What’s on your lathe?

[Alan Weinberg]

Turning a couple of hollow forms today. Finished one 5-1/4 tall x 9-1/4 dia., other one wrapped and will finish tomorrow. Time for some college football!


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Great form and finish! Wonderful.

 

[Paul Vechart]

Great form and finish! Wonderful.

I agree with Alan. David what kind of wood is this?

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

Approx 23” (11.91” from ways to center of spindle on the Stubby S1000) 60.5cm

Pat, what’s the swing on your lathe? That table top Looks great.

 

[David Wyke]

Great form and finish! Wonderful.

Thanks Alan, I seem to struggle with form on hollow forms but trying to improve with each one.

 

[David Wyke]

I agree with Alan. David what kind of wood is this?

Thanks! This is some ambrosia maple.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

With a little rub from Pat w
I put this on the lathe this morning for a test !
Seems to of worked, need to make a table to put on lathe

 

[Greg Carles]

Osage Orange - Tiny lidded box from a small piece of scrap I had roughed out back some 2 years ago.
Finally dried out enough for a box.
I came across a whole truck load of this from someone that was going to throw it in the burn pile.
Who knew this was hidden inside that scrap wood??

 

[Peter D'Attomo]

Oak platter 12"

 

[David Wyke]

Finished up the second maple today, 11-1/4 x 7-1/4. This is the part that makes me nervous . First coat of DO applied. I’ll take the lip on top down some once dry that way I can level the top if it moves while drying.

 

[Greg Carles]

Finished up the second maple today, 11-1/4 x 7-1/4.

Very nice, I have yet to do any hollow forms.

 

[Greg Carles]

The old trused Sycamore, very plentiul in my area.

 

[Matt Fletcher]

This is the start of a white oak pumpkin. Carving done with saburrtooth burrs and hand gouges. Hollowing done with Trent Bosch tools. Currently the wood is pretty wet so hoping to get it finished by the end of October. White Oak is prone to cracking so as you can see I've sprayed with Shellac in spots before filling the cracks with CA glue to keep the glue from soaking into the wood.
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Finally finished. Black walnut for the stem with leather lace.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Was given two pieces of what was called Russian olive today.
21 long by 10 round. Already dried to 12/14 percent. Processed with the band saw and ready for use.

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

Ambrosia maple… perhaps a bit boring rectangularity, but wanted to preserve the face I see in the grain/stain pattern

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

I love it !

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Was given two pieces of what was called Russian olive today.
21 long by 10 round. Already dried to 12/14 percent. Processed with the band saw and ready for use.View attachment 80266View attachment 80267View attachment 80268

Where is it Rushing to?

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

Finally finished. Black walnut for the stem with leather lace.

Wow, really like the stem!

 

[Paul Paukstelis]

13 facets in some figured maple. In this case, rather than making "straight" facets I increased the cut depth so the are concave.

 

[David Wyke]

I had two people contact me with bowl pictures from my page. One wanted a walnut with a slightly enclosed rim smaller than the one in the picture and one wanted a maple which had some color and a little spalting. Fortunately I have a lot of first turned bowls on the shelf and was able to find what they wanted and they have already approved them. Walnut is heading to Slidell LA and the maple is staying local when finished. First coat of oil applied today.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

I had two people contact me with bowl pictures from my page. One wanted a walnut with a slightly enclosed rim than the one in the picture and one wanted a maple which had some color and a little spalting. Fortunately I have a lot of first turned bowls on the shelf and was able to find what they wanted and they have already approved them. Walnut is heading to Slidell LA and the maple is staying local when finished. First coat of oil applied today.

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Beautiful work.

 

[Greg Carles]

Fortunately I have a lot of first turned bowls on the shelf and was able to find what they wanted

Nice to have a stash ready to go.
Those look really nice.

 

[Tim Pollock]

I had two people contact me with bowl pictures from my page. One wanted a walnut with a slightly enclosed rim than the one in the picture and one wanted a maple which had some color and a little spalting. Fortunately I have a lot of first turned bowls on the shelf and was able to find what they wanted and they have already approved them. Walnut is heading to Slidell LA and the maple is staying local when finished. First coat of oil applied today.

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Beautiful!

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

Awkward form lidded box of Ambrosia maple.

 

[Steven Borruso]

Not technically a lathe project but needed to cut down on hand sanding some flatwork pieces. Diff grits depending on forward/reverse rotation.
Will probably add some more vanes and maybe turn it into a mop sander.

 

[Dan Wiggin]

That's one hell of a piece of found wood. Oh, to know the journey that piece took to arrive on your shore.

The story goes in1854 the sailing ship “Dolphin” was enroute from Africa with a stop in Santa Domingo to a furniture manufacturer in Boston with a load of ebony , sank off our shore,Cuttyunk Island, in a bad Notheast Storm. For the last I don’t know how many years, when we get a storm from the southeast pieces would wash onto the beach. Still happens to this day but not so much anymore

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Mite of gone a little to thin on the bottom cut
Should in lay another piece of silver maple?
Or contrast with walnut? Gona use as a practice piece for what I was trying to accomplish .

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Mite of gone a little to thin on the bottom cut
Should in lay another piece of silver maple?
Or contrast with walnut? Gona use as a practice piece for what I was trying to accomplish .

A contrasting piece of wood would be fine.

 

[Dan Wiggin]

Mite of gone a little to thin on the bottom cut
Should in lay another piece of silver maple?
Or contrast with walnut? Gona use as a practice piece for what I was trying to accomplish .

Time to get out some resin!

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

A contrasting piece of wood would be fine.

I think that’s what I’ll do but I going to stabilize the wood first

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Time to get out some resin!

Not a fan of resin but maybe in the future!