Post a photo of the last thing you turned

[Stigmorgan]

Didn't have much time left today after going into work to do a few bits so grabbed a piece of Oak that was cut 2 weeks ago and turned a podlet, I had to work pretty quick to stay ahead of the splitting and warping but I managed it and absolutely love the red colouration in the bark.

 

[Blister]

Didn't have much time left today after going into work to do a few bits so grabbed a piece of Oak that was cut 2 weeks ago and turned a podlet, I had to work pretty quick to stay ahead of the splitting and warping but I managed it and absolutely love the red colouration in the bark.
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Nice, Lets hope they stay upright .

 

[Stigmorgan]

Nice, Lets hope they stay upright .

To be honest I prefer it when they warp and move, I'm just the bark stays on for a while, being summer cut there's a very high likelihood it will come away as it dries. The base/bulb is heavy enough to stop it falling over and will also likely split/crack a little.

 

[Doug B]

Spalted Sycamore bowl 9" diameter 3 & 3/8" high, side coves finished with Rubio Monocoat peacock green 2C oil bowl finished with Osmo raw oil & buffed

 

[Stigmorgan]

Today was a lesson in greed, parting the piece off I knew I should stop and saw the last bit but just had to get that last few mm first, that's when it happened, the podlet snapped, 3 hours work broken in a split second
Managed to contain my anger and instead of launching it across the makerspace I took a breath, soaked it in pva and taped it up before setting it down and going home. It was intended as a welcome gift for a new staff member tomorrow when they all return but I'm not convinced the break with repair very well.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Nice pens they look so good

 

[Rayfontofall]

I got a quantity of pitch pine given to me from a mental hospital that was built in 1880. The grain was so close it was almost like hardwood. This is the first thing I have turned. If you look carefully there are areas that are translucent and allow some light through.
The video is before i applied oil finish. The two black marks are the original holes from the iron nails. I just used CA glue and sawdust as I wanted to keep them as a feature.

 

[pat from Marck]

I got a quantity of pitch pine given to me from a mental hospital that was built in 1880. The grain was so close it was almost like hardwood. This is the first thing I have turned. If you look carefully there are areas that are translucent and allow some light through.
The video is before i applied oil finish. The two black marks are the original holes from the iron nails. I just used CA glue and sawdust as I wanted to keep them as a feature.
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That a very nice piece with a crazy background.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Started making a Birch/Ash pot cover for a colleague who has fallen in love with mine and may want more later, the birch top was very unbalanced for most of the turning and despite being dry is very heavy, so much so that my live centre has ground its bearings to dust and started spiralling instead of spinning I'm not too surprised, I've done a lot of very unbalanced stuff recently (haven't posted most of it as it's not finished) I've run out of epoxy so can't glue the 2 pieces together yet.

at this point I decided to start on the game pieces for the balance game I started, a few days ago I soaked 4 pieces of 20x20x150mm very very spalted Ash in a pot of Danish oil over night, they absorbed it all by morning, turning them today was...interesting, on the surface the oil was dry but as I cut through it became sticky then wet in the centre, I'm sure they will dry out now they're parted into 10mm discs, along with these I did some mahogany, cherry and some larger willow, next task is sanding and finishing them all, also want to make some heavier pieces from some waste bits of oak and ebony

 

[pat from Marck]

Started making a Birch/Ash pot cover for a colleague who has fallen in love with mine and may want more later, the birch top was very unbalanced for most of the turning and despite being dry is very heavy, so much so that my live centre has ground its bearings to dust and started spiralling instead of spinning I'm not too surprised, I've done a lot of very unbalanced stuff recently (haven't posted most of it as it's not finished) I've run out of epoxy so can't glue the 2 pieces together yet.
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at this point I decided to start on the game pieces for the balance game I started, a few days ago I soaked 4 pieces of 20x20x150mm very very spalted Ash in a pot of Danish oil over night, they absorbed it all by morning, turning them today was...interesting, on the surface the oil was dry but as I cut through it became sticky then wet in the centre, I'm sure they will dry out now they're parted into 10mm discs, along with these I did some mahogany, cherry and some larger willow, next task is sanding and finishing them all, also want to make some heavier pieces from some waste bits of oak and ebony
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Thats an intresting lump of a log behind the stool leaning against the wall

 

[Stigmorgan]

Thats an intresting lump of a log behind the stool leaning against the wall

That's a piece of willow, it's so punky and dry you could carry the weight on your little finger.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Well the stool is finished, just in time.
The g kids are doing “product testing “ as I type

 

[pat from Marck]

Had time for a turn a few days back and decided to use all my leftover of cuts from a door of meranti. Processing them using my table saw ended up with this

using the thinner baguettes some were to thin so ended up in stephs garden shed as plant markers. Turned these

Two on the bottom left were my only mistakes. Then left them to soak for three days in a linseed bath

This afternoon pulled them out wiped them down and they're now drying out on the table

As for the last larger pieces I'm going to turn them into salt /flour /sugar scoops when time alows. Sneak preview of three I've done

 

[NickDReed]

Had time for a turn a few days back and decided to use all my leftover of cuts from a door of meranti. Processing them using my table saw ended up with thisusing the thinner baguettes some were to thin so ended up in stephs garden shed as plant markers. Turned these Two on the bottom left were my only mistakes. Then left them to soak for three days in a linseed bathThis afternoon pulled them out wiped them down and they're now drying out on the tableAs for the last larger pieces I'm going to turn them into salt /flour /sugar scoops when time alows. Sneak preview of three I've done

Need to try some of these as the design council mandated a salt pig next to the cooker and using a teaspoon doesn't feel right.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Wow very nice. Pad.
I watched a video of bowl turning. The vid showed that in place of a heel they cut a recess and expanded the Chuck into it.
Thought I would give it a go I scrounged so old floor joists pieces from a neighbour who is extending his house.
Got to cut it down to a size the gives me the biggest bowl and I can still fit the odd shaped wood in the lathe
I cut as close to the marked out circle as poss but the wood looks look like a deformed 50 pence piece
It just clears the lathe bed, the tool rest is extended to the max..... will post results..... or not if an epic fail lol

 

[Stigmorgan]

Wow very nice. Pad.
I watched a video of bowl turning. The vid showed that in place of a heel they cut a recess and expanded the Chuck into it.
Thought I would give it a go I scrounged so old floor joists pieces from a neighbour who is extending his house.
Got to cut it down to a size the gives me the biggest bowl and I can still fit the odd shaped wood in the lathe
I cut as close to the marked out circle as poss but the wood looks look like a deformed 50 pence piece
It just clears the lathe bed, the tool rest is extended to the max..... will post results..... or not if an epic fail lol

The recess is called a mortise and the "heel" as you call it is a tenon avoid using a mortise in end grain as theres every chance the wood will split apart and a tenon on side grain can separate, just need to be aware
Without a bandsaw it's very hard to get a perfectly round blank that fits the lathe at the maximum diameter so don't worry about lots of angles too much, it will actually help reduce the beating you get when rounding the piece off
Can't wait to see what you produce

 

[pat from Marck]

The olive ash pot that went wrong put on my new cole jaw

discovered that I will need to buy 8 more screws that are slightly shorter so as to make the plates properly sit flush against the chuck face. But still did the job. The only draw back is it limited to 600 rpm so any high speed turning or polishing is out the window. The end result drying with a coat of tung oil.

 

[Fred48]

The olive ash pot that went wrong View attachment 187823put on my new cole jaw View attachment 187825discovered that I will need to buy 8 more screws that are slightly shorter so as to make the plates properly sit flush against the chuck face. But still did the job. The only draw back is it limited to 600 rpm so any high speed turning or polishing is out the window. The end result drying with a coat of tung oil.View attachment 187828

That's a beautiful result. I bet you are happy with that
Fred

 

[pat from Marck]

Found a small piece of walnut I didn't know I had. A bit of small turning for self pleasure, the mugs for scale.

 

[Jonzjob]

I'm a member of the Tetbury Men's Shed and we have just moved our portacabin from a scruffy industrial estate down the road to The Tetbury Goods Shed. It's the old goods shed from the now defunct railway station. We are alongside the old signal box and there's a finial at each end of the roof. The finial nearest our Shed was at a silly angle and obviously broken just above the roof level. It was taken down and I was talking to the blokes doing the job and said that I could repair it.

Well, I decided to do it at home rather than on the Shed's lathe, more time and quieter. I chopped the bottom of, the broken bit, and turned a new bit for it. They wanted to keep of much as possible as it was the original from eons ago. That was fine, but when it came to getting layers (! of paint off I found the wood was well rotten! So I finished up doing the complete top section.

I had a nice oak off-cut from a newal post andcut the pointy bit on my bandsaw. The pointy bit is octagonal not round! That made it more interesting

The rest was prettty straight forward turning and I enjoyed doing it. I was quite chuffed with the result.

Side by side

In situ and painted the colour for Great Western Railways. Funny really, when I was in the R.A.F. the aircraft desert camouflage was almost the same colours and it was commonly known as poo and biscuit, or something like that? Merde et biscuit for Sam

It's the shiny top bit.