got to teacher her my hobby :) (finished peice posted)

[curtis rosche]

i was sittin around at my girlfriends house today when i heard the words every turner wants to hear. "" lets go to your house, i wanna learn how to use the lathe""" so we went back to my house and i got the lathe all set up, i got a nice peice of wood for her (a peice of solidcore door from our high school that i got a few years ago, pine with a oak veneer) showed her how to chuck it up and everything and how to use some tools. she loved it and cant wait to make more, and to learn more of the tools. now i can work on one lathe while she works on the other
some how she got to be the first one to make something on my new lathe, but i dont mind

[Doug W Swanson]

Way to go! Now where's a picture of the finished product?

[Harry Robinette]

That's great,sense you have two lathe's, no down time for ether of you. Just remember it's been said that girls most always turn better finials.

[Dennis Puskar]

Glad to see she is enjoying the same thing you do.

[Mike Davis NC]

Nice.

Curtis, did you make that lathe?

[Betty Fox]

That was very nice of you and she looks like she benefitted from the teaching. The vortex keeps getting bigger. Will we swallow the universe soon?

[Tim Rinehart]

Curtis, that's very cool and her platter looks very well done...can't wait to see final pic finished. Every night after my day job, I get ready to go out to my studio and always ask LOML if she'd like to come out and play on second lathe.
Glad to hear she enjoyed it and that she's showing good safety with having her hair up and wearing a faceshield.

[Curt Fuller]

Well Curtis, I guess that's OK that you taught her how to turn, but what are you going to do if you marry her someday and you need a reason to get out of the house?

[Robert Newton]

Nothing like young love! Keep turning.

[curtis rosche]

Nice.

Curtis, did you make that lathe?

i didnt make it, but it is a "homemade" lathe. it was made in a local metal shop and i bought it at a mud sale. then came up with my own powertrain for it. look for my other threads on getting this lathe from a few months ago, to a thread last week on getting it hooked up



i forgot a final picture. i will get one tonight

[Bernie Weishapl]

Curtis that is great that she wants to learn. Bowl looks great.

[Marty Eargle]

Very cool. I finally got my girlfriend on the lathe last week as well. She turned a little box out of Box Elder. Its a little wobbly, but we were both proud what she did with almost no help from me other than safety tips (trying to convince her to cut her hair off...worries me) and how to position a few of the tools on the wood.

Nothing like bringing someone else into the vortex.

[Joe Kieve]

It's great that she wants to learn to turn. However......you just might've created a monster!.

Good luck to both of you.

[Baxter Smith]

Congrats Curtis! One more fun thing to share.

[Mike Cruz]

Don't know why, Chris, but all this time, I thought you two were married! Must have been the white tux... By the way, she (and by she, I mean your GF, not the lathe) is a keeper if she's willing to hop on the lathe. Not that hopping on the lathe is the catch, it is that she is interested and willing to experience what is important to you. Give her a hug. Thank her. And tell her to get her own flippin' lathe!