You're wrong about woodturning not being tractor related. My last woodturning project was to make a clutch alignment tool when I split my tractor.
Congratulations on getting into woodturning. I believe you will find that its the most fun of any woodworking tasks. My first project in woodturning was in high school in 1970 where we turned the legs for foot stools. It was a very simple project but it gave the experience of making four turnings alike. Today mostly what I turn is replacement parts for furniture restoration. I would recommend that you only turn wood between centers until you get some experience before you start something like bowls. If you have access to a soft hardwood like alder, soft maple, walnut or mahogany I think it would be better for you to start with. If you try to use a harder wood like ash or oak you would have more incidents where the tool grabs. I don't go overboard on sharpening tools. Some people hone the tools but they wear down too fast to go to that trouble. I sharpen mine only with a grinder.
I've always recommended that someone learning woodturning find a simple project and build it. It has the effect of focusing your attention on what you are doing right and wrong. If you just stick a piece of scrap wood in the lathe and make shapes you don't learn to measure or make anything useful. When I was in school we did that for about 10 minutes to get the feel of it an then started making parts. I believe I ended up having to throw one of the stool legs away and make another because it was a little different than the other three.
I wish I had more pictures of turnings. This table is the only picture of something with turnings I've built I can find.
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