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Aaron Harris

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Greetings from Upstate South Carolina
Feb 13^th, 2021 at 9:18pm

Good evening, all-I just started turning last summer. Having come from restoring and rescaling old straight razors, I wanted to make some matching shaving brushes. So I spent most of the last 6 months learning spindle turning on shaving brush handles, duck call bodies, and dozens of pens. I'm now slowly learning to turn bowls. Fortunately, my son and neighbor are arborists, who regularly bring home interesting wood, so I've got plenty of turning stock.

I look forward to learning from and interacting with you experienced turners. Aaron

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Robert Fischer Senior Member Offline Posts: 299 Windham Maine USA Gender: Nova DVR XP	Re: Greetings from Upstate South Carolina Reply #1 - Feb 13^th, 2021 at 9:55pm Welcome! You sound pretty experienced already! I’ve been turning for three years but haven’t done a pen yet.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,939 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Greetings from Upstate South Carolina Reply #2 - Feb 14^th, 2021 at 9:50am Welcome to the Forum Aaron, make yourself at home
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Rick Caron Senior Member Offline So many logs, so little time! Posts: 456 Greer South Carolina USA Gender:	Re: Greetings from Upstate South Carolina Reply #3 - Feb 14^th, 2021 at 10:24am Where in the upstate? I'm live in Greer. I make bowls but have only turned 185 bowls in 6 years.
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Aaron Harris

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Reply #4 - Feb 14^th, 2021 at 10:59am

Thanks for the welcome, all. Robert, I have to admit that I screwed up a significant number of those pens (plus many of the kits are so cheap and fiddly), and don't enjoy pens as much as other turning jobs. 

Rick, I live on the Eastside of Spartanburg, just up I-85 from you. Brittany at Woodcraft in Greenville helped us get set up to start this hobby-I don't know if you ever go there. As for bowls, I have watched about a gazillion videos and learned many hard lessons, but my cuts are slowly getting smoother.

One epiphany for me that I finally internalized was locking the gouge into my torso, locking the tool down on the tool rest, and learning to drive and steer with my body instead of my hands-made all the difference. 

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Glenn Jacobs WR Addict Offline JC L&S Posts: 2,077 North DFW, Texas Texas USA Gender: Powermatic 3520C	Re: Greetings from Upstate South Carolina Reply #5 - Feb 14^th, 2021 at 12:25pm Sounds like your learning. welcome. Glenn J.
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