I’ve been using my fiance’s Cannon camera for the past several months to film the videos for my YouTube Channel since my last camera gave up the ghost and I’ve been a bit concerned that the dusty and vibrating conditions in the shop might damage it but still haven’t gotten a new camcorder to use just for that purpose. This afternoon, I decided to try my new bowl coring system and when I tried setting up the camera it wouldn’t auto-focus. All it would do was make a strange noise but the image remained blurry no matter what I tried. So, before deciding I was going to have to buy an new camera sooner rather than later I went inside the house and tried a different lens, which worked flawlessly. The good news? After reading a couple forums online I found that this isn’t an uncommon issue with this particular lens, it seems the auto-focus mechanism sometimes jams and all I had to do was set it to manual focus and twist the focus ring (which I had already tried but it wouldn’t move and I didn’t want to force it and break something even worse than it already was). After the ring popped loose it began to move freely once again and even better, the auto-focus is working again after returning the lens to auto-focus mode. Fortunately, no need to budget $200 for a new lens!
Once I got the camera sorted I was able to start my first turning with my new bowl coring system. I had to address a few stumbling blocks caused by my lack of knowledge like making sure all the screws holding the knife to the handle as well as the tool rest are absolutely tight but in the end I was successful with my first attempt. I’m very encouraged about using this tool on a regular basis.
I’m not sure about the future of this blog section of the website; the only feedback I’m receiving is annoying SPAM and yesterday alone I was hammered with more than 200 SPAM comments. The time required to review all the comments for approval or disapproval, mark the appropriate comments as SPAM then delete each one, especially when there are few or no legitimate comments effectively offsets the value of maintaining a blog at all. I’ll try a few more posts before making my final decision.
Finally, the video for today’s adventure in the shop should be up as soon as I finish editing and producing it. Check it out at my YouTube channel!
