Bob Przybylski

July 2007

July 2007

I got my first lathe 20 – 30 years ago.  It wasn’t the best lathe but it did what I needed, which was primarily furniture legs and the occasional candle stick.  I first realized that there was more to turning than furniture legs when I attended the Miami Lakes Art Show and saw Jerry Remillard’s booth.  I was blown away by the pieces he had created and displayed.  Especially the Norfolk Island Pine pieces.  They were so different from the typical dull northern woods.

 A couple years went by and about 4 years ago I bought a great new lathe and joined GCWT.  I enjoy all aspects of turning.  I think solid wood turning is more fun than segmented turning, but I seem to spend a lot more time on the segmented turning.

 I’ve done quite a bit of other woodworking over the years.  I even made most of the furniture in my house.  It seems I don’t do much woodworking other than turning these days, but I still apply all the skills I learned over the years to create my finished turnings.

In addition to turning, I enjoy Choral singing.  My wife Charlene and I are full time Florida residents.  I moved to Florida from Milwaukee 10 years ago.  I grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and I worked in the food business my whole career.  I started out working for Borden’s in Wisconsin.  I took a job with Farm Stores in Florida and I subsequently went to work for the Florida State Department of Agriculture until I retired.

I have 3 daughters (all living outside Florida) and 3 grandsons.  My grandsons are showing real promise as turners and they look forward to grandpa’s turning challenges.  So far we’ve made weedpots, candlesticks and most recently pens.

 I really love being a part of GCWT.  The variety of designs and great ideas presented are each meeting are a continual inspiration.

  1/8/2007