Spaceship FINISHED!

[John Neugebauer]

Ok add this one to all the useless things I made on my lathe! (actually 3 lathes-1 metal and 2 wood) It's a totally scratch built 50's style flying saucer
made from pine body, aluminum legs and upper deck, plastic dome, steel lower deck and brass exhaust port. Probably 10 hours to build something that will be tossed after my demise...

 

[john lucas]

Really great. Now when I get my metal lathe back up and running I'll have to join the competition. I think it's wonderful and I can tell you have fun with the photography as well. Warning Will Robinson, Aliens Approaching.

 

[steelguy]

Don't worry about the apparent uselessness of this exercise. Psychologists claim that to totally relax, one must lose track of time for 2 hours. This saucer allowed you to lose track of time for 10 hours!! Wow!! Also, you can now use it to go forward in time - quite a benefit! Keep on turning.

Jerry Wright

 

[Bill Grumbine]

Very nice John, especially the background. You inspired me to go dig up a picture of a turning I did about eight years ago or so. I took a hands on workshop given by two friends of mine, Dick Tuttle and Phil Wall, entitled "Thinking Outside the Box". Dick and Phil had conspired to get me to do something artsy. We had several wheels we had to spin to determine the materials and processes we would work with for the day. Some sort of turning was the base, but along with that I got sticks, burning, chamois, paint, and a wild card.

So I turned my own 50s style rocketship, with sticks for legs. I burned and painted the portholes, and painted a chamois cut in strips for the propulsion flame. It is still around here somewhere.