On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:50:10 -0600, Ken Grunke
wrote:

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*

Just tell her you'll replace them all with more of the same AFTER the
holidays.


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*


You may have to divorce your Shopsmith and find it a new partner.
Or maybe better hang on to it, in case the wife gets the turning bug and
doesn't let you on the lathe she bought!

Ken Grunke
http://www.token.crwoodturner.com/


Actually, Ken, I'm looking forward to getting the Shopsmith "back"...
It's been my sort of dedicated drill press and router for quite a
while and I'm missing that while it's being used in this current lathe
phase of my "wooducation".... which was spurred by a combination of
reading Darrel's page on turning green wood and my neighbor cutting
down a walnut tree... lol
It just seems like turning takes over the shop much more than building
a cabinet or a set of drawers..