Pint Tumblers :)

[paulm]

Have been making a few pint tumblers for bushcrafty type folk recently, they seem to be very popular for using around the campfire for beers, ciders, wine etc

The current run of about a dozen have been made from maple and quite handily used a lot of bits of wood that were the wrong size or shape for the usual plates and bowls.

 

[Cabinetman]

Really good, but no pics of the difficult bit, scooping out the middle, done a bit on the lathe but wouldn’t know where to start on that!

 

[paulm]

Really good, but no pics of the difficult bit, scooping out the middle, done a bit on the lathe but wouldn’t know where to start on that!

Aha, that is indeed the tricky bit and a trade secret

It's a bit tedious to be honest, drilling out the centre to depth and then thinning out the walls to finished thickness with a Rolly Munhro tool and/or carbide scrapers, then of course sanding to finish off.

 

[baldkev]

Hi,
Nice work. What are you finishing then with?

 

[paulm]

Hi,
Nice work. What are you finishing then with?

Soaked in pure tung oil and left to cure for a few weeks, then a wipe on the inside with beeswax and mineral oil paste then polished off.

Seems to work well, may need periodic rewaxing though but early examples still holding up well a year down the line.

 

[baldkev]

Cool . I used tung oil on a worktop once. It was liberon i think. It had driers etc in it so not pure, and it seemed to go off fairly quickly. I gave it 4 / 5 thin coats, by the last one, it wasnt soaking in at all