So there I was, working away in my workshop (the garage) on a beast of a piece of beech. A bowl blank of 17" diameter x 8" deep (43cm x20cm) with punky, spalted timber down one side and granite-like timber on the other, making it massively out of balance, so my Record Maxi was just about coping at a speed of 250rpm. Turning was slow and after 2 1/2 hours, the outside was shaped and the inside was almost finished as 58lb of timber was reduced to a fraction of its former self. My arms and my shoulders were aching and there came a tap on the door. It was the man from Argos delivering some white-goods. He opened the back door of the lorry, his mate carried the item to the door and his other mate asked me for a signature. So, while I was slaving away, there were three hefty blokes being paid to deliver one slimline dish-washer....great!
Then came the final insult! The driver peeped into the workshop and asked,
'So what do you do in there',
'Ah', I said, 'I do a bit of wood turning'.
'So you make ornaments, then' came the response.
Grrrr! I'll buy from Currys next time.
Les
