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[Phil Pascoe]

The greatest teacher, failure is.

Yes. Next time fail better.

 

[stenik]

Nice, have you considered burning the markers on the dibber? I use lollipop sticks.

I do on some. I've got some picture wire I had laying around attached to some handles. Gets hot though

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Try using shards of broken formica - it's easier to use on sloping surfaces than wire.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Spalted beech bowl, 9.5 x 3.5 inches, polished CA finish. To be donated to a dog rescue to be entered into a raffle/auction they are planning.

 

[kinverkid]

Spalted beech bowl, 9.5 x 3.5 inches, polished CA finish. To be donated to a dog rescue to be entered into a raffle/auction they are planning.
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Great bowl for a great cause.

 

[akirk]

Back playing with pens...
This is A Salmon Gum Burr... - fountain ben kit from prokraft. the photo doesn't do it justice - it is stunning wood - with a pink running through the wood.


Also played with some pink ivory, but it went wrong - inclusion in the barrel wood was not visible beforehand - and then I managed to go too far on the cap and break it! Still polished it as it was my first time with pink ivory and I wanted to test it... so more will be going on the lathe - beautiful wood and colour...

 

[v8 Fossil]

First bowl. No idea what the wood is but it was hard work. The finish was achieved using an old candle.

 

[Rodpr]

First bowl. No idea what the wood is but it was hard work. The finish was achieved using an old candle.View attachment 163158

That's pretty impressive for a first bowl! Did you have a beeswax candle? As good a way as any of applying a wax finish.

 

[Fred48]

First bowl. No idea what the wood is but it was hard work. The finish was achieved using an old candle.View attachment 163158

Lovely bowl. I believe the wood is Iroko
Fred

 

[Rodpr]

I have signed up for a small craft market. I have plenty of bowls of various sizes and various woods but everyone says that they don't tend to sell well so I have started making some other things. The vase is lined with a plastic tube that once held salad dressing (a glass test tube would be classier but I don't have any!). Then I moved on to light pulls and today finished four 'pocket boxes' in crab apple wood. Still no idea how much to ask for things. I only really need to get a bit of funds for sandpaper, oil and other finishes but I don't want to undercut people who need to charge reasonable prices.

 

[v8 Fossil]

That's pretty impressive for a first bowl! Did you have a beeswax candle? As good a way as any of applying a wax finish.

Just an ordinary tealight candle that I swiped from herself then a rub with some blue towel as it was spinning. I did the outside first but was terrified to cut deeper on the inside as there is a line across and I was afraid that it would burst as I dug deeper.

 

[v8 Fossil]

Lovely bowl. I believe the wood is Iroko
Fred

Thanks for that.

 

[Esqy]

Pens n stuff!
I forgot to write down which woods they were - I think the light pen is Teak, no idea about the darker one, Purpleheart - which I learned that its gray when cut, but a bit of rubbing alcohol and letting it sunbathe for a bit makes it looks stunning after an hour or so. The mallet was from Tulipwood, which I now know it a bit too soft to be a mallet, but it's ideal for knocking chucks out of the lathe, so I'm happy enough. The bottle opener is Wenge - Might be my current fave wood. those dark rings/stripes look lush after they are polished up and the wood has a nice weight to it.

These are the first things I've ever made after my 'dibber' that I made when I first got the lathe to try out what all the tools did and stuff.

 

[Yorkieguy]

As Winston Churchill put it:

“Success is what comes from going from one failure to another, with no loss of enthusiasm”.

Others say that “insanity is defined by doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome’.

 

[Chisteve]

I'm teaching myself to turn by making tool handles - getting better with the skew

Made some nice Ash handles with stainless steel ferrules

 

[Rodpr]

Very nice. I like the slimmer handles for the lighter chisels

 

[Owd Jockey]

Hi currently doing the same with a bunch of old files using Oak/Beech and 22mm used copper pipe for the ferrule. How do you get that 'punch' in the ferrule without distorting the ferrule itself? I've reverted to drilling a tiny hole with panel pin drilled in. Are you going to put an edge on the old boys? A nice job by the way.

 

[Esqy]

I like them, Chisteve. Especially the ones where you can see the rings.

Owd - Maybe jam a wooden dowel inside the pipe to support the circle before you drill?

 

[Owd Jockey]

I like them, Chisteve. Especially the ones where you can see the rings.

Owd - Maybe jam a wooden dowel inside the pipe to support the circle before you drill?

Cheers Esqy. I do actually have the tang and wood beneath the ferrule, when I attempt to punch a divot onto the ferrule (saves drilling). However, I think its down to the fact that I'm using copper, which easily gets put out of shape.

 

[steadyeddie]

Had a bit of shed time this weekend, turned a few bits. Wood donated by neighbour. I think it may be Silver Birch, slightly spalted too.