Trying to BOWL us over?

Oh man is it that bad? Cut me some slack, Im 15 and its my 3rd one! How many 9th graders you know can do that?

Why is this thread important? I'll tell you why. Because a beginner asked it. That's why. The old saying "The only dumb question is the one that's not asked" is very true, especially here. The beginner's forum here on RCU is here to answer questions that beginners may have as they get started in the hobby. One of the things that we do here is to try to never make the person feel like their question was silly or stupid, because it's not. Another thing that we try to do here is to not tell people to go "search" the thread for the answer because it has been asked before. This turns people off in a hurry, trust me. Instead the regulars here in this thread will answer the same question with the answer, no matter how many times they have answered the same question in the past. This is just part of what we do here to try and help people get started in this hobby. We try to make people feel comfortable and find the answer to the questions they may have. If you feel like this is a silly question then that of course is your right, but please don't try to make other feel dumb because they asked the question. If it's a silly question for you then this may not be the right thread for you to "hang out" in.

Oh, and for the actual question at hand. It is important because almost every student I have taught in the past 8 or 9 years has asked the same exact question. My answer? I teach both, use what you feel comfortable with.

Ken

Whoa Ken slow down.

I was under the impression that CGRetired was not a beginer. I just figured he was bord, like me. Im not slamming beginners or anything, If they like thumbs or pinch it doesn't matter, why would they ask that? it is strictly a matter of what you like, right? Never mind.

It's a nice bowl and now you know to keep your hands out of the way of machinery. Cheap lesson really, some people lose their entire hand or leg learning it. OK, enough grossness.

ive been doing a bit of metalworking in my dads workshop (lathes, mills e.t.c.) but i still refuse to use angle grinders, they scare me i leave the workshop if my dad starts using one...

ANYWAY Back on topic before i get a slap from the mods

having rather small hands but long fingers i prefer using Thumbs on the top of the sticks as i am used to not using a neck strap (its hard using the pinch method and holding the TX) but if you are confident in using it and it is comfortable for you then i cant see why either method is better than the other

PARADOX! [X(]

If I snapped your head off I do apologize, it's been a heck of a day. The Beginner's forums has a lot of regulars that come in here and spend countless hours helping beginner's here. We get a bit protective. Every now and then we will get somebody come in and tell a beginner that their question is "stupid", and that beginner may go away with bad taste in their mouth. So we are real protective in here when something like that happens. After you posted that I did receive messages from a couple of guys commenting about it. We try to make sure that we help everybody that comes in here and asks questions. If you were joking I do apologize for snapping at you. Sometimes it's hard to tell when somebody is joking until you get to know them better.

Ken

Ken does make a good point, and we are all friends here arent we?

its kinda like one big happy... slightly messed up family... Group hug! ^_^ (hugs RCKen)

Group hug?? [:'(][:'(]

Definitely [:'(]!!!! Bruce didn't use deodorant this morning!!!!! [X(]

Ken

no group hug?

ok, how bout BIG MANLY GROUP HUG?

cus, you know... we are big and muscley...

Is that supposed to be used every week? Think of the expense.

BIG MANLY GROUP HUG = Oxymoron

We are???

Ken

I knew I should never have given you that picture.

If you didn't want your picture out there you should have never starred in the movie with Tom!!!

Ken

He begged me. Said he couldn't pull it off without my help.

Well, that and the football was already booked on another job!!!!

Ken