tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post4353413074670730371..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: I Stretch Out My Arms and If I Don’t Feel Any Wood On Either Side, Then I Know I Can Get UpSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-41068113370137806272012-01-20T14:44:36.941-05:002012-01-20T14:44:36.941-05:00Hi 60- I've never turned a bowl, but I've ...Hi 60- I've never turned a bowl, but I've emptied a few.<br /><br />Hi Thud- My money's on you. <br /><br />Hello John- Thanks for reading and commenting. <br /><br />For those of you in the audience that are flatlanders and straphangers, <a href="http://www.fraryforcongress.com/" rel="nofollow">John is a local celebrity/politician/raconteur. </a>SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-91938598800821793582012-01-20T05:07:16.663-05:002012-01-20T05:07:16.663-05:00My father, grand-father, great-grandfather, uncle ...My father, grand-father, great-grandfather, uncle Hubert and great-uncle Ned all had wood-turning mills and I worked intermittently at Frary Wood-turning between ages 12 and 22. My experience with hand lathes was lest restful to tell the truth, although the spindle lathe and automatic lathes were usually so regular in operation that I could memorize German vocabulary while running them.John Fraryhttp://fraryhomecompanion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-82466700294531717352012-01-20T04:30:51.499-05:002012-01-20T04:30:51.499-05:00It would be nice to think that some of us could co...It would be nice to think that some of us could continue such a work ethic, one can but try.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-24627646680064494522012-01-19T07:44:45.400-05:002012-01-19T07:44:45.400-05:00I have turned over 1,000 bowls in the last six yea...I have turned over 1,000 bowls in the last six years. Couldn't turn a spindle to save my life. Next, I always say, next year I will learn to use a skew. <br /><br />I am on a roll - next year!The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.com