bulging biceps!

Hmmmmmmmm...............hard to say..............but, look at your knuckles. Are they white? If so, relax grip.

Barry

Temporary hypertrophy. A week off and you'll be fine.

Of course some, according to my daughter, like a muscled female.

"moggy" wrote

You're probably gripping the tools too hard and not relaxing in general. As your technique improves you'll find that VERY little force is involved in controlling the tools. OTOH, if you're worried about asymmetry, I'll send you a plane and you can build up your forearms. %-) Dave in Fairfax

Some guys like women with muscles! I think this is just a normal part of using your tools, lifting the wood onto the lathe, etc. Here in the states, we call it exercise. Whenever I feel the urge to exercise, I lay on the couch with a bag of chips until the feeling passes ;-)

Alex

I heard that! I've an index finger on my right hand as big as my thumb from rolling the mouse wheel thru all these messages.

Kat,

When you find out what causes it please let us know. I would like to get my biceps to bulge a little.

Don

I know the feeling. I used to lift weights, but I found them to be too heavy...

;)

Peter Teubel Milford, MA

Driving a truck is a good cure for that too. I have forearms like Popeye.

I have incredible definition in my calves as well. They just look *great*.

Unfortunately, the rest of me is Jell-O. Or maybe Pillsbury. Maybe turning will improve *my* shape.

Especially after I get done cutting up all that apple, cherry, and pear. My boy almost took his head off with his snow board, so I seized the opportunity to clear out a nice sled run by sawing off all the low branches on Mom's trees. Especially the branches that looked big enough to turn into something. ;)

Pear for recorders maybe? That's a project that's definitely on the near side of my someday list. Recorders, or maybe straight bore diatonic flutes, which would probably be much easier to make.

I'm well aware that being a driver is good for calves and forearms, unfortunately it's hard on your back and gut. DAMHIKT I was thinkin' more Stay-Puft. Apple is pretty, but it cracks really badly, pear is pretty, but doesn't have a lot of grain, although crotchwood comes out nice. Have fun though, worst case you have mulch and firewood. Dave in Fairfax

My almost-16-year-old son calls me "doughboy", pokes me in the tummy, and says "woo-hoo". Somewhat unjustified, as I'm 5'9" and about 170#. I let it slide, though: he hasn't given me one-tenth the sh*t that I had given my father by the time I was his age. A little teasing about the ten or so extra pounds I carry around is a small price to pay for the joy and pride he brings.

I tell him, "Hey, I'm in shape. 'Round' is a shape."

I also tell him we'll see what he looks like when he's 45. Hope I'm there to see it.

-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

Use your tools with a short non-armbrace handle and you'll learn the deathgrip! ;)

Don

Lucky he ain't my kid. I'm waiting for the day one of my sons tries that, so I can have justification for tossing him across the room like a beanie baby. Hope your boy isn't too much bigger than you. OTOH, my dad, who is

6' and 180#, decided that it wasn't worth the medical bills when either of his two boys (I'm the smaller one at 6' and 285#) picked on him. I love my dad. :)

Both of my boys have seen me pick up a 500-pound sawlog on one shoulder and walk it across the yard. My wife tells me that they're scared of me.....

well it is partially due to a hormone imbalance that makes me lay down muscle at the thought of exercise

I'm 5'10" and 195#. I think I have you beat in the dough department.

I'm on the tightest notch of the belt I got last year though. I've had to go four notches tighter, but all that probably means is the leather is stretching. :)

I gave my dad hell about his hair. I'm starting to notice that my brain is getting taller. Oh joy.

Me too. You and me both, I mean. Got a bit to go. Mine's only nine. :)

Yeah, Stay-Puft... That's about right. Truthfully, more like it, I look just like Hank Hill.

So I should maybe practice basic techniqe on the apple and pear, then try to do something for real with all that maple I have saved up?

That seems like a plan.

I think I know you. You're the guy I used to work with at that bar... Remember me? I made a bad joke, and you picked me up with one hand and bashed me against the freezer for 15 minutes, in jest?

If that wasn't you, it must have been your cousin. :)

(That guy always wanted a double cheeseburger for dinner every night. Put it on the grill, two, three, four, turn, two, three four, done. I guess maybe two pounds of luke warm raw meat every day makes a body strong? :)

The bulging biceps problem are the result of your biceps supporting the position of your arms in turning wood. It's inevitable. Why call it a hazard? The biceps will not keep swelling. You will have muscular arms. That's quite attractive for women.

Actually, I think she should just stop carrying the lathe around.... :D

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