Man that stuff is beautiful! Loved the piece you gave me!!!
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What’s on your lathe?
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I had a 20" limb break off a massive sugarberry a couple of months ago. I'm keeping an eye on the spalting. I'll have a lot of this stuff in a couple of months. You and friends can come over and get some when it's ready. Eric can stand around and crack jokes.
Her dad didn’t mind?
Went and checked out her bio and links at Northern spalt, some interesting info, a bit more scientific, i actually have one of her books in kindle format on my ipad, good stuff, hate to leave too many things to chance when it comes to resources like wood, yea it grows on trees,
but hey, waste not want not plus im kinda a tech nerd when it comes to this stuff, love the details and data.
2.5 x 5.75 walnut
You ever make something for a little thank you gift then you think "kinda pretty to just put paper clips or coins in?" This is for my buddy that welded the eBay knurler handle on for me.
Oh well. practice makes better. (never be perfect with wood. I noticed should have spent some more time sanding. lots of scratches)
You ever make something for a little thank you gift then you think "kinda pretty to just put paper clips or coins in?" This is for my buddy that welded the eBay knurler handle on for me.
Oh well. practice makes better. (never be perfect with wood. I noticed should have spent some more time sanding. lots of scratches)
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Every shop needs a Bridgeport.......
A dividing head is also useful.
A dividing head is also useful.
I was working on this black walnut platter, but not liking the pith came through and had to "fix" it. Going to the trash can.
Cherry Burl bowl. Bowl blank received from Don Franks. (Post #6,242) We exchanged blanks and this is the first of the two blanks that I have turned. The last photo is of the piece after finishing with Watco Danish Oil. Technically still on the lathe as it is sitting on the bed. Love the grain in this piece. However, turning the bowl was a real challenge. Thanks Don!
I have got a Bridgeport but I don't have an indexing head. When you decide you don't need the indexing head you could send it north and I will give it a good home.
Looks like it could have been an interesting piece. An old fellow back in the 1970s showed me how he took those, cut them in half, added a 90 degree piece of wood to the bottom with a keyhole in the back and made little shelves for his wife’s knick-knacks.
Tried a piece of hackberry. To many cracks in the two pieces I had purchased prior. Don't feel like playing with epoxy. Both will go in the burn pile.
Salvaged a piece of the hackberry and made a small box.
Walnut often has a small, hollow pith. A quick filler for dark wood is coffee grounds and CA.
Not particularly exciting turning, but these will be handles for a cabinet I hope to have finished tomorrow or Sunday.
Newest segmented piece in the works.
I just got tired of spending too much time on messed up wood. That platter was nice color, but very easy to tear out, just not worth it sometimes
A nice slab of apple wood a little over 10 inches diameter - turned to final thickness in one go. Started at 3:35 and done at 4:05. Will be air drying now for a few weeks - hoping the cracking that occurs is minimal.
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Why Candy Corn, of course.
Glad I was the first to think of that name!
Glad I was the first to think of that name!
That band is amazing. How’d you do it?
$12 knurler from eBay. Look for one that has prominent teeth on the wheels. Double wheel that swivels. It's the same principal as a crown or sorby texturing tool just two smaller wheels with a different pattern.
I was in Woodcraft yesterday, and they had this bowl blank on sale: 3x6x6. Ended up 2.5x5.5. Amakazoue. Had to look that one up!
Sweet! So many woods I’ve never heard of, let alone turned!
Just off the lathe - Purpleheart and Acrylic.
Grandson wanted to "make" a wand - his older brother had a wand-making session some years back.
We went through the entire process starting with picking a blank and making a full-scale sketch. The design changed, of course, as he came up with more ideas! ("Can we do this?", "...ahhh, well, sure!")
This was his first time interested in the shop so he did nothing with the lathe spinning. As attention span allows, we'll do some lessons in the future. Gotta start somewhere!
He had seen some of my other wands and went crazy with the design. The piece of transparent purple acrylic in the middle has a 1/4" dia tenon on each end epoxied into holes in the handle and shaft.
The turning was easy. But I don't particularly recommend the "in process" design evolution method! We started with the blank he picked out, partially turned it, then as the "specs" changed, cut it apart and mounted the pieces separately for shaping and drilling. This required some creative ideas to hold the pieces and maintain precision!. There are better and easier and quicker ways. (After getting the idea of adding a "crystal" in the middle he probably looked through the colors on hand for an hour.) But spending quality time was the important thing.
Since the result is not the strongest design for an active kid, I told him this one was for show, not to be used in battle with the Forces of Evil. Next time we'll make sturdier one-piece wand he can go crazy with - already picked out and have a Honduran Mahogany blank ready to go - will be far quicker and easier. Now he's getting ideas for details with texturing, friction-burned lines.
JKJ
Grandson wanted to "make" a wand - his older brother had a wand-making session some years back.
We went through the entire process starting with picking a blank and making a full-scale sketch. The design changed, of course, as he came up with more ideas! ("Can we do this?", "...ahhh, well, sure!")
This was his first time interested in the shop so he did nothing with the lathe spinning. As attention span allows, we'll do some lessons in the future. Gotta start somewhere!
He had seen some of my other wands and went crazy with the design. The piece of transparent purple acrylic in the middle has a 1/4" dia tenon on each end epoxied into holes in the handle and shaft.
The turning was easy. But I don't particularly recommend the "in process" design evolution method! We started with the blank he picked out, partially turned it, then as the "specs" changed, cut it apart and mounted the pieces separately for shaping and drilling. This required some creative ideas to hold the pieces and maintain precision!. There are better and easier and quicker ways. (After getting the idea of adding a "crystal" in the middle he probably looked through the colors on hand for an hour.) But spending quality time was the important thing.
Since the result is not the strongest design for an active kid, I told him this one was for show, not to be used in battle with the Forces of Evil. Next time we'll make sturdier one-piece wand he can go crazy with - already picked out and have a Honduran Mahogany blank ready to go - will be far quicker and easier. Now he's getting ideas for details with texturing, friction-burned lines.
JKJ
Rough turning a few white oak bowls.
Roughing out some Tamarind bowls