Thread: lathes in Canada?

Can it possibly be a coincidence that Melbourne has regained its title of "most liveable city" from Canada?
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by jimbur

Can it possibly be a coincidence that Melbourne has regained its title of "most liveable city" from Canada?
Cheers,
Jim

are you suggesting that this has occurred because skew is not in town or that he is over there influencing the vote?

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

are you suggesting that this has occurred because skew is not in town or that he is over there influencing the vote?

probably because all the woodturners in Canada went to the airport to greet Skew and a town without woodturners couldn't possibly be classed as liveable.
Cheers,
Jim

Thigh length Ugg boots Andy ... might be a business opportunity to finance your trip.

We have the sheep, over there you have the cold.

Steel capped even.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke.

Now, if someone'd told me that Canada had convincing Blackheart Sassafras or fiddle-backed Blackwood substitutes, I woulda been over here soooo much the sooner!

Found a couple of nice Maple boards in Home Depot, which is exactly the same as Bunnies 'cept Orange instead of Green. I received some very, very odd looks when I excitedly pounced on what are - to all intents and purposes - their "plain ol' KDHW."

Well... 'twas either the pouncing or the subsequent fondling of the planks in the rain outside... (Hey! It was raining, the wood got wet and the figure really popped! Don't tell me that you wouldn't do the same! )

The figure isn't obvious in the pix, but it's a nice, tight fiddleback covering every square mm of two of the boards and the B/H Sass coloured one also has more than a smattering of figure through it's length.

I haven't picked up any serious tooling yet, apart from an Incra marking gauge, a scratch gauge and a Jobmate workhorse. (All for change of $50! ) Mainly due to the lack of a practical work space.

However I'm heading into Lee Valley this week to pick up a pull-saw and dovetail chisel so I can start making wooden boxes by hand.

It's not a lathe, but until I can get out of Suburbia and into outback Nova Scotia where there's more chance to find a workable shed, it's the best I can do.

Nice pickup Skew (the wood, the wood)

Look forward to seeing the boxes you'll make with it.

So you went straight through immigration and took your shoes off!

Oh yeah, nice bits of wood

Skew,

Apparently all Home Depots are not alike.

Here in the sunny south you can have any kind of wood you like, as long as you like southern yellow pine.

That's maybe stretching it a bit, but wood like you bought is available for an arm, a leg, and your firstborn child.

http://www.ashevillehardware.com/ind...he_Lumber_Room

Caressing the figure of wood ( myself ), luckily Anne is understanding. It doesn't sound like you're having any fun over there