On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:50:17 GMT, "T. Dougall"
wrote:

I have been trying to get my wife interested in woodturning to no avail. I
tried to interest her by asking her things like, do you think the grain on
this leg would be a good match for this one? Or which bowl shape do you
think would be nice for this blank? All I get for an answer is your the
turner you decide. So my question is how do you guys get your better
halves interested in what you are doing on the lathe?

Tom


I dragged my wife to the New York Scroll Saw picnic this summer. I had
to take her to her favorite out of the way craft store first, but it
was not that far off this path, so that wasn't too difficult. There
were two Jet mini-lathes being shown off, one turning Christmas
ornaments, the other making bowls and plates. She ended up buying a
pine salad bowl and that operator gave her an unfinished cherry saucer
that fit under it very nicely. Now she wants me to run out and buy a
lathe so I can make her some more. She made sure to get the info from
the booth that had all of the hardwood blocks. She also wants me to
use it to make some crochet hooks, since her favorite hook maker
retired a while back and she needs some new ones.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP