I've made a couple of these clocks in the past. This one is for my niece and husbands new garden bar. It's around 350mm across and the frame is a segmented turning sprayed black.
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Another Rex Krueger gauge in firewood cherry. This is a Japanese cutting gauge and the blade is a bit of industrial bandsaw blade. Made it between coats of paint on the above clock.
Stigmorgan
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Got carried away today and made 2 more Iroko pallet block Xmas trees and a little cherry bowl.
Lons
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Novelty bandsaw box for my 8 year old granddaughter, my first attempt at a bandsaw box and I made a few mistakes but a learning curve and little Alice can't see them and loves it, her little face lit up when I gave it this evening 
hopefully something else to treasure when I'm deed and gorn, not that I'm planning to do that any time soon. Stands about 250 x 125 x 150mm
hopefully something else to treasure when I'm deed and gorn, not that I'm planning to do that any time soon. Stands about 250 x 125 x 150mm
Droogs
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Nice one, did you make the hammer
or learn how to use it on the anvil and who does the course ?DavidConnelly
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Made it. It was an all day thing very enjoyableNice one, did you make the hammer
Jameshow
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What lathe have you got?
I can see why she was happy , Lovely gift for the young one , Looks goodNovelty bandsaw box for my 8 year old granddaughter, my first attempt at a bandsaw box and I made a few mistakes but a learning curve and little Alice can't see them and loves it, her little face lit up when I gave it this evening
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I've got a Record Model 0 that I got from here
Cooper
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This is really nice but how is the blade set to stay at the same depth? Isn't there a risk of any pressure pushing the blade back? My old cutting gauge has a little brass wedge that is used to hold the blade.
Cooper
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MartinNovelty bandsaw box for my 8 year old granddaughter, my first attempt at a bandsaw box and I made a few mistakes but a learning curve and little Alice can't see them and loves it, her little face lit up when I gave it this evening
You've done a fantastic job especially hiding the entry cuts for holes and drawers. Did you have any difficulty gluing it back together? Did you glue it back before you shaped the outside?
RichardG
If at first you don’t succeed have a cup of tea.
I have loads of Ash which isn't the most interesting of wood but by carefully selecting the crotch of the tree and other intersections it's possible to get some wonderful grain. Absolute pig to turn though with all the grain running in different directions, really shows up my poor tool presentation.
One bowl had a fault which I recovered by soaking in cyanoacrylate but still cracked.
Bowl 2
I must get a better way of taking photos, colours are all over the place....
One bowl had a fault which I recovered by soaking in cyanoacrylate but still cracked.
Bowl 2
I must get a better way of taking photos, colours are all over the place....
Lons
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The cuts were one of my mistakes Martin as I failed to follow the grain and it stands out a mile to me. I used a 6mm coarse blade because that's what I had but a narrower/finer blade would possibly have been better and if I was making a small box I might try the scrollsaw instead. I don't know as it was my first attempt.
I cut the back off when still a block then shaped the body before cutting out the drawers, glued the body together to close the cuts then once the drawer apertures were sanded I glued the back on and shaped that to fit the body. I used Titebond for all the gluing and a couple of coats of acrylic varnish to seal then waxed for a finish.
The dark wood is mahogany, I don't know the light wood as it's out of my scrap bin but it was damned hard and the drawer pulls, eye sockets and beak are rosewood, I originally turned some eyes but wasn't happy so these plastic ones are from Amazon at 3 pairs for a fiver and they appear to follow you as you move so are pretty good.
So far it's jammed in there. It took some doing to get it in there so at the moment it's not going anywhere. If, in the future, it does become loose then I'll either put a threaded insert in and a knurled screw or re-make the arm with a wedge too.
Stigmorgan
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Those are beautiful
my tool presentation isn't great yet either, I do a lot of sanding 
Sawdust=manglitter
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Got it ready just in time!! My second ever chopping board. Made of London Plane. For my cousin’s wedding this weekend, but i cant make it there, so having to post it meant i went a little overboard with the packaging!! I used Kaizan foam for the packaging. Also had a little play on the vinyl cutter for the label too. And i made my own ‘chopping board butter’ replenishing wax with beeswax, carnauba wax and mineral oil (all food grade ingredients). I also made the outer box out of scraps i had laying around. Fingers crossed it gets to it’s destination in one piece
RichardG
If at first you don’t succeed have a cup of tea.
Thanks, the scraper is my weapon on choice, I'm going to have to go on a course as I just don't seem able to get a smooth surface straight from the bowl gouge, especially on the inside. It us getting better but very slowly....and I agree thank goodness for 80 grit paper.Those are beautiful
Sheptonphil
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A little play on the lathe, a 1/12 scale model of an 18th century British 24lb naval canon. Found original full size blueprints online and scaled them down. All oak inc barrel, with metalwork handmade from various bits lying around the workshop. Just got the rope to make to finish off the detail.
Finished model has 290mm long barrel.
Finished model has 290mm long barrel.
Stigmorgan
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So today I'd planned to make some smaller Xmas trees with a few scraps of pine 2x2 left over from some work we had done a while ago, twice the trees fell apart as I turned them so all the 2x2 is now on the fire pit pile, after getting very frustrated I put a piece of oak on the worm screw and went to it, I had originally planned to have the traditional layers but once I had removed the bulk I really liked the grain figure so just cleaned it up and hit with wax. Probably took half hour start to finish.
