Rob,
I bought Richard Raffens, books and videos when I first started. He is
a production turner, and is a marvel to watch. Woodcraft sells his
books and videos. Check out
http://www.woodcraft.com/search/search.aspx?query=richard.
Also, Nick Cook is a good resource. His web site is
http://www.nickcookwoodturner.com/.
I agree with the other responses, and that is, you won't really learn
until you put the metal to the wood. Use the DVDs and books as a
reference while you are turning. I put a combo 10 inch vcr/dvd player
in place so I can refer to it while I am turning. Remember, every
turner has his/hers own technique. Do not try to turn like someone
else, but learn from them and apply it to your style.
Art
[email protected] wrote:
> Hey,
> I just got a free lathe from a baseball bat manufacturer and I am a
> total newbie. I was wondering what the very best video on starting to
> turn wood is. I am posting this in both newsgroups. Are there any
> videos that might not meet my description but are must haves?
>
> Rob
Bill Grumbine has 2 very good bowl turning videos out. Richard Raffen
is also very good on a lot of other turning tecniques. Which video you
get should be aimed towards what you are going to turn. For me, I will
use any excuse to go to the lathe and turn. Try to find a near by club
and attend meetings. It has been my biggest learning experience in my 9
years of turning. You can see things being done, and ask questions.
robo hippy
Desert Rat wrote:
> Rob,
>
> I bought Richard Raffens, books and videos when I first started. He is
> a production turner, and is a marvel to watch. Woodcraft sells his
> books and videos. Check out
> http://www.woodcraft.com/search/search.aspx?query=richard.
>
> Also, Nick Cook is a good resource. His web site is
> http://www.nickcookwoodturner.com/.
>
> I agree with the other responses, and that is, you won't really learn
> until you put the metal to the wood. Use the DVDs and books as a
> reference while you are turning. I put a combo 10 inch vcr/dvd player
> in place so I can refer to it while I am turning. Remember, every
> turner has his/hers own technique. Do not try to turn like someone
> else, but learn from them and apply it to your style.
>
> Art
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Hey,
> > I just got a free lathe from a baseball bat manufacturer and I am a
> > total newbie. I was wondering what the very best video on starting to
> > turn wood is. I am posting this in both newsgroups. Are there any
> > videos that might not meet my description but are must haves?
> >
> > Rob
I coach high school football and one of the other coaches makes
baseball bats. He has switched to an automated system. I simply used
my overflowing charm to convince him that I wasn't going to make bats
in competition with him. He had an extra lathe so he agreed I could
have it for a year and see what happens. Its not quite a full gloat
but sometimes a tool loaned out for a year can be forgotten. (Or I
will pay for it.)
Buddy Matlosz wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hey,
> > I just got a free lathe from a baseball bat manufacturer and I am a
> > total newbie. I was wondering what the very best video on starting to
> > turn wood is. I am posting this in both newsgroups. Are there any
> > videos that might not meet my description but are must haves?
> >
> > Rob
>
> Screw the videos, I'd like to hear how you wound up with a free lathe.
>
> B.
>
> >
I coach high school football and one of the other coaches makes
baseball bats. He has switched to an automated system. I simply used
my overflowing charm to convince him that I wasn't going to make bats
in competition with him. He had an extra lathe so he agreed I could
have it for a year and see what happens. Its not quite a full gloat
but sometimes a tool loaned out for a year can be forgotten. (Or I
will pay for it.)
PS I did pay the price for it though, our team got it a** kicked for
most of the year (but did win their first playoff game tonight!)
Buddy Matlosz wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hey,
> > I just got a free lathe from a baseball bat manufacturer and I am a
> > total newbie. I was wondering what the very best video on starting to
> > turn wood is. I am posting this in both newsgroups. Are there any
> > videos that might not meet my description but are must haves?
> >
> > Rob
>
> Screw the videos, I'd like to hear how you wound up with a free lathe.
>
> B.
>
> >
Hello Rob,
To toot my own horn a wee bit... I have an excellent DVD video on Turning
Writing Pens (70 mins) and a two disk DVD set on Bowl Turning (140 mins)
that have been very well received by wood turners around the world. Both
have received excellent reviews. If you would like detailed information, I
will be happy to email you. The bowl turning video set is available at Craft
Supplies USA at www.woodturnerscatalog.com
We will also have our own website up in the next few days where all of our
educational products can be ordered on a secure server. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Also, please let me know if
you get stuck on something, or need some assistance. I have always offered
to assist wood turners with any woodturning questions they have... When
you're getting started, you always have lots of questions and I'm happy to
help in any way. Take care and all the best to you and yours!
On 10/23/06 8:44 PM, in article
[email protected], "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey,
> I just got a free lathe from a baseball bat manufacturer and I am a
> total newbie. I was wondering what the very best video on starting to
> turn wood is. I am posting this in both newsgroups. Are there any
> videos that might not meet my description but are must haves?
>
> Rob
>
--
Better Woodturning and Finishing Through Chemistry...
Steven D. Russell
Eurowood Werks Woodturning Studio, The Woodlands, Texas
Machinery, Tool and Product Testing for the Woodworking and Woodturning
Industries
³Woodturning with Steven D. Russell²
Volume #1 CD ROM e-Book Available for Shipment
Volume #2 CD ROM e-Book/DVD Video Available for Shipment
Volume #3 Double DVD Video on Bowl Turning Available for Shipment
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Its not quite a full gloat
> but sometimes a tool loaned out for a year can be forgotten.
Sounds like every one I've ever loaned out, that's for sure.
[email protected] wrote in news:1161654259.451953.29420
@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:
> Hey,
> I just got a free lathe from a baseball bat manufacturer and I am a
> total newbie. I was wondering what the very best video on starting to
> turn wood is. I am posting this in both newsgroups. Are there any
> videos that might not meet my description but are must haves?
>
> Rob
>
Welcome Rob,
I've been turning for fifty-two years and bought Richard Raffan's Turning
Wood video and the book of the same title. I should mention that I took a
fifty year break in my fifty-two tears of turning. I got back into turning
because I had contacted restoration job that involved restoring 10 columns
(a semi circular porch). The column bases and the upper and lower capitals
had to be replaced due to rot. I tried to find a turner that would be able
to turn the capitals that summer and was unsuccessful. Since I had been a
pretty good turner in school and think I can do anything, I bought a lathe
(Jet mini, the lager diameter capitals were nine and a half inches) and a
set of Sears lathe tools. The capitals were pretty simple to turn; two
beads and a cove or two. Now I was hooked and I was also sixty-two (I lied,
sixty-three). Memory is a great thing, but using the skew made me think I
had forgotten something and being I had only turned spindles in school, I
thought a book and/or a video might be prudent. I can re-discover the wheel
as good as anybody. I don't know anyone that is better at learning from the
'School of Hard Knocks' better than I, but I didn't want to spend the time
learning to walk (never mind staunching the flow of blood) at my age. Mr.
Raffan's tutorials brought back the basics and I recommend his video and
book. I also have a book on basic turning by Keith Rowely that I think is
very good. One only reinforces the other. Either by itself is more than
adequate.
Enjoy the lathe,
Hank
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey,
> I just got a free lathe from a baseball bat manufacturer and I am a
> total newbie. I was wondering what the very best video on starting to
> turn wood is. I am posting this in both newsgroups. Are there any
> videos that might not meet my description but are must haves?
>
> Rob
Screw the videos, I'd like to hear how you wound up with a free lathe.
B.
>