April Eggcup Challenge Entry Submissions.

[Blister]

My 3 entry photos :mrgreen:

These eggcups were designed to be

1 Functional
2 Hygienic
3 Easily cleaned

and look like 4 chicken eggs sitting on 4 bigger eggs

The Wood is Ash

Turned between centers , outside shape / profile

Parted off into 4 eggcups

Individually turned and finished in a 4 jaw chuck

Finished with 120 to 400 grit sandpaper

2 coats sanding sealer de nibbed

1 coat of water resistant melamine

2 coats of Briwax original

PS , the Eggs are hard boiled :mrgreen: for my sandwiches at work :lol:

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[Silverbirch]

Hi Folks,
Here are my eggcups.
Made from Padauk. Height 67mm, width 47mm. I used a spindle gouge, parting tool and around scraper to smooth the inside curve. The little cove details were made with a homemade tool made from a masonry nail.
Sanded to 600 grit, thenapplied cellulose sealer, followed by melamine lacquer and a touch of paste wax.

Ian

 

[monkeybiter]

Here's my attempt:
Rippled cherry, turned as one between centres with spindle gouge and home-made parting tool. Parted then individually hollowed and finish turned with the spindle. The hollowing was started with a 41mm forstner to a depth of 3mm to ensure uniformity.
Sanded down to 400 then brought to a shine with progressive grades of Nyweb.
Finished with two coats of melamine laquer applied like friction polish.

This was a brilliant challenge, i've gone from nervously flirting with the spindle gouge to loving it's versatility.

 

[miles_hot]

Here are my egg cups - made from Yew with a mix of bowl gouge and skew. Finished by buffing (ultimately will be painted by the children if they're good!). Hole drilled down the centre to allow any water to drain out in case someone doesn't put the eggs onto a towel before plonking them into the cups. I aimed for a delicate feel to the cups to reflect the delicate / strong nature of the egg. The egg sits nicely into the cup and feels nice and secure - I hope to be christening them within a few days

Turned by eye - which proved that the template method would have been better for a 100% match One slip when buffing resulted in a bit of damage however I just didn't have time to re-turn All in all very enjoyable and once again thanks Blister for providing the needed excuse to push my boundaries

Miles

 

[duncanh]

Well here are mine. A great lesson in measuring twice and taking note of which measurement you're taking!
Turned using a template made from a sketch - for taking measurements off (in theory!).
Designed to be relatively simple without any fine detail that would be difficult to clean.

No finish yet but they'll get coated with foodsafe oil.
Sorry for the smallish non-uniform eggs but they're all I had in - free range from a friend so I wasn't going to buy any specially for the photo

 

[johnny.t.]

Four eggcups made from English Elm. The thoughts of design were to keep the shape simple, practical and as small as I could make them while retaining stability(makes the yummy boiled eggs look bigger!) They were made by eye starting from a spindle that I turned down to width first. They have gold gilt cream rubbed into them to highlight the grooves and open grain, this was then mostly rubbed out to give them an aged appearance. They are finished with food safe oil so should be able to cope with being wiped over after use.