What’s on your lathe?

[Phil Hamel]

Nothing on the lathe for me recently. I have spent the last couple days ripping my shop apart. I'm looking for a bag of cutters I had in my hand! I said to myself "I should put this somewhere safe so I don't lose it". Ha!
That will teach me to clean up and organize! I knew right where it was when things were a mess!

 

[odie]

The spiked Maple burl bowl is finished, except for the bottom which will be easily sanded flat all the way across. For the vertical 90° side walls, I broke out my Grex random orbit sander. I haven't used the Grex in a few years, because I'm now doing all my random orbit sanding completely by hand.

The photo showing the big void is a bit blurry (holding phone by hand!), but shows the reason for the location of the bowl interior.

I have two of these spiked burl blanks, but the other one will be stored until after the final destination of this one is determined.

-o-

 

[robo hippy]

Nothing on the lathe for me recently. I have spent the last couple days ripping my shop apart. I'm looking for a bag of cutters I had in my hand! I said to myself "I should put this somewhere safe so I don't lose it". Ha!
That will teach me to clean up and organize! I knew right where it was when things were a mess!

Glad to know that I am not the only one who does this....

robo hippy

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Glad to know that I am not the only one who does this....

robo hippy

I need to tackle a bunch of shop tasks but turning is more interesting.

 

[Jim McLain]

Made a new StewMac buffing wheel set up that will fit all my lathes. About a 1/4 inch clearance on the little lathe. Thought I’d try their wheels to see if they are any better than the Beall wheels.

 

[Jim Swift]

Just a little project coming off the lathe recently.
Neighbor cabbaged some fresh-cut “Tree of Heaven” wood from a friend and brought me over some. Beautiful open grain like ash but this piece was very plain so perfect opportunity to practice embellishing with JoSonja iridescent paints!
5 1/2” x 3 1/2” final dimension potpourri bowl.

 

[hockenbery]

Tree of Heaven” wood from a friend and brought me over some.

Curious - “tree of heaven” is Ailanthus, the tree that grows out of every northeast city sidewalk crack.
Your bottom inscription is poplar a different tree with somewhat similar wood.
. I might write poplar because I can spell Ailanthus Why did you?

Anyway colors look terrific!

 

[Jim Swift]

Curious - “tree of heaven” is Ailanthus, the tree that grows out of every northeast city sidewalk crack.
Your bottom inscription is poplar a different tree with somewhat similar wood.
. I might write poplar because I can spell Ailanthus Why did you?

Anyway colors look terrific!

Dont think I mentioned poplar. But we don’t get much tree of heaven around Northern Ohio

 

[Darryn Achall]

Dont think I mentioned poplar. But we don’t get much tree of heaven around Northern Ohio

Look at IMG_8493.jpg in your post. On the bottom of your bowl is says "poplar".

 

[hockenbery]

Dont think I mentioned poplar. But we don’t get much tree of heaven around Northern Ohio

We aren’t communicating
Your photos says poplar. Why doesn’t it say “tree of heaven” or ailanthus?

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Nothing on the lathe for me recently. I have spent the last couple days ripping my shop apart. I'm looking for a bag of cutters I had in my hand! I said to myself "I should put this somewhere safe so I don't lose it". Ha!
That will teach me to clean up and organize! I knew right where it was when things were a mess!

And here I thought I was losing my mind doing this....

I even went back and checked my old Amazon orders just to be 100 percent that I did order the case of 100 little measuring cups for resin. I remember putting them in a plastic storage container to keep them clean and the damn gremlins have ate them. My shop is not very big.

 

[Phil Hamel]

I ordered and received two new ones Monday. Put them both on tool handles right away. Thought for sure the other ones would show up by now.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Piece of Sassafras today. Played with my burner and some markers. Definitely not liking the markers. Don't reach down to the bottom and don't cover well. No finish applied. Might try to sand it off and leave it all brown. Good first try.

 

[Vincent Vogel]

This was on my high school shop lathe, an old Delta lathe whatever they had at school. I made this in 1972, I think I was in 9th grade. Tools used were continental gouge, parting tool, skew. The top section is spindle turning the base was made on a faceplate. Wood is cherry and walnut, over the years the cherry turned almost as dark as the walnut. Shop teacher gave me a D on it because I didn't make a scale drawing with dimensions before I started it. I just drew a sketch on a piece of paper and went to it. Finish is Deft put on with a rag and the lathe spinning. I gave it to my mother and got it back when she passed.

 

[Vincent Vogel]

Did my first pewa job yesterday. Black cherry with koa pewa 0.7 size. I filled the crack with titebond 3 mixed with dust from the bowl. I installed them using the tutorial Michael Anderson wrote. After I was done I wish I would have made the pewa go the whole way through the bowl so they would show on the inside also. It has one coat of Rubio Monocoat on it. I will follow up with two coats of their maintenance oil to give it a little shine. I think this is going to be a salad serving bowl that we use to test the Rubio out and since it has a crack no one would probably want it.

 

[odie]

Made a new StewMac buffing wheel set up that will fit all my lathes. About a 1/4 inch clearance on the little lathe. Thought I’d try their wheels to see if they are any better than the Beall wheels.

Jim.....Where are these StewMac wheels available, and looking forward to your evaluation.

-o-

 

[odie]

Maple burl bowl last evening.....a shape I've done many times before, because you know......it just works!

-o-

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Maple burl bowl last evening.....a shape I've done many times before, because you know......it just works!

-o-

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and it's stunning....!!

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Maple burl bowl last evening.....a shape I've done many times before, because you know......it just works!

-o-

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Let’s see other views when it’s done! Love it.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

This was on my high school shop lathe, an old Delta lathe whatever they had at school. I made this in 1972, I think I was in 9th grade. Tools used were continental gouge, parting tool, skew. The top section is spindle turning the base was made on a faceplate. Wood is cherry and walnut, over the years the cherry turned almost as dark as the walnut. Shop teacher gave me a D on it because I didn't make a scale drawing with dimensions before I started it. I just drew a sketch on a piece of paper and went to it. Finish is Deft put on with a rag and the lathe spinning. I gave it to my mother and got it back when she passed.

Looks like an A+ to me!

 

[JeffSmith]

Jim.....Where are these StewMac wheels available, and looking forward to your evaluation.

-o-

Oldie - try StewMac.com and go to finishing tools. They sell luthier’s tools and hardware

 

[Grant J Barlow]

Turning a 10x10x2" blank of Red Quebracho, possible 3rd hardest wood in the world. Lots of stress cracks.

 

[Jim Swift]

Look at IMG_8493.jpg in your post. On the bottom of your bowl is says "poplar".

Oops Barain Fart!

 

[Jim Swift]

We aren’t communicating
Your photos says poplar. Why doesn’t it say “tree of heaven” or ailanthus?
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Brain Fart! Shoulda been Tree of Heaven. Oh Well, not enough room for all the letters in Tree of Heaven so I'm sticking to It!!

 

[Jim McLain]

Jim.....Where are these StewMac wheels available, and looking forward to your evaluation.

-o-

Odie - They are available from StewMac.com. They cater to guitar makers. A friend has a set up and I saw a video that Sam Angelo, The Wyoming Woodturner did on them. I used the wheel for the first time this morning and so far I’m impressed. It does not seem to shed fibers like the Beall wheels so far (which is what I was hoping for). I got the 12 inch wheels. May not get back to it for a while because I need to get busy in my yard for a while.

 

[Brian Kopp]

13” wide, 4” tall bowl using the bowl-from-a-board method from an acacia butcher block cut off.

 

[Gary Beasley]

That acacia has some really pretty grain and colors.

 

[DON FRANK]

Brian, that is a very cool effect on the acacia.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Piece of Maple. Continuing with the chess piece theme. I like how the top came out. Proportions of the box are a bit off but it still came out good! Walnut oil finish.

 

[Russell Nugent]

Working on my first hollowform. Chunk of elm about 6 inches tall. I have a carter hollow roller, which works ok. Hollowing was done with the half round 3/16(I think) cutter. Very hard to get a smooth interior with the small cutter, currently looking to find a teardrop scraper for smoothing, but having a hard time finding stuff here in canada. Looked at ordering from carter but between the exchange rate and shipping, it's freaking expensive!

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Working on my first hollowform. Chunk of elm about 6 inches tall. I have a carter hollow roller, which works ok. Hollowing was done with the half round 3/16(I think) cutter. Very hard to get a smooth interior with the small cutter, currently looking to find a teardrop scraper for smoothing, but having a hard time finding stuff here in canada. Looked at ordering from carter but between the exchange rate and shipping, it's freaking expensive!

Make one?

 

[Alan Weinberg]

a piece of magnolia from a neighbor of my daughter. If it comes out good, I’ll gift it to them.

 

[Adrian Wilson]

but having a hard time finding stuff here in canada. Looked at ordering from carter but between the exchange rate and shipping, it's freaking expensive!

Yeah, it is nuts. I buy very little in the US now. I used to buy vintage tools regularly from a weekly auction site, but when you add in exchange, shipping, and Paypal (the normal for that site), it's brutal. On Carter, I imagine you know about Branches to Bowls? I just did some comparison shopping of them vs buying from the US, and they came out ahead, and they offer great service.

 

[Russell Nugent]

Yeah, it is nuts. I buy very little in the US now. I used to buy vintage tools regularly from a weekly auction site, but when you add in exchange, shipping, and Paypal (the normal for that site), it's brutal. On Carter, I imagine you know about Branches to Bowls? I just did some comparison shopping of them vs buying from the US, and they came out ahead, and they offer great service.

Unfortunately, I was looking at the teardrop from carter products, not carter and son tools.
Sometimes It drives me nuts knowing how much isn't readily available to us that is to US turners.

 

[odie]

Finished up and Beall buffed Brown Mallee burl and Fiddleback Maple bowls last night.

-o-

 

[Adrian Wilson]

Finished up and Beall buffed Brown Mallee burl and Fiddleback Maple bowls last night.

-o-

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Those are beautiful.

 

[Bob Hall]

Finished up and Beall buffed Brown Mallee burl and Fiddleback Maple bowls last night.

-o-

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Stunning for sure.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Finished up and Beall buffed Brown Mallee burl and Fiddleback Maple bowls last night.

-o-

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Just awesome. Bottom is just as gorgeous as the interior is.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Very nice Odie! I love the darker one!
Cut the cover down to a more pleasing size. Best I could do with this piece.

Made a new one out of cracked and bug holed apple wood. Came out much better.

 

[Lou Jacobs]

A couple of pieces of spalted beech I got yesterday from a neighbor who had a “mostly dead” (sounds like Princess Bride) tree cut down last fall. Larger of these two is 14” diameter, so coring with the McNaughton to try to get several blanks from each piece.