Starting to Turn

I recently became fascinated with the art of taking a chunk of wood, mounting it on a machine, setting it to spinning rapidly, then placing a sharp object in its path in an attempt to dismember this chunk of wood and maybe, just maybe, coming up with something interesting and useful in the end. I am, of course, talking about wood turning. If you have never seen it, here is a very brief example:



This is simply somebody roughing out a piece of timber and turning something square into something round.

I will add more information as I get more into this and learn. Remember: I don't even qualify as a rank amateur wood turner. Not yet.