greetings from oregon

mikemarkvii · Post by **mikemarkvii** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:42 am

hi all,
I just registered sso I thought I should introduce myself. I am Mike, in the mid Willamette valley, and have Mark VII's with bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, and jigsaw. I've been a lurker for a long while and have learned a lot, this is by far the most active and educational ss group that I know about. I finally broke down and reggistered in order to see the photos of dusty's micro adjust. Very good idea.

mike

kalynzoo · Post by **kalynzoo** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:16 am

Welcome to the site. I too find it informative, and reassuring. Reassuring because its good to see that other people are perfectionists in their work, yet can accept a radical design change when needed. I love Oregon, hope to make it up that way again this year, I'm almost out of Myrtlewood. Really like working with it, as it has a deep random grain, polishes well, and works well in intrasia. I have one piece hidden that I want to turn, right after I take a refresher on wood turning this summer. Again welcome...Gary, Northridge, CA

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:49 am

mikemarkvii wrote:hi all,
I just registered sso I thought I should introduce myself. I am Mike, in the mid Willamette valley, and have Mark VII's with bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, and jigsaw. I've been a lurker for a long while and have learned a lot, this is by far the most active and educational ss group that I know about. I finally broke down and reggistered in order to see the photos of dusty's micro adjust. Very good idea.

mike

Mike!
Not many Mark VII's around I guess. I am looking forward to your input. Doesn't the Mark VII have the ability to pivot up on both ends?

paulmcohen · Post by **paulmcohen** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:52 am

kalynzoo wrote:Welcome to the site. I too find it informative, and reassuring. Reassuring because its good to see that other people are perfectionists in their work, yet can accept a radical design change when needed. I love Oregon, hope to make it up that way again this year, I'm almost out of Myrtle-wood. Really like working with it, as it has a deep random grain, polishes well, and works well in intrasia. I have one piece hidden that I want to turn, right after I take a refresher on wood turning this summer. Again welcome...Gary, Northridge, CA

If you ever see a class by Bob Tuck take it, he turned Myrtlewood commercially on the Oregon Coast for over 40 years. He retired at least 15 years ago and now teaches turning around Oregon. He always demonstrates Myrtlewood and lets people try turning his samples.

Last course my son and I took from him my son made a pepper mills out of Myrtlewood that he provided. The classes were $30-$50 for the afternoon and we spend 90% of the time turning with his guidance. The first two courses were taught on eight Shopsmith lathes, more recently the place he teaches switched to mini-Jet and small Delta lathes.

paulmcohen · Post by **paulmcohen** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:54 am

mikemarkvii wrote:hi all,
I just registered sso I thought I should introduce myself. I am Mike, in the mid Willamette valley, and have Mark VII's with bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, and jigsaw. I've been a lurker for a long while and have learned a lot, this is by far the most active and educational ss group that I know about. I finally broke down and reggistered in order to see the photos of dusty's micro adjust. Very good idea.

mike

Greeting, hope to see you at the Portland Shopsmith class the last week of the month.

mikemarkvii · Post by **mikemarkvii** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:08 am

a1gutterman wrote:Mike!
Not many Mark VII's around I guess. I am looking forward to your input. Doesn't the Mark VII have the ability to pivot up on both ends?

Yes, the mark VII pivots both ends. I personally have never used the shaper mode [upside down from drill press] but it is a joy to pivot into drill press. Once I forgot about the jointer being attached [well ok I knew but wanted to try anyhow] and was surprised how easy it was. Downside is that the end is much closer to the floor and so does not have as much height capacity as other models. That has never been a problem however as most wood being drilled is less than 6 inches tall.

mike

mikemarkvii · Post by **mikemarkvii** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:10 am

paulmcohen wrote:Greeting, hope to see you at the Portland Shopsmith class the last week of the month.

I didnot know about the class. Where can I find more info?

mike

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:12 am

mikemarkvii wrote:I didnot know about the class. Where can I find more info?

mike

Here is one place that you can check: http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthread.htm?t=1609

boomer503 · Post by **boomer503** » Sat May 10, 2008 12:08 pm

Hi Mike,

I have had a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now and gotta say it's great. I too just desided to register today.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sat May 10, 2008 2:41 pm

boomer503 wrote:Hi Mike,

I have had a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now and gotta say it's great. I too just desided to register today.

boomer503,
Glad you joined us. Where do you hail from?

edit: I see you are from Beaverton, OR, John ( from another thread). Thanks for letting us know!