the larger and more time consuming items now that the Christmas selling season is over. So, while I've spent quite a few hours this last year turning, I still have a LOT to learn. I'm looking forward to both learning and contributing in this forum.
Regards,
Andrew
I am a relatively new turner. I retired last April. I was considering several hobbies to occupy some of my free time when a few months later I came across an advertisement for someone selling their lathe. I'd enjoyed turning in junior high and early high school, so I thought 'why not'. Many dollars later, I am now committed.
I've turned a few hundred small items since then; items such as pens, sewing items, bottle stoppers, game calls, bedside bowls, gnomes, tops, Christmas trees and ornaments, etc. I do both wood and acrylic. Until Christmas I was selling the items I made at a local farmers market. I expected to sell mostly pens. It turns out that I sold several sewing items for every pen. Go figure. I have only turned a few larger bowls, but I want to do more of the larger and more time consuming items now that the Christmas selling season is over. So, while I've spent quite a few hours this last year turning, I still have a LOT to learn. I'm looking forward to both learning and contributing in this forum.Regards,
Andrew
