I have been doing other woodworking for the best 5 yrs. and had seen so many beautiful turnings posted on A.B.P.W that I thought I would like to learn to do it. I decided to take a class at the local Woodcraft in both spindle and bowl turning. It really helped (I still need a lot more practice) to learn from and experienced turning. It also helped reading many of the posting here. I took the advice and go the set of tools for spindle turning from Harbor Freight and bowl turning from Penn State. They are good tools and have been great to practice my sharpening skills. I need to turn a few more small bowls that SWMBO likes and then maybe I can justify a better lathe, chucks, and more time away from the kids.
Please checkout the pictures (alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking) and give me some feedback.
Thanks, John