I watch videos and read blogs all the time of other woodworkers turning bowls, spindles, and big tree trunks into everything. I've seen the tree trunks turned into unique speakers, and small maple limbs turned into drumsticks. I love watching these videos. I learn so much from watching. Lately I have been researching tool care. Sharpening lathe knives and care for the motor and bearings on the lathe is essential for proper turning. Learning about the different knives is also very important.
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Of course there will be hiccups and mistakes made on the work pieces and each piece is unique so none were an exact match to the original, but they were all 99% exact. I didn’t have a stencil attachment to use so it was all done freehand. To me, freehanding gives each piece its own unique characteristics. In that, it makes each piece one of a kind. Antiques are perfect examples of this. 100 years ago there weren’t very many stenciles to make multiple pieces of furniture or spindles from and they all match 100% to the rest. Each piece was made individually and had its own characteristics. Yes, each was one in a group but still unique due to its own flaws in the wood or cut or chisel mark. To know that someone 100 years ago touched this piece in my hand right now is mind blowing. Someone in a workshop made this piece that is still solid and still holds up to anything manufactured now is astounding. That is real quality workmanship. That maker put his heart and sould into making things and I’m holding one of many pieces in my hand. It’s amazing.