critique required-Piece No7.

[Paul.J]

This is the third piece i made this week which is the biggest and deepest of the three.Me confidence was growing
Managed to get a whole 150mm deep inside which i think is just about the max for the RS200 :shock:
Again another piece of Yew,but i have left as much of the Sap wood on as possible just showing the heartwood where there are curves.
The hole is a natural inclusion where the log curved inwards.
I am pleased with it just love the colours that Yew has.
Sizs-160mm tall 105mm at the widest part.
Finished with Danish Oil.







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[sooty]

Love it
Love the wood
Love the shape
Love the finnish

Phil

 

[maltrout512]

Paul looks great. Yew is nice. Was it turned green or seasoned

 

[punkrockdad]

why that shape?

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi Paul,

I like it! If anything the base and neck could be a little smaller in diameter but really very good.

Did anyone notice the shouty face looking out in the last picture??? :lol: :shock:

Richard

 

[wabbitpoo]

Did anyone notice the shouty face looking out in the last picture??? :lol: :shock:

Richard

Now you mention it....can't NOT see it! I'm tired after a session in the shop, but I keep thinkng I see Homer Simpson too! In the last pic, that is, not in my office!

 

[TEP]

Very nice Paul, very easy on the eye. You'll have to turn a few of these to knock a hole in that pile of Yew.

 

[Anonymous]

Good work Paul, you've successfully pushed the envelope yet again.

In the first and second pix it looks appealing.... in the fourth pic it looks a little 'heavy bottomed' ... which highlights the inadequacy of judging some object on pix alone... not to mention the subjective bias of the viewer :lol:

I hope it's a keeper and that I'll get to see it in the flesh one day :wink:

 

[CHJ]

You are certainly managing the wall thickness well Paul, and the internal finish looks reasonable, something enforced by the religious nature of the piece and requiring an extra order of effort.

 

[cornucopia]

nice work paul, your base does look a bit heavy- is it any thicker than the walls? or is it the photo?
the natraul edge hole is in an arkward posotion and i know would have been tricky to hollow there. a tip for the future- when sanding a piece with a natraul edge hole try to use a large arbor if power sanding or a sanding block (one of those dense foam ones are good) then with light pressure you wont round over the edges of the hole quite as much.
how deep will the next one be?

 

[Paul.J]

Thanks for the comments everyone
The Yew i've got is dry but it does have a lot of splits in it as i am finding out as i start to use it more.
The shape as usual as just turned out like it as though i knew the hole would be showing due to the shape of the log.
I can't quite see the face meself but i think on the smaller piccy it looks like a fishes head and body,where the heart wood is showing just above the hole :?
Graham i think it will be a stayer and i'm sure it will be here next time you visit
I think with this sort of shape the bottom always looks heavy :?
This one is about 10mm thick though the underneath as been turned away making it concave.Plus i couldn't get no further in with the tool i was using
Thanks for the tip George.I did round over the inner edge of the hole purposely as it was pretty sharp.At te moment that is about as deep as i can go

 

[user 5053]

A reasonable effort. I would of put a much more elegant, swan neck, s style curve which would of brought more of the heart wood out and made it into a more attractive, colourful and salable piece. But what we think doesn't matter two hoots - the question is will someone out there part with their cash or hand you their credit or debit card for it.

 

[Anonymous]

(...) the question is will someone out there part with their cash or hand you their credit or debit card for it.

My guess is that it was not a production item and as such it doesn't need to be saleable.... that criterion can stifle natural creation :wink:

In answer to soulfly's question.... there's nowt so queer as folk!

 

[Paul.J]

Soulfly wrote

A reasonable effort. I would of put a much more elegant, swan neck, s style curve which would of brought more of the heart wood out and made it into a more attractive, colourful and salable piece. But what we think doesn't matter two hoots - the question is will someone out there part with their cash or hand you their credit or debit card for it.

Thank you Soulfly,i will take your comments as praise and constructive critisism,which is the idea of this
The three pieces i've turned are just practice pieces using/getting used to the RS200,as you can tell by how the shapes have got bolder as i went on and gained confidence with the tool.
The idea as i mentioned was to leave the sap wood on and just leave the heart wood as windows looking into the heart wood,plus the heartwood would be showing more on the inside.So there was a little thought went into the piece,again as i went along :shock:

 

[wizer]

Looks lovely Paul,

I'm extremely eager to see some of Soulfly's work. He seems quite an expert.

 

[Dean]

PRACTICE PIECES :shock:

You shouldn't need to practice, you don't have the time to waste on that sillyness, there's cash to be made :twisted: anyway you should'nt need to improve your skills at turning, you should be more like the great Soulfly who turned his first piece when God created wood for him.

I don't know why I waste my time with you bunch of infidels, I would show you some of my master pieces but you are not worthy of such privileges.



But apart from that Paul you're doing great considering it's a new tool and technique you are exploring :wink:

 

[big soft moose]

I'm extremely eager to see some of Soulfly's work. He seems quite an expert.

yep me too - but it seems he doesnt belive in posting pics of his work for us commoners to see ( It would of course be cynical and churlish to suggest that this is because he doesnt have any )

 

[big soft moose]

This is the third piece i made this week which is the biggest and deepest of the three.Me confidence was growing
Managed to get a whole 150mm deep inside which i think is just about the max for the RS200 :shock:
Again another piece of Yew,but i have left as much of the Sap wood on as possible just showing the heartwood where there are curves.
The hole is a natural inclusion where the log curved inwards.
I am pleased with it just love the colours that Yew has.
Sizs-160mm tall 105mm at the widest part.
Finished with Danish Oil.







Click on piccys

I like it paul - its certainly a credible effort for a practice piece and you have your finishing down pat

the only thing i would say is that it is a little chunky and bottom heavy - I agree to an extent with soulfly (did i really just write that :shock: ) that it might look better with a more pronounced swan neck - however this would involve hollowing through a smaller neck and therefore isnt ideal for getting to grips with the RS2000.

of course another option is to make it in two pieces and rejoin them after hollowing, disguising the join with a bead - I believe cornucopia has recently posted some work done like this , and i have also seen similar from mark hancock and david may so its defintely not an "amateur only" technique

 

[Jenx]

Paul, Mate ...

Its beautiful.

'nuff said :wink: