2017- more of the same I suspect

[beganasatree]

Chas,I would love to be a fly on the wall in workshop.

Peter.

 

[CHJ]

Chas,I would love to be a fly on the wall in workshop.

Peter.

I think you would be slumming it a bit even for a Fly, I'm afraid it's all about output not workshop finesse around here.

The back of the Garage and the Shed up the garden are better descriptions than workshops.

 

[Dalboy]

Chas,I would love to be a fly on the wall in workshop.

Peter.

I think you would be slumming it a bit even for a Fly, I'm afraid it's all about output not workshop finesse around here.

The back of the Garage and the Shed up the garden are better descriptions than workshops.

My kinda workshop that is :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[CHJ]

Yew 183mm dia.

 

[SVB]

Chas, are you working to a specific spec on these as to my eye, the bases and bottom 1/3rd of the bowls need to be only 30% of the diameter they are and thus allow a nice curve to develop the form to give the pieces real lift and eye appeal?

I know you do this in many of your pieces so guess there are other factors at play here - just seems a shame with this volume of great timber.

S

 

[CHJ]

Simon, the pieces are produced as required by the supplier of the wood, we are very much into rustic from the woods with this stuff rather than pretentions of being artistic in form or classic lines.
There are some blanks of thinner section that will probably resolve into a slimmer crescent profile and smaller base if I ever get to them.

 

[CHJ]

Yew 157mm dia.

Yew 163mm dia.

 

[Dalboy]

How many more have you got to do for this batch. Even though they are not the shape that many will turn the customer is who matters and as long as they are happy. Hope to get some turning done soon.

 

[CHJ]

I think there's at least a dozen blanks of this ilk awaiting at the moment Derek , if they get done then there is a motley selection of wood species from the same 2014 batch still to be assessed, hopefully it won't be needed for a while, it's an endless production remit really.
Logic tells me I need to keep reminding them that 3-4 years seasoning time is starting to become significant, there's going to be limit to how many times I can use the driving license renewal event to time the batches.

Can seriously do with shifting some of my own long standing stuff out of the store, didn't seem to make much headway last year.

 

[CHJ]

Yew 145mm dia.

 

[CHJ]

Yew 145mm dia.

Yew 165mm dia.

 

[CHJ]

Sometimes a session just flows and most of the bark decides to stay on of its own accord.

Yew 145mm dia.

Yew 170mm dia.

Yew 168mm dia.

 

[paulm]

Love yew, always lots of visual interest in the wood.

Great finish on them too Chas, how fine do you abrade to and is it then just mc wax onto the bare wood, or buffed first and wax after ?

 

[CHJ]

.....Great finish on them too Chas, how fine do you abrade to and is it then just mc wax onto the bare wood, or buffed first and wax after ?

Sanded down to 240 grit Paul, the bulk with rotary sanding with slow speed drill, the odd area by hand with the grain.
Sealed with cellulose sealer, buffed with the triple buffing system using Microcrystalline to finish.

I find Yew one of the easiest woods to finish, Need care to avoid heat, so sharp abrasives are a must, the sapwood is inclined to tear if not shear cut with sharp gouge, sometimes have to firm up sapwood with sealer before final cuts.

Had to go back and re-sand a couple of areas on one of them that showed up torn grain after sealing.

 

[CHJ]

Yew 155mm dia.

 

[SVB]

Nice shape / form on this last one Chas.

Going to start calling you Chas Lucas now I think given your rate of production bowl turning!

S

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Lovely Chas

 

[CHJ]

Got four more, I think, to churn out before I can relax and use up some oddments.

 

[CHJ]

Nice shape / form on this last one Chas.

Going to start calling you Chas Lucas now I think given your rate of production bowl turning!

S

It's surprising how many times I get "It's a change to have something other than a plain curved bowl" Simon.
Hence why the eclectic collection of shapes, if that's what the wood wants to provide that's what gets cut knowing it's what the recipient wants.

A long, long, way from the Glen production rates, not a way to earn a living I could have stood.

Have a couple of other tasks in hand at the moment, one other coming to an end that has involved some 500 pieces that I need to get out of the way so concentrated shop time needs to be organised if any form of normal family life is to be had.

 

[CHJ]

They don't take too long if your organised, blanks prepared ready to go on lathe, shop cleaned up after last session and everything put back in its place.

Yew 180mm dia.

Grab your cup of coffee whilst waiting for sealer to soak in before final cut to avoid tear-out, clean up whilst waiting for things to dry, etc.