What do you hate the most about turning?

Power sanding...

Peter Teubel

>I have the lathe running (although my new one is whisper-quiet), the drill buzzing, dust collector howling, and the air cleaner droning. All the while I'm wrapped up in a smock, respirator, and ear protectors. I feel like I'm in a quarantine ward.

Stopping

Ron in Drums PA

>Wish I had more time to turn.

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

MP Wall

>Sanding!!!!!!!!!!! Oh to have the tool control to be able to reduce sanding. MP Wall

Sharpening

Jim Shaver - Oakville, Ontario

>Hi,

I have to say sharpening, I'd rather be turning!

Take care,

Jim

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

ruth in So. Cal

>The high cost of everything. Why should a chuck be almost $300?

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

Dick Hines

>Only having 3 hours a day to turn.

Re: Hate?? Absolutely nothing.

Russ Fairfield

>It's all a part of the process.

Yes, me too ...

Fred in NC

>Paying more for a chuch than I paid for my Jet Mini! Supernova2, adaptor, jaws, about $300 !!!

And that is because I don't want to change the jaws back and forth in my Nova chuck. And the two levers are getting the best of me.

Nuttin honey

Bart Rhoads

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Turning dry wood...

steve antonucci

>Love everything about fresh cut shavings flying, the smell of birch or cherry sap, the cool spray.

Hate the small, dusty chips, the dull tools, the hot stream of wood burning my hands, and the wood chips that find there way under my faceshield and into my mouth...

Why can't dry wood be more like wet wood...?

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

John K Jordan

>>Changing chuck jaws! It's enough to make me

>want a chuck for each set of jaws! LOL

That's exactly what I discovered the day I came home with a Supernova. I'm at five chucks now and hope to get a couple more of the new version. Not stopping to change jaws each time is worth the cost to me. They are a little pricey, though, so I try to buy them on sale.

I have very little time to turn at the moment (spent much of the weekend in the garden, 3 hours on the tractor after work today!) but when I have time there's not much I don't enjoy. I even enjoy the sanding, especially by hand (it's a zen thing). I feel much closer to the wood, almost as close as carving. When I started turning I had a guy tell me he absolutely hated sanding - and guess what, you could tell by looking at his turnings! Ack. That's when I decided I was going to learn to enjoy the sanding whether I felt like it or not! (BTW, I have experimented with completing turnings with zero sanding, smoothing with curved cabinet scrapers instead of sandpaper - results have been encouraging.)

JKJ in East TN

Re: Yes, me too ...

Don Henthorn

>I still like glue blocks. Of course I am a hobby not a professional turner.

Sanding

Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine

>Carole,

There are two things I hate , not just in turning but woodwork in general,

Sanding, big offender.

Finishing with stuff that is very bad to breathe and it may even burn your sop down, the other big ofender.

Cleaning up and other chores around I can live with

Jorge

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Molly Winton

>I don't like changing chuck jaws either, that's why I have six vicmarks (and want two more!). While not turning, but turning related, I hate how, no matter what I try, I can't find a way to prevent smoke from getting in my face and inhaled when I burn my pieces. It gives me raging sinus infections, and chest congestion.

Important note: I may have solved it yesterday by using a respirator. Not fashionable, or super comfortable, but a better alternative to lung cancer!!

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JanManuel

>Ever notice how "splintery" oak shavings are when you spindle turn it? There is nothing quite so unpleasant as those splinters down your shirt on a hot day............................

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

TomW In SouthJersey

>1 - Vacuuming after roughing big bowls. I filled 6 lawnsize trash bags in the past 10 days. I'm in the neat freak club and vacuum after every session.

2 - Trying to get pieces re-centered after swapping pieces in the chuck (only own 2 chucks)

3 - Not that it happens to me but it must be disappointing for those that hollow through the bottom of a piece.

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John Lucas

>I love almost everything. Proper sanding and finishing produces beautiful work. Sharp tools are fantastic to use so I sharpen often. I love the mechanical mechanisms of the chucks so changing jaws is fun. I do own several but it's just so I can speed up certain processes.

What do I hate. Getting shavings in my eyes. I turn mostly small stuff so I don't wear a shield. I do wear glasses but every once in a while I get a piece in my eye anyway.

I hate not having any time to turn. It's so frustrating to design a project and haave it take a few weeks to finish.

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

Carole in VA

>Funny you should mention that, Jan. I was practicing on a very dry white oak spindle the other day and it was most unpleasant! LOL Think I will find another practice wood!

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

Lan Brady

>I wanted to add something to this list but I cannot. Everytime I think of something to hate, I realize it is just another challenge to find a better solution. This stuff is great!

Lan

Re: What do you hate the most about turning?

JL

>Nothing really. A bad day turning, even with catches, cracks and bowls launching off the lathe is better than almost anything.

me too

Carles, in Barcelona

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Applying finish

Terry Quiram, Roanoke Illinois

>I still haven't found a process to apply a finish that I am satisified with. Watco is easy but I don't always want to change the color of the wood.

Chuck Jaws

tek-Brunswick, Ohio

>Do you change the jaws with the chuck on or off of the lathe? I changed mine with the chuck off of the lathe for over a year and found it tedious. One day I swapped out the jaws with the chuck on the lathe. I engage the spindle lock so the chuck doesn�t rotate. I like doing it that way much better and I change the jaws faster that way. Now my jaw key hangs on my tool rack within easy reach of the lathe. Catches in hollowing are my least favorite part of turning. Thankfully those are getting farther apart.

Answering the questions...

Raymond Overman in SC

>What is it? What do you use that for? What's that? Is that a cat food dish? Why is that priced so high? Will you come down on this a little?

It's funny to me that people who are actively looking at art or crafts to purchase something have to ask how to use a turning I'm selling. I think sometimes we need to screen our customers to make sure they have some vision, some sense, and some cash.

The other thing that irks me is the booth critique. I understand and have no problem with someone that doesn't like my work. I don't even have a problem with them telling me why in private. The idea that three people are looking at my work and someone picks something up and goes into a negative critique of the piece in front of the other two people to make themselves seem like a credible woodturner/collector though infuriates me to no end. I've only had this happen once, but it was enough.