As many of you know, I am a man with modest woodworking skills but with many words to describe them. A month ago I promised to post a blog on the new open segment construction for turning that I discovered. I don’t know how much interest there is in this subject, but what I really want to know before I post it is if those of you who are potentially interested would prefer one long wordy blog with a lot of photos showing the process or if you would prefer me to post it as a series.
The photos are all taken and I have the actual turning almost finished, so it won’t be long before I post it. My wife had a hip operation and I have had to spend more time doing house duties and generally helping out while she is recovering, which has slowed things down a bit. I hope to post it this week if all goes well. I am popping out to the shop for 15 minutes here and there to finish up. Grateful for any input.
-- Mike, American in Norway
12 comments so far
degoose
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#1 posted 1315 days ago
I don’t mind either way.. long or a series.. I won’t have much use for it but my good friend Alan Adlem… from the spiral jig… would like to know how to do the segmented turning.. I am sure he would would appreciate it..
Larry
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papadan
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#2 posted 1315 days ago
Mike, post nit the easiest way on you. One long post is good, but several short ones might make it easier for you to do.
-- Carpenter assembles with hands, Designer builds with brains, Artist creates with heart!
cabinetmaster
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#3 posted 1315 days ago
Shorter posts in a series might be the easiest for you . But either way, I’m in.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
hootr
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#4 posted 1315 days ago
look forward to it however you decide
best wishes to the wife, i know she appreciates the help
-- Ron, Missouri
woodworm
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#5 posted 1315 days ago
I’m with Jerry.
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
dustbunny
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#6 posted 1315 days ago
Anxiously awaiting this blog.
A series would be easiest for you,
doesn’t matter to me either way.
If you need to take care of things around the house
and your recovering wife,
I think she takes priority,
we understand totally.
Don’t feel pressured, we can wait….
Lisa
-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com
Beginningwoodworker
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#7 posted 1315 days ago
This is going to be a great blog.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
darryl
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#8 posted 1315 days ago
add me to the “which ever is easier for you list”!
stefang
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#9 posted 1315 days ago
Thanks everyone for your input. I actually prefer to do it in one go. I am hoping to post it tonight if I can get the turning finished. I will be fun to work on as I sit in my Lazyboy chair this evening with my laptop in front of the fire.I only have about one hour’s more work on ithe turning, so if it suits the missus I will do it this afternoon. I’m really looking forward to sharing this experience with you, both the positive and negative aspects.
-- Mike, American in Norway
Jim Bertelson
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#10 posted 1314 days ago
I don’t even own a lathe yet, but it is definitely on my wish list. I actually learned the rudiments in 8th grade shops classes, and I always wanted to do it again. So I look on longingly, even though I can’t participate…yet. One of these days I will get serious about buying a lathe. But I still have a jointer and planer in their boxes, so it doesn’t make much sense to get another box I can’t open. On the flip side, right now the wife is still excited that I may make a piece of furniture or a decorative doo-dad that she can use and perhaps specify…it is still a woodworker’s honeymoon of sorts, so I will have to gauge the the proper moment. Think I will ask about what to buy when that moment arrives….....in the meantime…just watching what you guys do with a lathe is fun.
-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska
Joe Weaver
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#11 posted 1314 days ago
can’t wait to see it
-- Joe, Ga
woodsmithshop
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#12 posted 1314 days ago
looking forward to your blog
-- Smitty!!!
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