I posted a short document with sketches and instructions recently. You can prob find it easily with the search.
There have been a lot of people with low vision who (and with good vision) who want these.
JKJ
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I posted a short document with sketches and instructions recently. You can prob find it easily with the search.
There have been a lot of people with low vision who (and with good vision) who want these.
JKJ
A few more dished platters for gifts; cherry and sapele.
Bob
Bob
Cool!
Matching set of maple. 12”, 8”, 4”.
Made this for my parents for Hanukkah.
Started a segmented piece using one of my favorite wood combinations - koa and ebony. This one’s for an exchange.
I love the look of segmented work. But never having tried it, isn't it a LOT of work? Cutting and glueing, then glueing thie rings together?
There’s definitely more time in cutting and gluing than there is in turning, but it’s fun to do. If you’re interested, look at the wedgie sled as a starting point for cutting segments on the table saw - you can find a great video called Segmentology on YouTube about how to build it, and you can also check out Jerry Bennett’s site at https://www.segeasy.com/wedgies.htm
It's off my lathe now and given away before I could take a nice picture but this was the only picture of it close to being done. I had 2 people retiring this year and made each of them one of my inside out twig pots. I knew I made a mistake on the second one and trimmed too close to the base. The base was only 3/16" smaller in diameter than the first but it tipped right over. I had to scramble and attach a second wider base to both.
Well you need to make one more and document the process
I actually was going to do a write up on the project forum but got rushed to finish on time. Maybe the next one I will.Well you need to make one more and document the process
So what you have planned for tomorrow
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If my back is up to it I do plan on spending some time on the lathe the next few nights. I have a couple deadlines for this coming Sunday, our local club's year end swap and a local gallery's member show. For the gallery I want to make another one of these. The last one only took about 2 hours to rough out, then 3-4 hours of shaping, sanding, and finishing. It's getting a bit faster each time, hopefully in 2 nights I can finish it.So what you have planned for tomorrow
Would love to read that myself!So what you have planned for tomorrow
Love to see the finished results, that’s a beautiful piece of wood!
Dan,
You might have to wait till Raleigh. I think this one will be mailed to the turner I have been matched up with for the 2026 Instant Gallery collaboration.
You might have to wait till Raleigh. I think this one will be mailed to the turner I have been matched up with for the 2026 Instant Gallery collaboration.
Will be worth the waitDan,
You might have to wait till Raleigh. I think this one will be mailed to the turner I have been matched up with for the 2026 Instant Gallery collaboration.
Made a ring bowl for my oldest Granddaughter today.
Wow! Is that wood? Looks like marble.
I came into some Flaming Elder Boxwood.
Tom Gall
TOTW Team
Craig ... just for clarification - that is box elder (in the maple family and goes by other names). Boxwood (or box) is a whole different species.
Don’t know why one photo posted sideways?
Mine does that too. There's a very long discussion on sideways images somewhere here. I think it's under my own avatar but I'm not sure how to get there. Fantastic patterns on your work though!
Dave Landers
Beta Tester
That's the one. Thanks Dave
After I got done with plowing, shoveling and salting from the snow storm we weren't going to have-
I used my new to me planer and glued up some wood to start turning tomorrow.
I wonder what I'll find inside.
Technically, it's not on my lathe yet.
I used my new to me planer and glued up some wood to start turning tomorrow.
I wonder what I'll find inside.
Technically, it's not on my lathe yet.
My first captured rings. Small project for an upcoming relative. Maple with shellac finish.
Looks good! I have to try those.
Those are fun projects. I've made quite a few of those rattles. The late, great Palmer Sharpless taught me how to make the rings.
I tried segmenting long ago and decided that it was not for me -- I was spending >90% of my time preparing for the <10% doing what I really enjoyed. I enjoy actual turning - standing at the lathe. That said, I do a lot of work which involves turning and assembly of multiple pieces. E.g., 2D and 3D spindle lattices which may incorporate 30-50+ separate spindle components. Or things like what I made for the November challenge. Also Windsor chairs where I also enjoy the extensive drawknife and spokeshave work in addition to the spindle turning.
Different strokes for different folks.
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Odie
Panning for Montana gold, with Betsy, the mule!
Nice birdseye figure in this 8" hard maple bowl....
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Whoops—babies is plural. Should be “baby’s first rattle.”