Thread: WHAT IS THE VIEW FROM YOUR LATHE

Originally Posted by chambezio

Over the last 35 plus years my lathe has been in use, it has been set up in different places in my shed but by far when it was set against a window it always gave a nice feel to be working with sunlight and a view

That's a really nice view Rod.

I don't have a lathe, but if I did, I could make this the view:

Nothing wrong with that view, Brett. Mine may look similar on only a few days of the year.
Have you put a window in your extension?

Originally Posted by chambezio

Nothing wrong with that view, Brett. Mine may look similar on only a few days of the year.
Have you put a window in your extension?

Haven't got the extension yet, but when it happens maybe just some windows at the top for light.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

I don't have a lathe, but if I did...

Brett, you mean we didn't 'turn' you to the dark side at Dave's Jerilderie GTG last year? Even Trevor (Repliconics) has been suckered... I mean introduced to the wonders of woodturning.

BTW, I hope Lola is OK,

Craig

Originally Posted by CAG

Brett, you mean we didn't 'turn' you to the dark side at Dave's Jerilderie GTG last year? Even Trevor (Repliconics) has been suckered... I mean introduced to the wonders of woodturning.

BTW, I hope Lola is OK,

Craig

Nope, I have an iron will. Trev obviously only has a wooden one .

Cheers Craig, the op went very well, and she could walk straight after (although gingerly at first).

Originally Posted by hughie

Here is the view from my lathes from various angles, as you can see the views are outstanding.

I like your dust flaps. I need them

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

This is what I have to look at from the lathe.

Jim

Don't know why there is two photos there, but that is my house in the background. No neighbors in site.

Jim

Originally Posted by powderpost

Don't know why there is two photos there, but that is my house in the background. No neighbors in site.

Jim

I know that view. Beautiful place but the people make it more special.

Originally Posted by Pat

Some more views of my lathe from different angles.

I see that you cleaned up a little.

Cool

Wet day not much/can't do outside and I had been thinking to do an update of my "View from my lathe"
Seven years later, after our 10 year drought had finished. As all over the place we are enjoying seeing what water can add to our lives helping things grow.

Our creek behind us, has had a big flow for months now. (In 40 years we have never seen so much water being carried away down stream) The channel is about 6-7 metres wide and about knee deep. I thought the thread should be updated so you can all see. The wood lathe is against the window at the end of the shed and its about 4.5 metres from shed floor level and creek level. At the left on the bank out of the picture is a very large and very old Apple Gum which is holding the bank together so the shed won't end up in the creek.

When we moved here in 1981 the creek was a string of bath sized water holes 75mm deep and you could see just see movement as it ran down hill. On old maps it had the creek name then written in brackets "Permanent Water" Then the drought came and shrunk the creek back to a dry gully for years. In the middle of last week we had about 55mm of rain one night and the creek rose to about8-900mm deep and right across for a couple of days. By that you can tell the ground is full and any new rain just runs off

That’s nice to be close to running water like that . Do you see many snakes though ? I’d be guessing you would in the warmer months . How big and what type if you do see them ?

After reading "Boringoldgeoffe Post I thought I would bring mine "up to date". I went through my Post to riminess. 2015 was the first thread. The creek shrunk back to about 450mm wide with about 50mm deep. Friday we had 23 mm over night and it swelled the creek to 600mm deep and 2000mm wide. It shows that the rain will run off due to the moisture in the ground