Failures Prompt Improved Scoop Chuck

My PVC scoop chuck worked well with relatively soft wood, but it couldn't hold maple. Coffee scoops flew around the shop.
Plan B solved that problem permanently.

Just starting out? Learn some basics at
TurnAWoodBowl.com

I learn advanced techniques on YouTube from two masters, one young and one my age, ‪@tomislavtomasicwoodturning‬ and ‪@RichardRaffanwoodturning‬

If you have come over here from Oregon Old Timer
   / oregonoldtimer  
you probably know the story. I made a couple of projects on a wood lathe in junior high school wood shop in the 1950s. I didn't touch a lathe again until 2021. I'd watched a few woodturning videos and got the bug. The prices of new lathes stopped me, but I found a lathe like the one I'd used in junior high at a sale and bought it for $200. That, and a few tools, got me started.
After I had enough experience to have a good idea of what I wanted to turn and what equipment I'd need to do that, I bought a Laguna Revo 12/16 with bed extensions that can also mount low on the left side to allow turning larger bowls. I expect this lathe to serve for the rest of my turning life.

Woodturning is an adventure in learning and creating. It's great fun, even for a beginner.

My other channel: ‪@OregonOldTimer‬

Woodturning products are available on my Etsy shop:
https://ericrushwoodturning.etsy.com

and soon on my website:
https://www.ericrush.com