Look no holes Vol 2

[CHJ]

Blimey Pete is the current batch that strong you have to have miniature flask and goblet?

Looking neat by the way.

 

[Anonymous]

Lovely work Pete, the vase on the right does it for me, shape, finish, grain...

bit big but..... :lol: :lol:

(seriously, I'd be happy to display it alongside any of my stuff :wink: )

 

[Bodrighy]

Thanks guys. Sorry it's a bit big Graham, I'll see if I can do a couple of smaller ones for you. Might need to get my glasses renewed first though.

I did wonder about hollowing it out with some dental picks I* have but decided that I wasn't that clever (yet) and it was 10.30 so I didn't. Maybe try some time though

Pete

 

[Anonymous]

...
I did wonder about hollowing it out with some dental picks ...
Pete

I only bother hollowing out lidded boxes and wide necked vases/hollow form Pete

... but...


if you hadn't said that nobody (apart from you) would have known

 

[PowerTool]

Nice turnings,Pete - guess you don't bin offcuts any more ? It's either still useable,or it's sawdust.. :wink:

Andrew

 

[Paul.J]

Very nice Pete

 

[Bodrighy]

Couple of 'ordnary' pieces as Graham would say courtesy of Yandles scrap boxes


Lacewood. 6^ tall, bowl bit is 2 1/2" wdia, 1mm thin at lip and 2mm rest of body


Wenge, 1 1/2" tall, 3" dia


Must get back to spalt and voids, suffering withdrawal pains

Pete

P.S white spots are the light, not there in real life

 

[Anonymous]

Is that Ropala Lacewood Pete?

Ordinary!! ... they might have been when they were in the scrapbox :!

 

[TEP]

Nice work Pete, really like the Wenge. Not that easy a wood to get that good a finish on.

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice pieces - like the shape and style of both;both have lovely colouring,and look excellently finished

Andrew

 

[CHJ]

Seriously Pete you are showing a whole new level of achievement just lately, I think you have either had a eureka moment or you have got yourself that comfortably set up in that shed that things are happening out of shear pleasure.

Because that is what shouts to me when I look at that goblet, the guy enjoyed himself making that.

 

[Paul.J]

Another 2 cracking pieces Pete
That Lacewood looks gorgeous,and that Yandles scrap box is also producing some nice timber

 

[Bodrighy]

Thanks for the compliments guys

Strangely enough part of the reason I am possibly doing a bit better is because I have been using some old Carbon Steel tools that I have been experimenting with at the grindstone. I have been trying different shaped bevels etc. I still sharpen free hand so I wasn't prepared to try it with more expensive tools

Must admit everything seems to be flowing better at the moment. I am also experimenting with design, trying to use 'proper techniques' to produce different shapes etc. In other words I am actually starting to do things according to the book a bit more. Only taken 14 months

Pete

 

[Bodrighy]

Didn't rain today but as SWMBO was hiding behind a sewing machine I managed to have a day in the shed

Two yew bowls, both approx 12" dia and 4" high.


Chestnut goblet. 12" tall, stem 1/4" dia, bowl part approx 3mm thick and 2 1/2" dia


Beech bowl / urn. 9" dia, 2mm thicjk 5" tall


Feel free to comment etc.

Pete

 

[CHJ]

With and without character features, a good day in the shed there Pete,

Looks like you have got the finishing routine nailed now.

 

[PowerTool]

Nice shapes,goblet looks lovely,and as Chas said,all look excellently finished

Andrew

 

[Paul.J]

Like em all Pete
Love the rim on the Beech bowl.

 

[santiniuk]

All very good. In particular the finish is very impressive.

Good stuff.

 

[Bodrighy]

Managed a few more bowls today and then had another go at one of these.
Approx 10" total, globe is 3" dia. Haven't a clue what the woods are, think that the dark maybe a piece of imb... something or other that someone gave me but the white one I don't know.




Any advice on sanding inside of hollow forms like this welcome. The hole is only about 3/4" wde and I couldn't get my finger inside to sand without friction burns DAMHIK :roll: . Can't afford £30 for one of those ball things.

 

[PowerTool]

Looks nice,Pete - Imbuya ? quite a chocolatey brown,turns and cuts very nicely.
And why not turn yourself a sanding ball out of timber,and duck tape some abrasive to it ? Should work,and cost factor is pleasantly low :lol:

Andrew