Back in the spin of things

[Bodrighy]

I wouldn't stain the first one with that figuring LW don't worry.

I was thinking of the spirit sealer as that seems the most common. You can get a selection of differnet colours which might be fun to experiment with Paul. Probably make a right cock up of it but how else to find out :lol:

I must admit Chas that Mark's work is high on my 'emulation scale.' He's got nothing to worry about though as I have a long way to go before I catch up with his class (If ever)

Pete

 

[johnny.t.]

The first and last pics in the top row really look good Pete.

Does the wet Sycamore split or distort much?

JT

 

[Bodrighy]

I swapped some of my spalted beech for a log of laburnum at the club. It had crotches at both ends and so I have a few of these to do



I decided to leave the log as is at the bottom as it stood firm on the notches and just turned the top. Approx. 3 1/2" dia bowl.

Pete

 

[CHJ]

Good swap Pete,

seen something similar somewhere else recently methinks.

 

[johnny.t.]

Very nice Pete, can't believe its only 3 1/2" diameter, before I read that I thought it was about a foot across

That knot hole looks good and the bits of sapwood here and there look unusual(in a good way :lol: ).

You still haven't told me if then wet Sycamore distorts or splits badly?

JT

 

[Bodrighy]

Very nice Pete, can't believe its only 3 1/2" diameter, before I read that I thought it was about a foot across

That knot hole looks good and the bits of sapwood here and there look unusual(in a good way :lol: ).

You still haven't told me if then wet Sycamore distorts or splits badly?

JT

Helluva sized laburnum if it was JT
I have been waiting to see.

I have a couple of vases, an egg hollow form a thin goblet and a couple of natural edged vases turne really thin that I have had in the house for ovwer a wek now with no sign of distortion or cracking. Only thing to watch out for is that the wood is really flexible, like rubber when turning it thin and it is easy to bend it when it is as wet as the stuff I was using. Lovely stuff to work though and so plentiful I think I'll be doing a load more. The pyrographers love it as well as it is almost pure white and ideal for blanks for them

Chas: I realised that when I took the glue off the bottom. (Yes I am using glue chucks now :lol: ) Subconscious influence I think

pete

 

[stevebuk]

beautiful stuff pete, you have so much to aspire to i dont know where to begin, hopefully i will be nearly this good one day.

 

[Bodrighy]

beautiful stuff pete, you have so much to aspire to i dont know where to begin, hopefully i will be nearly this good one day.

Ah but I can't do pens so we're quits.

Thanks anyway.

Pete

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice,but same as Johnny,I thought it was a whole lot bigger than it actually is ..
(I've got some laburnum about a foot diameter,will try to remember to bring some to Pauls bash :wink: )

Andrew

 

[Bodrighy]

After all the comments I just remeasured it. Obviously having a senior moment. The bowl section is just over 6" and the max width is 8"

Pete

 

[Paul.J]

Never mind Pete,just take your time :lol:
Great looking piece Pete,and well finished.
Another one for the gallery :?:

 

[Bodrighy]

Not got much turning time recently with grandchildren seemingly living with us non stop. Virtually hot bedding.

Instead I have been rooting through my boxes to see what pieces I have left. I have been asked to submit some pieces for an exhibition down here later in the year. They are particularly interested in the more 'rustic' pieces. I found a few pieces I had forgotten about, don't think I have posted these before if so apologies for repetition.


This is hazel, complete with bark and lichen after a couple of months. 6" tall in total and 2" dia.


Fishing priest: Oak, 10" long with leather thong loose to be adjust by customer.


This is the other half of the laburnum crotch. For some reason this side had a few rotten bits to it so I couldn't het it really thin and it left some rough patches which I had to hand sand down leaving textured bits on the upper surface. Hard to believe that it was the same piece of wood as the previous on



Comments / critique welcome as always

pete

 

[CHJ]

Like the Laburnum piece Pete, with figuring like that I don't thing finite form comes into the equation, it's spectacular enough to stand on it's own, any formal symmetry you can achieve is good to go however a small percentage.

 

[Bodrighy]

I have been doing so many things for other people I haven't had the chance to do anything that I like for myself so rebelled today and made this




Hawthorn, Finished in wax. 9" tall, 5" max width at top. The bowl part is about 4mm thick. Could n't go muxh thinner or I'd have lost the bark

The base looks a lot bigger in the image than in real life, bad photography?

Critique, comment welcome as always
Pete

 

[CHJ]

Yep, that's very Pete, re: the base, my immediate reaction was that I would have preferred to see the foot top surface with a concave form.

That way I think the base flare would look lighter and and be more in keeping with the form of the upper bowl.

 

[Paul.J]

Very nice Pete,but i would also go along with Chas's comments on the foot,just looks too much of a lump and doesn't go with the rest of the piece,or is there a reason you have done it this way :?:

 

[johnny.t.]

I love the top of this Pete but feel the bead in the stem and the whacking great foot spoil it a bit If they were scaled down then it would look good or if the top were about twice the size(although by your measurements that would be enormous :lol: )
Do you not fancy making a hollow form with this type of natural edge top? they look dead good

JT

 

[Bodrighy]

Thanks for the comments guys,

I agree that the foot isn't right. Even though it isn't as big as it looks in the picture it still sems wrong, perhaps too chunky as said, I am working out a way of remounting, glue chuck of some sort probably.

I have done one or two hollow forms Johnny but am limited by tools at the moment as any hollowing I do is do witha spindle gouge. I have some more of this hawthorn so may give it a go once I have finished all the orders. This piece was dead straight and same diameter all the way up the log so would have ended up simply as a vase.

Pete

 

[boysie39]

Pete. you turn exactly as I would like to,and most of what I do is from the hedgerows.
I love the suprise of what shows after the first cuts are made,if you know what I mean. I suppose I should know by now which is the best way to start a piece to show it's true beauty,but it seems to have passed me by or I havent discovered it yet. Maybe I will never find out but I think my one hope is to follow your work and pay more attention to what you do. Thanks Pete for showing your work I for one love it . REgards Boysie.

 

[Bodrighy]

First 4 of a dozen. These are 1mm hooks, now have 4 each of 1.5mm, 2mm & 2.5mm




And just to be different, this is a prototype someone asked for. It's called an orifice hook. I'll let you guess what it's used for :lol:



Pete