On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:53:43 -0500, Leo Van Der Loo
wrote:

Hey Mac

There are a lot of people that wished they where in your shoes, congrats.
I'm lucky too, SHE's getting more picky and not confiscating as much
anymore G.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo


that's the point that I'm trying to reach, Leo... if I produce a bunch
of stuff, she has to (I hope) let some go, and as I get better, she
may discard some of the cruder attempts..

I'm going through an interesting transition in turning now.... when I
got back into wood after about 15 years off, I was hoping that one of
the few advantages of age was more patience, and it's very true..
I'm doing things now that I didn't have the patience to before, and
NOT doing things that I would before (like settling for almost ok)
because I couldn't wait to get something done..

In my turning, especially after reading and posting for a few months
here, I find that I not only have more patience, but enjoy all the
little steps that are so easy to skip when you're "in a hurry"...
My tools stay sharp longer now because appreciating how sharp my wife
gets them makes me more aware of the "forcing" that I was doing, which
not only dulled the tools faster but actually made the work go slower
once they dulled..
I'm finding that as I'm still in the general shaping phase, I'm
already thinking that the more precise I am, the less I'll end up
sanding off tool marks..
Sorry for the rant, but the realization just sort of hit while I was
responding to your post..

mac davis wrote:
As some here know, I've returned to the lathe after a long absence...

I've been working on "stocking stuffers" for about 2 weeks, small
boxes, jars, goblets, bowls, etc...

I have somewhere between 20 and 30 done as of this morning, and my
wife hasn't found one yet that she's willing to give away! She wants
to keep them all, they're either too "cute" or too "special" to give
away.. *sigh*

It's sort of a double sided thing... It's very flattering, and an
excuse for spending more and more time turning stuff, but I don't want
this fun thing in the Christmas spirit to become another production
job with a deadline approaching..

OTOH, she just told me that she ordered me a Jet mini from Amazon..
Again, double sided... I'll probably love the Jet and it's really cool
to have a wife that's so into my love of wood... but now my Shopsmith
is ****ed off that I'm getting a lathe.. *sigh*

Some day's you're the windshield AND the bug???