Where is everyone?

[American&Proud]

Where is everyone ? This forum seems to be a Ghost town. With the Magazine I thought this place would be a mountain of Information. I do subscribe to the magazine , and like it very much. I'd love to see it become a monthly publication.

I'd also love to see articals designed to help beginning Left hand turners out by left handed turners.

Looking for a Lefty Mentor in my area if anyone was interested?

[Joe Herrmann]

The Chicago AAW club is a active club with plenty of good turners. Have you gotten in touch with that group to see if they have a mentoring program?

Joe

[American&Proud]

I just went to an AAW local chapter on Tuesday night, and joined even before the meeting had started. The Windy City Woodturners. I believe they have 48 members. The meeting was nice, low turnout and was told meetings were smaller during the summer months . So I am hoping to find a mentor there. I will also be joining the AAW itself soon, I am signed onto their forum, woodnets forum,the pen shop forum the I.A.P International Penturners Association. I have 9 turning DVD's and several books on turning. My shop/garage is insulated and is Heated and has AC so anyone mentoring me in my shop can turn in comfort summer or winter.

[Robert Gulley]

A&P
I am a "lefty" turner, but I have learned that I need to be able to turn both right and left-handed. I always teach my students (who are, of course, mostly right-handed) to turn both ways - you just can't do it all in only one direction. What I have found is that we lefties have an advantage - we are usually forced to use our right hand for more things than rh people have to use their left, so learning to do things both ways usually comes easier to us!
This is the time to learn switch-cutting, now when you are a beginner. You will find it opens up a lot of possibilities that others who can't turn both ways just don't have.

Robert