more of my work for critique-comments etc

[cornucopia]

hello all
heres a few pieces some very recent but a couple of older ones aswell

walnut platter/shallow bowl

cherry and ebony hollow from

walnut bowl

spalted beech vessel

elm box

spalted beech vessel

wavy oak bowl

olive ash wall plaque

walnut wall plaque

blackwood box

 

[gasmansteve]

Stunning stuff Cornu. I must admit that arty type of woodturning is really appealing and something I`d love to have a go at.
=D>

 

[NickWelford]

Love them all..... except the plaques - not into plaques, myself. Incredible pieces - well done.

 

[shedhead]

Yet again "Corny" every one a masterpiece, but the the Blackwood box is "the dogs b**ls. I like the threaded lid, i want to be able to do that!!!!!! [-o<

 

[greggy]

i agree, stunning stuff. way to go :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[Wanlock Dod]

They're all nice, and actually I quite like the plaques (although can't help thinking that starting with a planed piece of timber might be better for untouched parts of the face).

How big are these?

Thanks for showing.

Dod

 

[cornucopia]

They're all nice, and actually I quite like the plaques (although can't help thinking that starting with a planed piece of timber might be better for untouched parts of the face).

How big are these?

Thanks for showing.

Dod

the walnut plaque is about 14" square- the ash one is 21"x 13"

thankyou for all your comments

 

[PowerTool]

Another great selection,of both styles and timbers;must echo Dermots comment abouth the blackwood box - for me,it's the one that stands out as being most technically brilliant,and visually appealing

Andrew

 

[hpl]

These are look very well turned, I especially like the wavy edge oak bowl, how do you turn that? The centre section being oval and then the wavy edge, looks very complex. The Blackwood Box also looks special to me with it's threaded lid, again, how do you turn a thread in timber? Hey and the Spalted Beech bowls, great shape and very well turned. Thanks for showing.

Johnny B

 

[cornucopia]

These are look very well turned, I especially like the wavy edge oak bowl, how do you turn that? The centre section being oval and then the wavy edge, looks very complex. The Blackwood Box also looks special to me with it's threaded lid, again, how do you turn a thread in timber? Hey and the Spalted Beech bowls, great shape and very well turned. Thanks for showing.

Johnny B

thankyou for your kind comments

the wavy oak bowl is about 24" diameter, it was turned when the wood was very wet, it was perfectly concentric when i took it of the lathe and then over a couple of days it finds its own shape and turns into what you see now. it has to be consistently thin to be able to do this.

threads in timber are chased in with a pair of male and female thread chasers, it looks like its an easy thing to do but it takes allolt of pratice, i'm no expert but i do enjoy the challenge of getting a matching thread. the wood has to be dense wood to take a crisp thread i,e african blackwood, lignum vitae, boxwood

heres another one i did, this was made even more challenging trying to get the grain to line up just as the lid closed.

thanks to everyone again for there comments

 

[TEP]

Some beautiful work there C.

Ditto on the plaques, not my thing really, but if we were all the same what a boring world it would be. Thanks for showing.

 

[Paul.J]

Yet even more beautiful pieces George not so keen on the wall plaques meself :roll:
Love the shape of the Beech vases.How long would you have to leave the Beech before it loses it's natural figuring :?:
But me favourite is the first Walnut platter piece Reminds me of a similar Yew piece i done.

 

[cornucopia]

I must admit i'm not entirely happy with either plaque, neither piece seem's to look quite right :-k

Not quite sure what you mean paul by "loses its natraul figuring" if you mean how long does it take to go from fresh beech to spalted beech its about 18-24 months.

 

[davegw]

As ever Corny these are excellent and make me feel totally inadequate!

well done!

 

[Paul.J]

Cornucopia wrote

Not quite sure what you mean paul by "loses its natraul figuring"

Sorry George,what i meant was how much longer would you have to leave the logs before the spalting was "full on" as you say.Losing the Beechs natural fleck that it has.Or is it all a bit hit and miss :?:
Some of the first pieces i turned were spalted Beech that i had given me,which had gone really soft and had to throw quite a bit of it away :?:
I was told that it been cut for about 2 years,and just left in the garden used as a seat.

 

[cornucopia]

when i say "full on" I mean lots of spalting like the above pieces, that amount of spalting is what i look for and enjoy working with. It has only been a few weeks since i took delivery of this batch of beech but already with the help of good conditions the spalting has improved and i will work it all between now and xmas, by next spring some of the logs will be gone too soft too turn.
it can be a bit hit and miss i cut two logs today one was o.k the other was superb, both from the same tree both stored identically. It was very strange today actually as for the first time in 11 years of cutting semi green logs i discoverd a batch of woodworm deep in one of them- and yep you guessd it it was the best one :roll: so half of that log has been burnt and i have checked my stock and no more was found, but i will be keeping a close eye on all my stock.

 

[dickm]

threads in timber are chased in with a pair of male and female thread chasers, it looks like its an easy thing to do but it takes allolt of pratice, i'm no expert but i do enjoy the challenge of getting a matching thread. the wood has to be dense wood to take a crisp thread i,e african blackwood, lignum vitae, boxwood

heres another one i did, this was made even more challenging trying to get the grain to line up just as the lid closed.

Wow. That is some turning. I would never dare try a thread on a piece like that - have ruined too many at the last moment. That feeling that "one more run will make the thread perfect", you miss the start and chew up the whole d**n thing
On the other hand, it's usually not too bad lining up the grain by taking off tiny amounts from the thread shoulder.

 

[Paul.J]

Pity about the WW George,but i suppose that's one of the drawbacks getting timber like this.You never know what your bringing back with you :roll:

 

[Bodrighy]

I've worked a few pieces with woodworm and filled the little tunnels exposed with brass powder. In my case it was old furniture that I had 'rescued.' Can be quite effective.

Pete

 

[tekno.mage]

I've worked a few pieces with woodworm and filled the little tunnels exposed with brass powder. In my case it was old furniture that I had 'rescued.' Can be quite effective.

Pete

How did you make sure the woodworm was dead so you didn't get new holes appearing later on in the piece? I've got some wormy bits of wood I'd like to use but I don't wan't the livestock to carry on munching after I've finished the project!

tekno.mage