Robert! Been there, done that - with Batty. He makes a point to acknowledge
that everyone's going to think he's nuts. George would have conniption fits
being around Batty

TomNie


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I never really got much more of a chuckle out of thinking that
woodturners were wild and wooly until I saw someone (Batty the
younger) turn a large, square edge bowl with a folded down rim on it
as a demonstration. He pushed the speed way up there and it sounded
like a large fan. It sounded like a silently powered saw blade and
looked to me to be about as dangerous.

Since it was not a round bowl, the squared edges really picked up the
air and scared the snot out of everyone on the first few rows in the
"free throw line".

The other was when one of the club guys turned a large (14 inches long
with cup that would hold a baseball) ladle/scooper on the lathes. It
looked sounded like a damn helicopter. Now THAT scared the snot out
of me.

And both these guys SEEM so normal...

Robert