Jeff, are you making up stories again?
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Wait until you hold one? I and my wife Annie were invited into the home of Ken and Helen some months ago..... And I just got the shakes up. Some of Helen's collection - not only Ken's stuff - is much too delicate to hold. :) I humbly suggest you take a valium and a camera and just let the wash of great boxes go over you.....
And Hans does make nice boxes. :2tsup: Very nice boxes. (Apparently he measures five times much as Ken W. so he must be even more anal. ) Oops, I promised not to say that, but after the Grasshopper stuff, I couldn't resist. :p:p:p
Hi Jeff
As I said in earlier post I'm used to working with measurments of about that what-ever when you start on this kind of work its not mms but microns which i have nothing to measure with so its take a wisker off stop and measure some grooves take 4 or 5 stop starts.
Been off the boxes this week I ended up with about 6 last week, the stubby wondered what hit it this week first up 1 metre split turnings I hate spindle work but it was a Love job for the local Mens Shed then finished a large yellow box burl bowl and 3 lazy susans 450 -600 mmdiam. we have a show on at the end of September at the Panthers in Port Macquarie so I need some stock I hope the recession is over am looking for some sales to add to timber stocks.
Cheers Tony
Heretic!!!!!!:DQuote:
I hate spindle work
if you had of been closer i would have put the job your way, but can you handle red cedar.
Cheers Tony
Ken,
it's OK for novices like me to believe that can turn (almost) anything.
He doesn't need the likes of you giving him a wrap-up. The pair of you are almost unbearable..... :rolleyes::rolleyes:
I don't know whether can turn "anything"... but the sign of a real pro is when they can convince you that you don't want what you thought you did; that his way is better. :;
Hi Everyone
Here we already half way through the month and we only have a handful of people presenting their boxes there are plenty of others with questions and comments but no pic or wips comming, are they waiting till the end of month or just hoping this chllange thing will go away.
Cheers Tony
I'd have more but I have a dreadful situation at the moment. My lathe is almost in full sun most of the day!!! And the temperature today was the high 20's. I stand out there for 10 minutes and the sweat starts running! Sorry, horses sweat, men perspire, ladies glow - the glow starts running, especially when I drop the bottle ;)
Certainly slowed down my turning. I made a pair of hair sticks to order today, and it was actually fun to do something I didn't have to think about!
Hi Eliza
I know how you feel when I first startad I worked in a carport morning sun and afternoon sun and the house was on top of a hill so the wind blew fiercly. Some times when it was windy I had to stop turning because the winf made the timber crack on the lathe it had that extra drying power.
Cheers Tony
Not sure if you are taking the Pi&& out of us or you are serious.
Here in Ballarat for the last 2 months (and most likely the next 1 or 2 as well) it has hardly reached double figures and you complain about 20+ deg :oo::oo: we only dream of that. think of gas heater, coat, 2 jumpers, flannelette shirt, singlet and you are geting closer to Ballarat/Victoria
Cheers
Soon (I hope) the sun will be higher in the sky and the back yard should be in the shade all day.
And then the grasshoppers will come out...