Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Needs Pictures Needs Pictures:  0
Picture(s) thanks Picture(s) thanks:  0

View Poll Results: Am I a turner

Voters
73. You may not vote on this poll
  • 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%
Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 64
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Drop Bear Capital of Gippsland (Lang Lang) Vic Australia
    Age
    74
    Posts
    6,518

    Default Just curious, who owns a lathe....

    Who owns a lathe and who is a woodturner, I am the first to admit I own a lathe but would (wood) never confess to being a turner......
    Last edited by Iain; 11th July 2007 at 08:04 PM. Reason: Can't find the bloody polls
    Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.

  2. # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Age
    2010
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. #2
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    Garvoc VIC AUSTRALIA
    Posts
    11,464

    Default

    I voted Rats coz I dislike turning but its a necessary skill for furniture making.
    Regards, Bob Thomas

    www.wombatsawmill.com

  4. #3
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Left of the middle
    Age
    62
    Posts
    621

    Default

    Yep, I got one....MC 1100, but must admit I don't use it much
    Don't really go into my shed as much as I would like to either??
    Me old uncle took a really bad turn last year (he's 78and got one of those heart things like Cliff's dad) and I spend most of my time around at his place, making sure he doesn't cut his fingers off in His shed.
    ( the machine's kicked in a couple of times already).
    I do all the lifting, cleaning,stacking,ripping,etc etc cause the old boy just loves his shed His wife doesn't trust him to use the power tools, so I keep an eye on him If I make it to his age and have his passion, I'll be one happy man.
    100% of all non-smokers die

  5. #4
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Hell with fluro lighting
    Age
    55
    Posts
    2,156

    Default

    I own a lathe, I am a turner.


    A bad one, but still a turner...
    I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

    My Other Toys

  6. #5
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Bendigo Victoria
    Age
    80
    Posts
    16,560

    Default

    I bought an MC900, older model green one, at a clearance sale for $100, nobody wanted to bid and the auctioneer begged for someone to give him $100 for it. So I did!

    Haven't used it a lot, used to do a lot of wood turning when I was younger, but pressure of work meant that I finished up selling the lathe I had at the time. So I'm hoping to get back in to it again, hopefully will do some pen turning.

    Too pre-occupied with new toys at the moment though

  7. #6
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Posts
    5,014

    Default

    I don't own a lathe. No option for this so I can't vote.

    The only turning I've done was in high school many moons ago.

    I can't say the idea of turning really grabs me but I'll probably get a lathe one day for making furniture legs and such like.

    I won't be turning any pens and I think there's enough dodgy bowls and plates in the world without me adding to them.

  8. #7
    Join Date
    Jun 1999
    Location
    Westleigh, Sydney
    Age
    77
    Posts
    9,542

    Default

    Where's the 'I own a lathe and am a barely competent turner (on a good day). Only bought it cause it was cheap and handy for doing legs, round tenons etc.
    Visit my website
    Website
    Facebook

  9. #8
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Avoca Victoria
    Age
    81
    Posts
    10,501

    Default

    Ah Geez,
    I made a mistake....I thought you meant " I am the impotent Turner"

  10. #9
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Kuranda, paradise, North Qld
    Age
    62
    Posts
    5,639

    Default

    Where's the "I've got one, but it's stored in pieces and I'll get around to assembling and installing it as soon as I've got the time and money to add a 90 sqm extension to the shed"?

    Mick
    "If you need a machine today and don't buy it,

    tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."

    - Henry Ford 1938

  11. #10
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Tokyo Japan
    Age
    59
    Posts
    591

    Default

    Nova DVR 3000, love it, like to turn, I think I'm getting a bit better at it, but don't get enough time to do more.

    Cheers!
    It's a Family thing.....

  12. #11
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Broome West Aussie
    Age
    67
    Posts
    3,683

    Default

    Where the blazes is the "Ive got a bloody fanfriggintastic lathe but wouldnt have a clue" one??... or the "Ive got a lathe and some cheep shyte chisels but am totally incompetent" one?... or the "Theres something someone called a lathe in a corner of the shed that snarls and bites every time I go near it so I avoid it like the plague" one?.. or the "I think its called a lathe and I sometimes have a go at it but it tends to throw timber back at me" one?

    But Ive got one and give it a short workout every now and then... but a turner? Im not a turners earhole mate!!
    Believe me there IS life beyond marriage!!! Relax breathe and smile learn to laugh again from the heart so it reaches the eyes!!


  13. #12
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    East Warburton, Vic
    Age
    54
    Posts
    14,138

    Default

    Got 2 lathes ..........reasonably good at it , could be better if I had a bit more patience

    Cheers

    DJ


    ADMIN

  14. #13
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Oberon, NSW
    Age
    63
    Posts
    13,354

    Default

    Where's the "I want to be a turner when I grow up, in the meantime I collect lathes" option?
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

    - Andy Mc

  15. #14
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Pambula
    Age
    58
    Posts
    12,779

    Default

    Well I've got a lathe, I'm not intimidated by it (if you saw it, you would understand why not), but I wouldn't really describe myself as a turner. I've turned a few things but have yet to make two items that look the same, or that look like I expected them to when I started.

    Can't say I've really been bitten by the bug, but there is something about it I suppose.
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

  16. #15
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Sydney
    Age
    53
    Posts
    8,879

    Thumbs up

    I don’t own a lathe, I don’t feel intimidated by it, I am not a turner and I don’t give a rats ring.

    Also I have never turned a pen.
    Visit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com

Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. GMC Wood lathe
    By smidsy in forum WOODTURNING - GENERAL
    Replies: 36
    Last Post: 28th September 2008, 02:10 PM
  2. Need a decent wood lathe!
    By BANNED in forum WOODTURNING - GENERAL
    Replies: 25
    Last Post: 2nd July 2007, 02:01 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •