Issue 673

Let’s Get Started

I am great at starting projects…amazing really. I just love all the stuff that goes into getting an effort off the ground. But I have a confession to make: as good as I am at starting projects, I am equally bad at finishing them. Now, as an adult, I have the discipline to soldier on and complete my assigned tasks, even if they are self-assigned. But I do not feel a sense of satisfaction at the end of a project. On the other hand, my wife, Mary, gets a real burst of happiness and feelings of goodwill when she buttons up a task. Not so for her husband.

This personality flaw may be one reason I like woodturning so much. Getting started is quick and I can complete a bowl or something like it in a relatively short period of time. In any case, I am guessing I am not the Lone Ranger in this regard. Maybe you can relate, and if so, who are you most like: Mary or me?

Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal

Build Skills by Turning a Sphere

The American Association of Woodturners’ Kip Christensen helps build skills and trains your eye with his technique for turning spheres.

How to Turn Segmented Bowls

Chris Marshall explains the process for creating segmented bowl turning blanks and how to use the Rockler Perfect Miter Setup Blocks.

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