Silver,
I may not have made my point that well, as I was typing in a rush. I wasn't trying to have a dig at people who set their prices ridiulously low, I was more having a dig at anyone who has a dig at them. if you'll pardon the pun, I was turned onto this hobby through my desire to get a lathe to bind cricket bats and save me a ton of work. I've since not made any bats! Turning has kind of taken over. Cricket bats can be infuriating to make, an so can turning, but to me, spinning a lump of wood fast and essentially shoving a big piece of metal into it to create shavings and shapes helps me relax and switch off. It is incredibly therapeutic and I can understand why people do it. After a while, your house/flat fills up with turnings and you need to sell them to make more or to buy more things to make. I guess some people just want to make enough so that they can buy more supplies and aren't interested in profit. I think that throws a lot of people in today's profit-driven, money obsessed society
