Latest set of build pics. earlier steps are in history here. Desrciption and pics are wearing me out (mostly my limited I.T. skills) so please forgive the egregious typos sure to occur).
going mostly pics w/ minimal description because don't hear much back. First turning efforts required by project- I'm totally clueless.
My Dad had a lathre he's had in storage for 30 years in the original box (God bless my Dad!).
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glued up quartered stock for later splitting turnings.
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Took me most of weekend to assemble (e.g. "I've tightened the tailstock and tool rest as tight as they'll go and they still arn't solid.... wait a minute maybe these little brass clinders figuire in this process?...). Fear of commitment-Bench space is most valuable commodity in my shop and I'm not sold I want to do much turning (rapidly spinning chunchs of wood= very scary), so mounted lathe on plywood I can clamp to bench and then move. bought cheapest turning tools on auction site and spent forever sharpening- not fun.
Finally got to try actual tool to wood contact and was pretty fun although my results are less than what I was aspiring to. Intial turning conclusions:
1) Lots of sharpening-probabaly poor steel in my tools?
2) Kind of like combat - minutes of things going smoothly followed by seconds of terror when tool seems like it could go through my throat ( makes it sounds like edge but certainly cause was operator error).
3) Round shapes are cool- probabaly worth a little more time.
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