My sad little gloat ........

[Jim Kountz]

Robert, do heal quickly so you can get back to making things round again. Nice score!!

[Jim Kountz]

.... I'd rather turn than burn.

Wow I see a bumper sticker..........!!

[Brian McInturff]

Don't push it to fast on the recovery Robert. And congrats on the wood gloat!!

[Robert McGowen]

Thanks for the knee sympathy. Had a 'scope, another 'scope, a total knee replacement, and then a "foreign body removal" last week. Turned out to be two undissolved stitches connected by scar tissue. I have so many scars that the surgeon just went through the same one again. Maybe he should install a zipper? Should be the last thing for the knee though and then on to unlimited mesquite wood turning!

[Richard Madison]

Good news!

[Christopher Fletcher]

I've had three scopes myself. Next step is knee replacement. My doctor keeps saying but your only 28......well, my knees see it differently. Best of luck for a speedy recovery. Just remember to keep going to PT no matter what! Oh, and send me some of that mesquite :-)

[Don Eddard]

Nice haul, and I hope you're able to get after it soon.

[David Hostetler]

If I had a lathe, and a clue right after Ike came through, I could have snatched more Mesquite than you could shake several sticks at...

Sorry to irritate some folks here, but... I do both with Mesquite, turn AND burn... Both are creative... One just tastes better than the other, and the other lasts longer than the one...

[Robert McGowen]

Sorry to irritate some folks here, but... I do both with Mesquite, turn AND burn...

I agree with you. I am still trying to figure out a way so that the wood chips fly straight off the blank and into the smoker. It would sure save on clean up, plus I always feel kind of bad sweeping up the floor and cooking with the sweepings!