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Getting started with turning: where do I begin?

copper-clover-72

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amber-lichen-178 more

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

pale-finch-976 more

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

wild-thistle-98

Could you share a photo?

wild-reed-84

pale-finch-97 wrote:

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

copper-rowan-373 more

The official docs are better than they look.

silver-reed-02 more

Small correction, but the point stands.

bright-hazel-921 more

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

late-beech-91

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

gentle-pine-3

The official docs are better than they look.

mossy-moth-22

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

still-sedge-641 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

pale-sparrow-16

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

tidal-thistle-7

The official docs are better than they look.

sunlit-moth-89

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.