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View Poll Results: Am I a turner

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  • I own a lathe and I am a turner

    47 64.38%
  • I own a lathe and feel intimidated by it

    10 13.70%
  • I am the omnipotent turner

    2 2.74%
  • Don't give a rats ring

    14 19.18%
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  1. #46
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    Would not be without one.

    Ross

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  3. #47
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    Default how many lathes

    3 going on 4 . A turner ? all the time ,many a time ,even when i haven't got time . But most of the time . The real question is how many turning chisels do you have and which ones do you use the most and which the least .
    ILL count up mine tomorrow and scare my self.
    insanity is a state of mind if you don't mind it does not matter.

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    Just had to update this thread... boots'n'all as Stu put it!
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    we have somthing in the shed that looks like a lathe but the downside is the Ryobi name on the side
    I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonto View Post
    we have somthing in the shed that looks like a lathe but the downside is the Ryobi name on the side
    yer mine is dark blue and has 3 letters i an afraid to mention.

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  7. #51
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    I collect antique fixer uppers, current collection is a Record Power Drillmaster.

    I play at turning but I very much a learner
    "We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer

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    I'd like to have one but have resisted because.

    - no room in the shed
    - if I got one I'd do nothing else except fiddle with it for the next 3 years
    - SWMBO is already asking too many questions about my tool purchases

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!! View Post
    Where's the "I want to be a turner when I grow up, in the meantime I collect lathes" option?

    I'm with Skew, I have a Colchester Master 2500 4' Bed and a Myford ML7 which I could turn in the Colchester! and yes the colchester intimidates me since some metal flew out of the chuch and out threw the roof! Left and interesting rectangular hole in the roof which is a conversation starter.

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    Ouch.

    ... nah I'm not a collector; can only afford one with my tastes.
    Cheers, Ern

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    old technatool ti something or other but it hasn't been used since 2006. Only coz 2007 was a mongrel sister screwing big assssssed slaggy bitch awefullous McScrudeon ...................... of a year and I'm glad to be rid of it.
    Mick

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    Quote Originally Posted by rodent View Post
    3The real question is how many turning chisels do you have...
    Me, I haves 27 chisels.

    I make things, I just take a long time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSEL74 View Post
    I'm with Skew, I have a Colchester Master 2500 4' Bed and a Myford ML7 which I could turn in the Colchester! and yes the colchester intimidates me since some metal flew out of the chuch and out threw the roof! Left and interesting rectangular hole in the roof which is a conversation starter.
    Don't think you realised this, but we're talking about Wood Lathes here
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ's Timber View Post
    Don't think you realised this, but we're talking about Wood Lathes here
    Oh... I only have one of those - all the rest are made of metal. But I reckon that's still probably one more than most people here.

    As for chisels... that varies. Are we talking handled or unhandled here? And even that varies quite a bit in my shed, depending on how many concrete nails have fallen out of my broomstick offcuts.
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

    - Andy Mc

  15. #59
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    Yep I am a good turner... ( Everday since birth I have been able to turn my food into )


    Oooh You mean the wood lathe. No wish I could say I was a turner but I am working on it; I love to play
    Toni

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    I have 2 a bigun & littleun. I see the term "turner" wasn't defined so I can claim to be one as I have occasionally turned a valuable timber resource into material for the mulch pile.

    Ray

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