OT, Music:

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Dick Hines

I really like them.

I don't play music in the shop. It keeps me from hearing strange noises coming off the lathe. I have picked up some bad things before they got to bad just by the sound.

Yesterday I was turning a bowl and heard this little click. I stopped the lathe and found the set screw in the spindle lock had worked loose. I have heard other thing, like nails that were in blanks, a crack in a big hollow form. Just name a few.

I am not sure I would have caught them before they caused a bad thing to happen or not.

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Keith tompkins

I don't listen to music while turning, I want no distractions. However, I've been listening to old records lately, and am adding to my vinyl collection. I just picked up City to City by Gerry Rafferty, and Paul Simon Graceland. Other favorites...Leslie West and Mountain, Eagles, Al Stewart.

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robo hippy

Hmm, I can't work without music. For some reason, the only thing I don't hear is the phone. If some thing is wrong with the piece I am turning, I can feel it as much as hear it.

robo hippy

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Jack Guzman from Maine

I have a sirius satellite radio in my shop and keep it tuned to channel 70 which is all blues.Music doesn't distract me, it calms me so I am free to concentrate on my work.---Jack

I almost always have music to keep me.....

JamieDonaldson

...company in the shop. Among favorites is Fourplay, and a lot of good bluegrass groups!

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tomB

I always have music going, either one of the local public supported stations, or Pandora. Keeps me from hearing to the voices in my head....

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Bob Lalonde

Channel 59 for - Willie's Roadhouse. It's on all the time.

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Mike Potts

My favorite while down at the shop


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKP4cfU28vM

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Dale Jablonski

what took you so long!

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Skip Beardsley

Anything bluegrass, my collection, xm. pandora

Skip

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Arthur McViccar

I always have wondered, if the reason I feel I need to have music or some kind of noise in the background is because my mother always had a television on in the house as I was growing up.

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Mike Brazeau

I have all my oldies from Beatles forward on my iPod Touch and iPad. I connect to a Sony Boombox through the microphone input. Varies from time to time what I listen to. Johnny Cash and Elvis Gospel albums, Gord Lightfoot, Abba, classical even Barbara Steisand.

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Gbalock

I almost always have music on, but it's an eclectic mix. My iPod has everything from Beethoven to Zappa. Most of the time, it's radio tuned to 88.5 FM WXPN here in Philly. Commercial free. Hard to beat the World Cafe with David Dye (syndicated nationally).