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[[File:Logs.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Logs which will become pulleys]] | [[File:Logs.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Logs which will become pulleys]] | ||
[[File:Marked log.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Log on a spinning lathe, turned round and with widths penciled on]] | [[File:Marked log.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Log on a spinning lathe, turned round and with widths penciled on]] | ||
[[File:Lathe learning.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|The lips are too fragile for this beginner | [[File:Lathe learning.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|The lips are too fragile for this beginner]] | ||
[[File:Stack of pulleys.jpg|thumb|301x301px|Eventual progress]] | [[File:Stack of pulleys.jpg|thumb|301x301px|Eventual progress]] | ||
Like any sincerely amateur hobbyist, I started with the funnest part: pulleys. Through window shopping I saw that pulleys would add up to at least a hundred bucks, so I decided to buy a wood lathe for 200 instead, and learn how to turn the pulley rollers.<ref>If you're reading for lathe tips, I enjoyed Frank Pain's book "Practical Woodturner". If you haven't looked into woodturning, its demonstration videos are a genre rich with great content and eccentric narrators.</ref> I lack a shop at the moment so I "rent" storage under a basement table and awkwardly carry the machine upstairs in its deteriorating styrofoam box. First world problems, you could say. But after making the first few into firewood, my pulleys eventually came out okay! | Like any sincerely amateur hobbyist, I started with the funnest part: pulleys. Through window shopping I saw that pulleys would add up to at least a hundred bucks, so I decided to buy a wood lathe for 200 instead, and learn how to turn the pulley rollers.<ref>If you're reading for lathe tips, I enjoyed Frank Pain's book "Practical Woodturner". If you haven't looked into woodturning, its demonstration videos are a genre rich with great content and eccentric narrators.</ref> I lack a shop at the moment so I "rent" storage under a basement table and awkwardly carry the machine upstairs in its deteriorating styrofoam box. First world problems, you could say. But after making the first few into firewood, my pulleys eventually came out okay! | ||