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- From: fkilpatr@afit.af.mil (Freeman A. Kilpatrick)
- Subject: Re: Roy Underhill is a good turner. Norm ain't.
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:22:29 GMT
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- tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom Perigrin) writes:
-
- >This was in distinct contrast to watching Norm Abhrams hacking at a lathe
- >on The New Yankee Powertool Advertising Show a few months ago. Norm
- >used scraping cuts, and basically abused the wood into shape. He really
- >didn't know what he was doing.
-
- >For those of you who want to learn how to turn, buy the Richard Raffin tape
- >from FWW, or watch Underhill. But for heavens sake, don't learn from Norm.
-
- I really like Norm, and he is probably partially responsible for getting
- me into woodworking (hey, that looks easy! ;)), but I have to agree with
- you here. From watching Norm, I got the impression that all turning was
- done with a duplicating jig. I never realized there was really an art
- to it until I read Raffin's book and saw his tape. They are both
- excellent for learning turning. Now if I can just get the hang of that
- skew chisel.... Alas, Richard Raffin, just like Norm, makes it look too
- easy.
- --
- Alex Kilpatrick fkilpatr@afit.af.mil
- "There are also persistant rumors that IBM will soon offer a hard-disk drive,
- an expensive accessory that only a businessman would want..."
- --- Popular Computing, December 1981
-