Michael Leaker
Member
I thought I should introduce myself. The last forum I joined, someone threaten to write an introduction for me because I took more than 3 days to do so.
I'm from Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
I work as an engineer and I am still waiting for my mid-life crisis to hit. A friend suggested buying a convertible to recall my youth, however, I'm still driving the convertible from my youth, so I don't think that would do the trick. Until then, I plan to just buy more tools.
I started turning North American Indian style flutes, then pens, platters, bowls, and whatever else turned my fancy. The pens have been the most consistent project waiting to be done. I also help out at the Golden Horseshoe Woodturners Guild in Burlington, Ontario.
My first lathe was one I borrowed from my brother. Originally, I bought it for him as a gift. When he started his MBA and his wife was expecting their second child, I borrowed it for 3 or 4 years. Then, when he was done his MBA and they had their 4th child, I bought my dream lathe -- a used shopsmith -- and returned his lathe to him. My dreams have gotten bigger, but my workspace has not. Consequently, I have no plans to buy the other lathes that I would like ... but I just saw a nice midi lathe in the second hand ads ...
That's it for now,
Michael
I'm from Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
I work as an engineer and I am still waiting for my mid-life crisis to hit. A friend suggested buying a convertible to recall my youth, however, I'm still driving the convertible from my youth, so I don't think that would do the trick. Until then, I plan to just buy more tools.
I started turning North American Indian style flutes, then pens, platters, bowls, and whatever else turned my fancy. The pens have been the most consistent project waiting to be done. I also help out at the Golden Horseshoe Woodturners Guild in Burlington, Ontario.
My first lathe was one I borrowed from my brother. Originally, I bought it for him as a gift. When he started his MBA and his wife was expecting their second child, I borrowed it for 3 or 4 years. Then, when he was done his MBA and they had their 4th child, I bought my dream lathe -- a used shopsmith -- and returned his lathe to him. My dreams have gotten bigger, but my workspace has not. Consequently, I have no plans to buy the other lathes that I would like ... but I just saw a nice midi lathe in the second hand ads ...
That's it for now,
Michael
