Hi From S Staffs.

[steve w]

Thank you for the replies and advice it is appreciated, the show looks interesting but i am working this weekend, i think your right a bit of training or help from a turner is what i need, so i thank you for your reccommendations, steve

[woodndesign]

Hi Steve,

You've close, if but the other side of the M6 to me, there's a sign at the lights off the A5 for Four Ashes or on the A449.

If it's to take tuition there's a more local chap: http://steveheeley.co.uk/ .. He attends most of the Clubs & Events and specializes in all aspects of turning.

A date for your diary and an Event again closer is in May 15th/16th which is Woodworks@Daventry: http://www.tudor-rose-turners.co.uk/page36.html ... one very good, not to be missed Show.  Chance to see and meet not only Fellow Turners; but Suppliers as well.

Cheers  David

[Graham]

If it's to take tuition there's a more local chap: http://steveheeley.co.uk/ .. He attends most of the Clubs & Events and specializes in all aspects of turning.

Cheers  David

Just being pedantic but how can you specialise in all aspects ? ( sorry, not had me morning cuppa yet )

[TONY MALIN]

Good question.
I think the answer is that it draws a distinction of one activity against another. Carpentry for example.

[Eric Harvey]

after woodturning for around eight yrs,I thought I was getting quite good at it,then I joined my first club and found I wasn`t really after all,using the tools wrong etc,not sanding well enough,but they were very good at pointing me in the right direction,so when you feel able to post some of your work online,don`t be afraid,people will help you with advice etc;the same as they do at clubs,online forums for the most part are a good place to see what`s out there,oh and if you can get some back copies of woodturning magazine,they`ve just done/still doing, a series on how to use tools with close up pics of entry points of the turning and directions of cut etc;or if you can borrow some of the mags of a fellow woodturner in your area,it will be a good start,cheers,

Eric.

[steve w]

Thanks Eric, Steve

[woodndesign]

If it's to take tuition there's a more local chap: http://steveheeley.co.uk/ .. He attends most of the Clubs & Events and specializes in all aspects of turning.

Cheers  David

Just being pedantic but how can you specialise in all aspects ? ( sorry, not had me morning cuppa yet )

May have been better too have said 'Turn his hand to most things' .. Call me Old School, everyone really needs to understand the basics, which is where we all start, we can and do go then into following a particular path or developing a given form.