I was put on the lathe at the age of six at my father's shop near Bolinas. I probably spent twenty years turning before I ever made a piece of furniture. I think turning is my main love. I just like small exquisite looking objects . I sold my first wood turning at age eight and I cried because I thought dad sold it too cheap! Fifteen years ago, I built my own lathe at my small house near Mt Tamalpais above Mill Valley. I have eighty stairs to my home so I built my lathe on site from the pillow blocks on up. It is strictly an end lathe for turning massive bowls. It was always a dream of mine to turn wood out in the forest. I remember one time finding this amazing manzanita root burl on Mt Tamalpais. I put it on the lathe. I cut into it with what I thought were wood chips flying everywhere. But to my surprise the whole inside burl was one huge red ant nest!!!
