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If you followed me over here I would like to ask a few more questions. First you say you do that full time and being an Artist do you do formal gallery presentations?? Do you do commissioned work also? What kind of finish do you put on your pieces?? Did you teach yourself or take some formal training?? I have joined a woodworkers club but will probably try to teach myself mostly. I see so many people turning these days and it surely looks like alot of fun. Do you do mostly green wood turning?? I am not that fortunate to have forrests and people cutting trees down because I live in a basic built up residential area. But have to say I will definately try green wood turning. Please tell us more about yourself and post your web site over here too.

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First you say you do that full time and being an Artist do you do formal gallery presentations?? Do you do commissioned work also? .
hi john -- yes, i've presented my work at galleries, both solo and group. i've also sold off my web site. i'm also a member of couple local arts groups that also have exhibits and shows.
What kind of finish do you put on your pieces??
Did you teach yourself or take some formal training??
I have joined a woodworkers club but will probably try to teach myself mostly. I see so many people turning these days and it surely looks like alot of fun.


when i first started, most all my artistic work was finished with shellac. however, i discovered as i placed my work in galleries, that shellac didn't hold up well. i was having to do a lot of repair work. therefore, i taught myself to spray lacquer and i much happier with the results.

my utilitarian pieces (e.g. food bowls) usually are finished with an oil or oil/wax combination. my favorite is the claphams' beeswax finish. the type of finish is really dependent on the type of turning and type of wood.

training: i started turning because i needed turned legs for a table i was making. after taking a spindle turning class and trying out the various lathes, i bought a jet mini ... for a several years i turned on this lathe, teaching myself through videos, books, etc. however, having outgrown the mini, i started looking for a bigger lathe. i took more advanced classes where i got to try out different full-grown lathes and experiment with different types of turning. eventually i purchased the large Oneway lathe and grew into it.


Do you do mostly green wood turning?? I am not that fortunate to have forrests and people cutting trees down because I live in a basic built up residential area. But have to say I will definately try green wood turning. Please tell us more about yourself and post your web site over here too.
i turn mainly greenwood from trees removed from my local urban community. for example the picture i've attached shows a tree that came down in the storms a couple of weeks ago. the guys removing it were amused when i asked if i could have the log -- the log was sectioned up, pithed and sealed ... the sections will rest for several months before i rough turn them. tree people are a great resource for wood.

greenwood is much easier to turn, especially for a new turner. i will rough turn, let the wood do what it's going to do during the trying process, then finish turn.

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[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Thanks for the replys and think you can be a very big assest here so I hope you do stop in and help with the questions and post some photos now and then. Have you ever done segmentation turning?? I always marveled at some of this work. That is where I want to get in my quest to get better with the lathe.