New Lateh for a New Woodturner

**Glenn M** · 5th December 2000, 12:20 PM

LOL oges!

My wife is the type that would actually try her hand at woodturning but something like the pyographer is something she would be very interested in trying as she is very much the art and craft type.

In fact one of the reasons I have been using to convince her that I need a lathe is that I can get heaps of practice making her the wood tops for her tassles that she makes

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If all the world is wood turning, then who turned the world?

**Jeff** · 8th December 2000, 02:37 PM

gee guys, my girlfriend is not like that at all. She always gives me money to buy tools, likes to sand out all my work, admires every piece of wood I turn, and cleans up the shop for me every day. Oh wait, that is the girlfriend I dreamed I had!

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"Turning wood into treasures"

**Glenn M** · 2nd January 2001, 11:13 AM

Hiya folks,

Sorry I haven't replied for a while. Like I said earlier I am going to buy the Magno Lathe from Greame at Southern Woodturning Supplies, I just got to wait for him to open his doors agin on the 15th of January... I can't wait, must have now

I'll also be getting the chisel sharpening jig he has to mount on a grinder to keep my chisels sharp. Most new starters I see on various forums get frustrated becuase their work is crap and when people ask them when was the last time they sharpened their chisels the answer seems to be "never". I don't want to be one of them.

For christmas the in-laws bought us a nice 10fx10f garden shed so now I actually have somewhere to put the lathe as well as all my other tools *yay*.

I actually met Les Fortescue (sp?) down in Tuggeranong at a local exhibition of woodturners and would have loved to talk to him for ages but I was actually feeling quite sick in the guts on that day. Seemed like a pretty nice bloke and didn't mind having his ear bent for the short time that I did talk to him. Gave me a couple of good tips too.

Hope you all had a great New Year and gots lotsa bits of wood to turn into shavings.

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Glenn
www.woodworkbooks.com

[This message has been edited by Glenn M (edited 02 January 2001).]

**Glenn M** · 16th January 2001, 10:11 AM

Well crap! I was all psyched to get myself down to Southern Woodturning this week and tee up a lathe when the completly unexpected happened.

Last night on the way home from the in-laws I hit an echidna with my motorbike while I was doing 100kmh. I didn't go down (only just) but the little critter left about half his back in my front tyre so I am now up for 250 bucks to replace it. This means the plans for the lathe are now very much on hold so I can build that money up again. What a sh!tter

Oh and the echidna..? Well with a bike and rider weight of over 400kg's at 100kmh there can be only one conclusion, sorry little guy.

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Glenn
www.woodworkbooks.com

**oges** · 16th January 2001, 01:37 PM

Glenn sorry to hear about the unfortunate event, shouldnt the federal government pay for the tyre seeing as its a national animal? LOL

Brett

**Glenn M** · 16th January 2001, 01:52 PM

Hey, now that is a great idea!! Oh wait, they will probably fine me for killing it

hehehehe

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Glenn
www.woodworkbooks.com

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