Why Didn't Someone Warn Me?

[Uncle Cracker]

We did warn you... Just run a search for "slippery slope", and you'll see many such warnings, a good portion of which are attributed to turning.

[LinuxRandal]

These people are going to try to sell you their old tools, while they upgrade, or some exotic piece of wood, to feed THEIR addictions.

[Richard in Smithville]

Turning certainly is an addiction. I love the fact that you can start something and have it off the lathe and in your hands in a short time. It also doesn't help when everyone else keeps telling you just how nice it looks.

[dbhost]

Over the past three months I started several threads asking for advice on woodturning lathes, turning tools, etc. Why didn't someone warn me that this would lead to an addiction? You guys are to blame for all my money disappearing as I add new tools, face plates, live centers, etc. My name is Richard, and, yes I am a woodturning addict. PS Could I borrow just one small piece of wood from someone so that I can continue turning? I no longer have enough money to buy any wood. Just one more piece of wood, that's all I need.

That is the beautiful part of turning... Most of what has ended up on my lathe, has come from neighbor's (or my own) tree care trimming, or blowdown from storms... I have yet to chuck up anything I paid money for unless you count a messed up cutoff of a cedar 4x4 fence post... And that was going to end up in the trash anyway...

[phrog]

Over the past three months I started several threads asking for advice on woodturning lathes, turning tools, etc. Why didn't someone warn me that this would lead to an addiction? You guys are to blame for all my money disappearing as I add new tools, face plates, live centers, etc. My name is Richard, and, yes I am a woodturning addict. PS Could I borrow just one small piece of wood from someone so that I can continue turning? I no longer have enough money to buy any wood. Just one more piece of wood, that's all I need.