Greetings all

At long last, my new DVD is finally here in quantity! We had a pre-release
run done for the national symposium, but the main lot has just arrived. It
is closed captioned, for those of you who may have hearing trouble, or just
would like to watch it with machines running. It covers advanced bowl
turning techniques, including the turning of a natural edged bowl, a winged
bowl from a square piece of lumber, a winged bowl from a crotch piece of
wood, and coring techniques using a Kel McNaughton coring tool. If you are
interested, you can read about it at:

http://www.wonderfulwood.com/turners_corner.html

I also have a few copies left of the first DVD, Turned Bowls Made Easy. ;-)
This is actually nothing more than a marketing ploy. I have lots of copies
left, because we just reordered it as well. If you are interested in the
basics of turning a bowl, this one covers it from start to finish. You can
read about it in the same place as the one mentioned above.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

--
Bill

Bill Grumbine

www.wonderfulwood.com

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:05:44 -0400, "Bill Grumbine" wrote:

Greetings all

At long last, my new DVD is finally here in quantity! We had a pre-release
run done for the national symposium, but the main lot has just arrived. It
is closed captioned, for those of you who may have hearing trouble, or just
would like to watch it with machines running. It covers advanced bowl
turning techniques, including the turning of a natural edged bowl, a winged
bowl from a square piece of lumber, a winged bowl from a crotch piece of
wood, and coring techniques using a Kel McNaughton coring tool. If you are
interested, you can read about it at:

http://www.wonderfulwood.com/turners_corner.html

I also have a few copies left of the first DVD, Turned Bowls Made Easy. ;-)
This is actually nothing more than a marketing ploy. I have lots of copies
left, because we just reordered it as well. If you are interested in the
basics of turning a bowl, this one covers it from start to finish. You can
read about it in the same place as the one mentioned above.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Damn... good timing, Bill... I just packed all my turning stuff and won't be
able to get at it again until we move in October... *sigh*

I ordered it anyway, so I can watch it and suffer turners withdrawal even
worse..
Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

Bill,

I enjoyed your first video. Randy, from one of the manufacturers at
IWF, mentioned that your new video featured a different lathe than your
first video. Can you elaborate?

Thanks,
Bob Stroman

Just think of all the ideas you will have though, by the time you get your
lathe back up and running. We moved twice in one year, from our old house
to temporary quarters, and then to our present place, and the lathe was
always one of the first things to go! Good luck with the move Mac!


--
Bill

Bill Grumbine

www.wonderfulwood.com


"mac davis" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:05:44 -0400, "Bill Grumbine"
wrote:

Greetings all

At long last, my new DVD is finally here in quantity! We had a
pre-release
run done for the national symposium, but the main lot has just arrived.
It
is closed captioned, for those of you who may have hearing trouble, or
just
would like to watch it with machines running. It covers advanced bowl
turning techniques, including the turning of a natural edged bowl, a
winged
bowl from a square piece of lumber, a winged bowl from a crotch piece of
wood, and coring techniques using a Kel McNaughton coring tool. If you
are
interested, you can read about it at:

http://www.wonderfulwood.com/turners_corner.html

I also have a few copies left of the first DVD, Turned Bowls Made Easy.
;-)
This is actually nothing more than a marketing ploy. I have lots of
copies
left, because we just reordered it as well. If you are interested in the
basics of turning a bowl, this one covers it from start to finish. You
can
read about it in the same place as the one mentioned above.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Damn... good timing, Bill... I just packed all my turning stuff and won't
be
able to get at it again until we move in October... *sigh*

I ordered it anyway, so I can watch it and suffer turners withdrawal even
worse..
Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

Hi Bob

That would be Randy from Vega, and yes, I used one of their bowl lathes for
the second video. One of the biggest reasons I wanted to use a different
lathe was all the people who wrote me asking me where they could get a
Poolewood just like mine. I would have loved to be able to send them
somewhere, but Poolewood was dropping the model because of trouble with
their manufacturer. I still have it and love it, and use it frequently, but
now it is a collector's item.

In the second video I wanted to use a current production lathe. I also
needed another machine for the shop to accomodate students. I can take
three now, and that is going to be my max for a very long time. I looked at
a bunch of lathes based on size and price, and ended up with the Vega, being
that it is very compact, very powerful, and capable of turning bowls up to
26" in diameter. It is a dedicated bowl machine, although you can turn
short spindles up to 17" long on it. So I bought one from Vega - and I
would like to make that clear for anyone else reading this, I bought it from
them. No one gave me a lathe.

But, it is a great machine, and is very nice for turning bowls and hollow
forms. I have some articles I wrote on it that were posted on different
woodturning forums, but I need to get them on my website as well. But if
you want to see it in action, there is a way. ;-) Besides the DVD, a
number of people have used the machine as students, or just come on by to
spin a piece of wood and give it a try before buying.


--
Bill

Bill Grumbine

www.wonderfulwood.com


"Bob S" wrote in message
ups.com...
Bill,

I enjoyed your first video. Randy, from one of the manufacturers at
IWF, mentioned that your new video featured a different lathe than your
first video. Can you elaborate?

Thanks,
Bob Stroman

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:21:44 -0400, "Bill Grumbine" wrote:

Just think of all the ideas you will have though, by the time you get your
lathe back up and running. We moved twice in one year, from our old house
to temporary quarters, and then to our present place, and the lathe was
always one of the first things to go! Good luck with the move Mac!

For sure... It's just a bitch that we have to be packed and inventoried in
English & Spanish a month before we move... Sort of like sanding a bowl before
you turn it... *sigh*

The little lathe will get set up in the carport the day we get there.. after
that, it's how many times I unpack and rearrange the shop before I can make
shavings..

It would of been easier to swim the river, but that's tough with a shop on your
back.. *g*

Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:05:44 -0400, "Bill Grumbine"
wrote:

Greetings all

At long last, my new DVD is finally here in quantity! We had a
pre-release
run done for the national symposium, but the main lot has just arrived.
It
is closed captioned, for those of you who may have hearing trouble, or
just
would like to watch it with machines running. It covers advanced bowl
turning techniques, including the turning of a natural edged bowl, a
winged
bowl from a square piece of lumber, a winged bowl from a crotch piece of
wood, and coring techniques using a Kel McNaughton coring tool. If you
are
interested, you can read about it at:

http://www.wonderfulwood.com/turners_corner.html

I also have a few copies left of the first DVD, Turned Bowls Made Easy.
;-)
This is actually nothing more than a marketing ploy. I have lots of
copies
left, because we just reordered it as well. If you are interested in the
basics of turning a bowl, this one covers it from start to finish. You
can
read about it in the same place as the one mentioned above.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Damn... good timing, Bill... I just packed all my turning stuff and won't
be
able to get at it again until we move in October... *sigh*

I ordered it anyway, so I can watch it and suffer turners withdrawal even
worse..

When will you be releasing your new DVD, Mac: "One thousand and one things
that can be turned from Manzanita"?

Max

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:51:33 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:

When will you be releasing your new DVD, Mac: "One thousand and one things
that can be turned from Manzanita"?

Max

When I FIND some, Max! Haven't seen any at all yet, just cactus and occitillo...

The 4x4 group says that there's a "ton" of iron wood laying around in the
mountains... sure hope so because they're talking about charging duty on the
logs that I'm bringing down!
Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:51:33 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:

When will you be releasing your new DVD, Mac: "One thousand and one
things
that can be turned from Manzanita"?

Max

When I FIND some, Max! Haven't seen any at all yet, just cactus and
occitillo...

The 4x4 group says that there's a "ton" of iron wood laying around in the
mountains... sure hope so because they're talking about charging duty on
the
logs that I'm bringing down!
Mac
======================

Mac,
Check regulations down there regarding harvesting of desert ironwood. In
some areas the living ironwood is a protected species. Local turners are
limited to downed timber to do their tourists goodies. There's a pretty
hefty fine for being caught with fresh cut ironwood.
FWIW

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX.

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:24:50 GMT, "Ken Moon" wrote:


"mac davis" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:51:33 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:

When will you be releasing your new DVD, Mac: "One thousand and one
things
that can be turned from Manzanita"?

Max

When I FIND some, Max! Haven't seen any at all yet, just cactus and
occitillo...

The 4x4 group says that there's a "ton" of iron wood laying around in the
mountains... sure hope so because they're talking about charging duty on
the
logs that I'm bringing down!
Mac
======================

Mac,
Check regulations down there regarding harvesting of desert ironwood. In
some areas the living ironwood is a protected species. Local turners are
limited to downed timber to do their tourists goodies. There's a pretty
hefty fine for being caught with fresh cut ironwood.
FWIW

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX.

Everything is protected there, we're in a preserve kind of area.... that's why I
mentioned the ironwood "laying around"... you're not allowed to cut ANYTHING,
including cactus and such...

They even have to transplant any desert vegetation that will be disturbed when
they build a house, so if it isn't dead on the ground, you don't pick it up and
drag it to the shop.. *g*

Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm