"Education is important, but wood turning is importanter."
1. Learning takes place over time, and RISK is part of learning. Bicycles, skateboards, driving, ladders, tools. One cannot expect a first time turning to be perfect in every detail. The first objective is to get a successful outcome, enjoyment, and praise. Then one learns to do things better and better every time.
2. We did, actually, start off by tying up her hair, and we also went out to buy a pair of gloves that fitted her.
3. If you can't say something in a nice way, say nothing at all.
4. Praise in public, censure privately.
5. Your comments are more likely to get Holly and me to stop turning than to start turning, or start turning more safely.
I paraphrase your comment:
The video is great because it achieves success in turning a perfect sphere, and two good boxes with lids, and the turning jig is used to turn concave and convex curves. It shows how we all start out: We achieve our first and most notable successes when we know nothing about what we are doing. Clearly woodturning is much more importanter than education, especially when we start out the first time.
The video caused me alarm, I felt like a parent letting go of the bicycle, or the parent giving the car keys to a 17 year old who runs on an overdose of testosterone. I saw loose hair, rings on the finger, a bangle loose on the wrist, inappropriate tool use (the list goes on), but I also saw that education was coming gradually, brand new gloves appear, a plain rubber band is pressed into service to tie up the loose hair, and the safety glasses are in place. If I were old and miserable I would say that's no way to turn safely and I feel that it has no place in a responsible video for others to learn from or to be inspired by. As it is, I am delighted to contribute by welcoming another raw beginner, and to give full and wholesome praise for a fine and beautiful product that has been produced. Well done!
I would like to comment on the photos, but they are not visible to me. I see that this is the first time you have tried to post a message, and to link a video, and to attach photos. Clearly this is not easy, because I see that there is a whole discussion on the subject of photos not uploading. I hope that you manage to overcome all the difficulties you face, and please let me know if I can help.
