I'm in LR, and would be glad to let you do some turning on my lathe too. My garage is full right now since I'm having my deck replaced, and everything from my deck, and much of the wood and tools for building the deck is in my garage right now. But in about a week, I should be back in business.
Our next meeting is going to be in NLR on the 18th of June. Here's the thread that will give you the information.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f153/june-18th-2016-a-139628/ A lot of the details will be coming later, but if you'll subscribe to the thread, and have your settings right, you'll get emails whenever anyone posts to the thread.
Also, if you'll PM me your name, phn number, and e-mail, I'll add you to our roster.