Gale Montgomery (aka) Fish
G' day mates, althrough I am not used to the greeting I useally just use "Hello"
The first thing you will notice about me is that I can not spell worth a hoot there is and old proverb I lay use to for this condtion that goes like this" that it is a pretty narrowminded person who cannot find more than one way to spell a word" I make great use of this.
My Main interest in wood working is wood turning I have been turnning since my high school days where I learned the baseics then I had neighabor who was a retired seabe who taught me to think out side of the box when it came to turning and taught me things my shop teacher would have cringed at like useing a hatach for as a turnning tool or making my own tools which I could not afford anyway, My first lathe was made from 2x4 lumber and used car parts my first store bought lathe was a Sears which I still have and use off and on my main swing is a home-made lathe I made back in 2005 the Sears was just not cutting it any more and I was getting into larger pieces and one just dosen't turn a 40lb block of wood at 800rpm without some trouble so I made one, I call it "Big Red" it is 8' long and will turn 4'6" between centers and will swing over 28" over the bed if I had room in my shop I think I might be able to turn 8" off the end I would like to try it someday and try to make table tops. guess thats enough for my first post. Fish.
