Gallery additions, the quest for me time.

[CHJ]

Just finished a few Yew Windfalls left over from a recent project.

 

[Dalboy]

A nice pear just goes to show what you get for the fruits of your labour. Great apples and pears.

Keep meaning to turn some but other projects keep getting in the way. I have even put the waggon to the side for a few days to turn something for the club competition which is Saturday nothing like leaving it too late

 

[CHJ]

Fruit is a subject I often resist for some reason Derek, but once a batch is started they seem to become addictive.
Frustration with this lot has been the proportions of blank size needed, loads of bits in the bin but trying to find something such as a 80mm cube soon throws up a dearth of suitable stuff.
Done a couple of dozen others as well as these and used some logs that had been hanging around for a couple of years to get enough stock only to have half a dozen split due to core moisture. Guess I could use them to simulate a tin of Pear slices or an Apple flan.
First project I've had to use a Buffing Tree in earnest, certainly speeds up batch polishing flow when you have a quantity to do.

 

[Dalboy]

loads of bits in the bin but trying to find something such as a 80mm cube soon throws up a dearth of suitable stuff.

I seem to collect bits like that as they come in handy for contrasting lids, bird houses and any other small stuff

 

[CHJ]

A bit of non descript Beech, decided to texture the outer a little to mask the blandness.

Some more Windfalls, it seems they are flavour of the day at the moment.

 

[Dalboy]

Some more nice pieces Chas. Been rough turning today and then burnt the shavings and boy did they smoke now I smell of smoke so bath calling

 

[CHJ]

Surprising how quickly the waste builds up, forever getting caught out by failing to check the extractor bins often enough.
Have not done any green turning now for some time, guess I've been too preoccupied with the simple segmenting and that's resulted in the store stock having to do its own drying, although I do have a lot of small planked stuff that has been in stick for some time as a means of reducing the splitting risk and awaiting segmenting. Not always the easiest stuff to use, like a lot of air dried stuff you never really know how it's going to react when you try to finish squaring it up.

 

[CHJ]

Back to old style.

Walnut & Oak, 100mm dia.

 

[Dalboy]

Now they are what you are known for Chas, as always great workmanship. Never bore of seeing your boxes

 

[CHJ]

Now they are what you are known for Chas, ...

Glad it's not just as a rambling old fogey.

Surprising how quickly the waste builds up, forever getting caught out by failing to check the extractor bins often enough.
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Was I saying; another half hour task that wasn't planned for:-

Oh! better check the other bins while we are at it:-

And all I'd planned to do in the shed this afternoon was turn up this little extension handle for the lathe banjo, sooner or later bruised hands from the silly little plastic knobs becomes a niggle too far.

 

[Dalboy]

At least you managed to make something. Great job on the handle.

Like you I needed to have a lear up and that is just the tip of it as i need to empty the dust extractor as well as the vac. It had to be done as I was turning wet Oak and if left it will blacken every thing it comes into contact with.

The good thing is with wet wood it does come off in streamers this was from the feild maple I have

 

[CHJ]

Yes, you really pay the price for the pleasure of seeing the streaming shavings from green turning floating past your shoulder, there's no way you can sensibly put off cleaning up immediately when you've finished spinning.


Sometimes it's the little tasks like the small handle that you fit in a spare few minutes that result in a disproportionate amount of satisfaction.

 

[CHJ]

An oddment of Pale Yew.

 

[CHJ]

Some more small items salvaged from the shelf of oddments.
Ash

Yew

Yew

 

[Dalboy]

You certainly getting more turning done than I am and as per normal all look great. My lack of work is due to the last little hiccup as in my router jig post

 

[CHJ]

Four more from the same oddments shelf, not sure Sumac is best presented as complete items, think I prefer it as a highlight/contrast addition to something lighter and closer grained.
Not the most robust of woods, easily pressure marked, finishing benefits from consolidation with a wood hardener prior to final cuts and sanding.
Sumac

 

[CHJ]

This morning shed time:-
Walnut & Oak,

Yew,

 

[CHJ]

Yep, another one to add a bit of substance to the days debris clean-up.

Yew,

 

[Dalboy]

I go away for the weekend and you certainly been busy Chas some nice little pieces. Day of rest today ten back in the shed for some me time

 

[CHJ]

Not so productive today unless you count two large bins of shavings.

This one failed to make the grade, attempted a contrast lid and it doesn't work, need to sort some more suitable wood for different lid.

This one still has not got lid, all three pieces of wood part turned to make one had hidden splits that look obtrusive.

And this one decided to sound a warning with a loud crack whilst hollowing out.

One of those days when tidying up and walking away seems the best idea.