Was a lot of fun. It is self-directed, which I like. I get to pick the project and learn what I want. I got to see a lathe jump when someone (not me) had a catch and a big green blank got knocked off-center. I learned on a small blank to make a glue-on tenon out of hw and not pine after I had a catch and the tenon sheared off at the chuck. Made me appreciate the forces involved. I finished up my mallet, just need to do glueup and final shaping. Also learned the skew, at least the basics of smoothing a spindle. Everybody says it is difficult to use, I think a fingernail gouge is harder. After I played with some scrap pine for a few minutes, I did the final shaping/smoothing of the mallet with the skew.
I think I will alternate weeks for bowls vs spindles. I am trying to get exposed to as much as I can.
I think I will alternate weeks for bowls vs spindles. I am trying to get exposed to as much as I can.
