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[Sputnik1970]

Hi everyone.
Just thought I would introduce myself.
I just bought myelf a wood lathe last week as I want to learn a new hobby.
I would appreciate any tips or tricks or simple projects to get me started.

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[ss_11000]

a good book and video will help heaps. joing a club will help even more and so will some lessons.

rolling pins, mini baseball bats, pens, are really easy things to make. if your not fussed about making things, than you can just practise making coves and beads.
another couple of things are : spinning tops, s&p shakers, tool handles and handles in general

for faceplate and chuck turnings, bowls can be as hard as you want them to be and goblets are usually fun to make.

here's a link to many project 'plans' http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turning/Turning_projects.html#pens

[RETIRED]

Wagga has an excellent club.

[killerbeast]

bedst tip ever. put wood in lathe turn it on and TURN stuff. I am newby myself having turned now for around 2 months and the best thing is to get som turning done. get som scrap and start tuning stuff.

Also try this site. http://aroundthewoods.com/ i have been reading his site for some time before i stated.

Join a club or take lessons. I didt tha Club thing and there are selveral god things in that. You get going!! I work way to much and befor i joined i dident get anything done at all. there ware just to many other things to do. But if you have say 1 day a week where you have to turn because you are at the club (forening in danish) it much easyer to get started, and when you are first get startede the great vortex draws you in.

Ask. read leard THINK. i have found that the mistakes i make are more or less due to not thinking, or thinking on any thing else than the turning i am making. but reason out what you want to make how you want to make it how you are using your tool.

and turn .... i have been spending more time off the late at home trying to get a workshop up and running than turning stuff. But practise is what you want... i have en bucket of junk that i turn into shavings just for the practise of using this or that tool.

just my 2 $ from one newbiiii to an other.

[Sputnik1970]

Thanks people I will have to track down the Wagga club.
Please keep the hints and tips coming please.

[artme]

Welcome to the madhose of this forum and its menagerie of strange and knowledgable inhabitants.:wink::wink:
Do all of the above!:2tsup::B:D

[joe greiner]

What they all said, but especially Rasmus's suggestion to just make shavings. This is the best way to learn tool control without the added challenge of actually producing something. Expect to make tonnes of errors; you'll learn something from each one (OK, might need more than one to actually learn each something).

And welcome aboard.

Joe

[Sputnik1970]

I will do all this but I am just going to find out what each tool is used for first.
That may help me aswell

[hughie]

All they said and more. :U If your good at learning from books.Have a go at reading up on wood turning, when the shed is too cold etc.

Have a look at these links

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v0Ixq14DIVYC&dq=free+wood+turning+books&pg=PA108&ots=7inYGB1mBQ&sig=5K7VyXZx-_NtByUhKpxJCnzDAu0&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com.au/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=free+wood+turning+books&btnG=Google+Search&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail

Amazon.com: Turned Chessmen (Mike Darlow's Woodturning): Books: Mike Darlow

http://www.woodworkerslibrary.com/turning.php

web site for advise etc
http://roundopinions.blogspot.com/2007/09/free-wood-turning-advice.html

free wood turning book
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15460

http://www.free-woodworking-stuff.com/docs/woodworking-books.htm

that should keep you going over the holidays...........:U

[Sputnik1970]

Thanks for that Hughie.

I see how I go.

[Gil Jones]

Welcome..............
This one has a lot of good info > http://www.woodcentral.com/russ/russindex.shtml

[Sputnik1970]

Thanks for that Gill.
Ill give it a read later

[wheelinround]

Welcome Sputnick :2tsup:

US pax always used to ask me why is it called Waagga Waagga do they have lots of dog's :D when I corrected them Wogga Wogga they would reply oh little Italy.:doh: Stone the flamin Crows.

new too it myself what sort of lathe did you buy

[Sputnik1970]

LOL :? :? :? :?

You are close about the crows.

I think it means place of many crows in aboriginal terms

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[lubbing5cherubs]

Welcome. What kind of lathe did you get to learn with? Nice to see you here posting. Can't wait to see photos of your work
bye Toni

[Evan Pavlidis]

Welcome Sputnik,

all good advice here. Joining a club is most beneficial and also buy a book on woodturning for those times when you'll be on your own without an instructor by your side. Richard Raffan and Keith Rowley have written excellent books. Well worth to have. :2tsup:

Good to start off with cheap discarded timber (old redgum fence posts without any cracks) destined for the fire or the tip, and when your confidence builds, you can buy unhandled tools and turn the handles yourself; it's a great way to start your addictive and most enjoyable journey.

Happy turning and don't forget to post some pics of your work.

Cheers, Evan

[Sputnik1970]

I have only bought a cheap GMC to learn on Lubiing.

I have the machine and tools. But now I need the time to get them out of thier boxes.

I will look for some old redgum posts Evan and see how I go.

Once I find the time now. I think I will have to make the time.

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[lubbing5cherubs]

Mate be careful with your GMC. I know some people have had great ones. I know some like the one I had nearly scared me that much I gave up turning. Still today I am afraid of big pieces in the lathe since the tail stock broke in the middle of turning. So just be very careful. Not knocking you because I know my father in law and I bouught the GMC together. His is been good to him. Mine was the other side of the coin. broken tail stock, broken tool rest. So just respect it and don't expect to wind up a huge hunk of gidgee. They don't have it in them.
Sorry not a great post. but I hope you enjoy your self
bye Toni

[OGYT]

Don't know anything about the GMC, so all I'll say is, "Welcome to the Vortex." You're in it now. :D
When you decide to start on something larger than a handle or a candlestick, use a faceplate first off, so you'll know what it can hold. They're a pain to use, timewise, but you'll be getting some catches, and it'll hold better than anything else for startin'. Raffan's book should be required reading for all of us. Been tryin' to find it in our local spots, to no avail.
Have fun, and like has already been said, "Don't forget to post some piccies."

[Sputnik1970]

Thanks for that OGTY.

I noticed the Drive Centre has a bit of a wobble in it lubbing.

I am about to go get a couple of pieces of wood just to do some shavings to get the feel for it.

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