On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:55:07 -0500, charlie b wrote
(in message ):
If you started now, and turned just the things you can do with coves,
beads and Vs - you'd probably still be doing a fraction of the
possibilities -without playing with TWISTING - by the end of the year!
Google's SketchUp is a FREE 3D program you can download and play with.
If you click on the illustatration on this page, you can download the
SketchUp file and look at it in SketchUp - from any perspective.
http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/T...terSketchUpMod
els1.html
And here's my feeble attempt at trying to conceptualize Cause & Effect.
http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/T...iCenters1.html
Multi axis turning is really fun to play with and explore. But be
aware, it's like
potato chips - you can't stop with just a few . . .
Charlie, thanks for the info about Google Sketchup! I never considered that
such a swell piece of software was available - for free and includes the mac
platform.
This will be a great way to test out some shapes and ideas, and lots of other
non-woodturning projects, as well.
Anent multi-axis turnings, my own efforts in this form have been mainly
limited to replacement hammer handles and other fairly straightforward
projects. I do have some ambitious (or adventurous - for me) projects in mind
but will not be able to get to them for awhile, yet. They will require that I
first manufacture some specialized chucks for what I want to do.
tom koehler
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I will find a way or make one.