In my brief time in this group it seems there are far more end grain (platters, bowls and other hollow vessels) than there are center/"spindle" turners.
Anyone have an educated guess as to the mix in the group?
charlie b
I suppose the truth is that all of us do both, from time to time, and more or less. But most of us also do most of the platter, dish, bowl, urn, closed-form thing, and, I think you are right, there are fewer who do mainly the spindle thing.
To give numbers can never be anything but guessing, since there, to my knowledge, is no research done on this question. I almost hope I am wrong about this.
Bjarte
Spindles for dough -- and bowls for show...
No guess, but some of us even turn between centers for 90% of a bowl. Not sure whether that indicates a spindle turning or just a cowardly turner.
Sounds right to me. I'd never attempt to make a living making bowls (more power to the guys that do) but stairway spindles seem like a cash cow for a guy with a replicator. Bowls are funner to make and talk about, so they get a lot of press here. Odds are the guys running spindles all day do it as a job, and don't care to jaw about it after work.
I don't make drop spindles, pens, or Christmas ornaments anymore, but I turn tons of weedpots and hollow forms plus a few bowls. The weed pots are spindle turning and so are most of the hollow forms.
-mike paulson, fort collins, co
====================================== George, It's only considered cowardly until the first bowl hits you in the face (you weren't wearing one of those cowardly face masks, were you?) Pain changes attitudes! {:-0
Ken Moon Webberville, TX.
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