Thread: G'day from a newbie

Welcome to the mad house Andy.

Al

Welcome Andy, Great to see that you finally decided to join!

Welcome Caveman Andy!
Please post some pics of your setup, and work too, then we're not strangers!

Cheers,

Welcome Caveman

A big Gidday to YA!

Just jump in and make a big splash! look foward to seeing some posts from you!!!

REgards Lou

Originally Posted by Caveman

Been lurking for a wee bit since discovering this board and having just joined the forum, thought it would be rude not to introduce myself

I hail from the opposite side of the Indian Ocean and have been turning for about a year now – mostly interested in turning utility bowls at the moment. I use an old Record Coronet No. 1 lathe handed down to me by my old man, that so far seems to handle anything I’ve attached to it. We have a lot of indigenous trees with beautiful timber and the usual exotics (indigenous to Oz) that will be familiar to you all such as grevillia, casuarina and eucalypts, which I particularly enjoy rescuing from firewood piles. I am currently rough turning a large batch of acacia that I had to fell to make way for a small dam

I’m continually amazed by the amount of useful and interesting info on this site and recommend that any newcomer make use of the search function before posting questions to avoid repetition as a huge number of subjects have been covered in detail in past threads.

The camaraderie and banter between regular members makes the forum all the more interesting.

Cheers for now,
Andy

G'day Andy, and welcome to the Aussie nuthouse

It would be good if you could show us some photos of where you are and of the things that you make

Cheers!

Hello Andy and welcome,

I will be jumping on google earth in just a minute to see where your at.
I hope you were out the front giving us a wave when they took your pic

I hope to see some of your pics soon

Cheers Ian

You seem to be pretty much in the middle of Kenya.

My atlas shows you on the western face of a north/south ridge, one range from a large river. It seems very remote, I guess you take what timber you want?

Nice try Groggy.

G'day champ, other than the woodworking, its always interesting to see the diverse opinions from the wide range of people that use this forum..... looking forward to seeing yours.

Originally Posted by

Nice try Groggy.

You have a suspicious mind Mr - how would I ever get my ute over there? (Anyone?)

Hi Caveman.
Good luck. With being so remote, how do you get supplies sandpaper finishes tools equipment etc? Must be a truly beautiful place your in. Do you have your own shed?Or is your workshop part of the house.

Look forward to reading your posts.

Best Wishes Nuggett

G'day Caveman
is this where you are or did I get the lat/long's screwed up.

Hi all,
Thanks for the welcome!

Groggy - that tribe you mentioned seems to have disappeared haven't bumped into them for some time! Trees have to be really looked after here or they'll end up as charcoal pretty quick.

Nugget - Tools and supplies etc are pretty much none existant over here (or at least the ones needed for turning) so have to burden friends or rellies whenever someone is going overseas to R.S.A. or UK.
Have just finished building a shed and moved in a few weeks back.

ThePope - yup that's right!

Have attached a some of photo's (hope I did it right - still learning to 'drive' this at this place) of few bowls and one of my shed (all made from recycled material - but does the job).
I struggle with internet connections at times (despite broadband), due to power cuts etc so I tend to disappear for a couple days now and again.

Once again cheers for the welcome,
Andy

Welcome aboard Caveman! You can sit back and read this forum for months but sooner or later you just have to join and put in your 2 bobs worth eh! Some nice looking bowls you've finished there! What wood is the fourth one with the black layer below the sapwood? very effective