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Harrison Richards

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Jan 29^th, 2010 at 10:44pm

Hey Guys
I joined the forum a couple days ago and I just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a high school student living in central texas and I live on a property surrounded by juniper wood. Wood and woodworking has always fascinated me, but my actual woodworking was fairly infrequent. Recently I learned about turning, and since then I've been hooked. I only got my lathe (a dinky Shop Fox W1704) a couple days ago, but I've been reading as much as I can on turning from books and the internet (hence my interest in the forum). Today was my first day ever on the lathe, and I spent about two hours today getting used to tools on juniper blanks and then creating a small project. So here it is, an arbitrary chess piece ( sorry for the poor photo quality, taken with my mom's cellphone)

All the best
Harrison Richards

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JimQuarles WR Addict WR Patron Offline WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 13,194 Glendale, AZ Arizona USA Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #1 - Jan 29^th, 2010 at 11:48pm Welcome to the vortex. There is no escape. JimQuarles
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David Hamann WR Administrator WR Patron Offline papadave Posts: 5,701 Pasco WA Washington USA Gender: Jet 1014VSI	Re: Intro Reply #2 - Jan 29^th, 2010 at 11:59pm glad to have you here. lots of fun and LOTS of great knowledge.
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Chuck Beland WR Addict Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12,873 Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #3 - Jan 30^th, 2010 at 5:06am Welcome Harrison to the funny farm & here's your T-shirt. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,675 Drums Pennsylvania USA PM 3520	Re: Intro Reply #4 - Jan 30^th, 2010 at 8:09am Welcome Harris, Are you planning on making a complete chess set?
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James Barley Junior Member Offline Posts: 27 Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #5 - Jan 30^th, 2010 at 10:46am Hi Harrison, nice looking first attempt. I remember back when I first started, my wife referred to my early pieces as "custom designed firewood".
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Jim Killen WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 504 NYC New York USA Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #6 - Jan 30^th, 2010 at 11:33am Welcome Harrison. Based on your age, the content of your signature line, and the quality of your very first attempt, I'd say we have a master turner in the making! I look forward to watching you progress.
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leo Makepeace WR Addict Offline Posts: 1,367 Lanzarote Spain Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #7 - Jan 30^th, 2010 at 2:26pm What Jim said. Welcome but watch out for Chuck, he eats ALL of our cookies.
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TomTunget WR Addict Offline Praise God for creativity! Posts: 1,138 CaveCreek, AZ Arizona USA Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #8 - Jan 30^th, 2010 at 7:40pm Welcome to the site Harrison. I can't wait to see the things to come from your shop. If you can join a turning club or get a mentor to guide you, you'll cut years off the learning curve. Watching the videos here is also a great resource!
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Bill Bolen WR Addict Offline Missouri turner Posts: 1,064 Eureka Missouri USA	Re: Intro Reply #9 - Jan 31^st, 2010 at 10:25am Welcome aboard! You will enjoy yourself here. From the looks of your posted pic you are learning tool control at a good pace.Looking forward to your coming pic's...Bill..
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ddt frederick holsclaw WR Addict Offline beam me up scotty Posts: 705 earth i think (aka lathekiller South Carolina USA Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #10 - Feb 4^th, 2010 at 6:32am there are no dinky lathes, only two types of lathe here. the one you own or the one you want . welcome to the dark side as leo said watch out for darth chuck
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Chuck Beland WR Addict Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12,873 Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #11 - Feb 4^th, 2010 at 7:16pm ddt frederick holsclaw wrote on Feb 4^th, 2010 at 6:32am: as leo said watch out for darth chuck Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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JimQuarles WR Addict WR Patron Offline WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 13,194 Glendale, AZ Arizona USA Gender:	Re: Intro Reply #12 - Feb 5^th, 2010 at 12:52am And that is his girl friend. JimQuarles
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