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[Stigmorgan]

Today's turnings, finished the willow bowl I used as a jam chuck yesterday, the bark was loose and trying to come off so saturated in CA before sanding and finished with walnut oil, absolutely love the colours, then turned another piece of Ash and used another Ash blank as a jam chuck to remove the tenon.

 

[Doug B]

These flowers have been waiting to be finished for a while, finally got them sanded up & the first coats of melamine lacquer applied this morning.
They are turned from Cherry & Box wood, the stems are Sycamore.

Eventually they will be housed in a vase but that will be turned at a later date.

 

[pat from Marck]

These flowers have been waiting to be finished for a while, finally got them sanded up & the first coats of melamine lacquer applied this morning.
They are turned from Cherry & Box wood, the stems are Sycamore.

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Eventually they will be housed in a vase but that will be turned at a later date.

Hello fantastic love the way the flowers join the sycamore stems, out of curiosity did you bend the stems before attachment of the flowers or with them on. Ta.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Really enjoying myself at the minute, with only 5 weeks to go until the big purple wellness event at Merrist Wood on May 11 & 12 I'm concentrating on bowls as they're fairly easy and I can just about get 2 done at a time
Ash pot pouri pot (yes I know the top is meant for flowers but it was in a box of bits I was given) and a little thick rimmed birch bowl that I decided to try a bit of colour on with some red food dye, really like the result.

 

[Doug B]

Hello fantastic love the way the flowers join the sycamore stems, out of curiosity did you bend the stems before attachment of the flowers or with them on. Ta.

Thanks very much Pat.
Yeah the stems were steamed then held in a simple jig to form the angle.

They were cut to length & a 3mm hole drilled in the end, a dowel was made to fit the hole & a corresponding hole in the flower, they were then glued together & when dry the stems were shaped.

 

[pat from Marck]

A mini mile stone for me today the two small bowels are from an elderberry tree that got cut down in a gentlemans garden and he kindly let me chop it up and keep what I wanted. A total of eight good size branches have been drying out in my shed after sealing them. So these are made from my first harvested wood (from tree to bowl)

the first ones a bit rustic as I left the sides a bit thicker than I like as there appeared to be cracks on the outside which got the C A treatment before doing the inside. Had no problems with the second piece

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[Stigmorgan]

@pat from Marck beautiful, looks very similar to Ash.


Today's turnings evolved whilst chasing out cracks in the Ash blanks and I love them, first finished with yandles abrasive paste, it's great stuff and doesn't need anything on top, the 2nd one has a coat of Danish oil, will probably put a couple more at least, debating adding a finialed lid

 

[Stigmorgan]

Just a little birch bowl today while I wait for SWMBO to get home from Spain

 

[Stigmorgan]

Picked up a large birch blank today, it still had a little weight to it but didnt seem too much, had the idea to do a yarn bowl and might still cut the hook in later, the rim was warping as I hollowed out, hoping it won't move much more

 

[pat from Marck]

Not had much time this week but managed to squeeze some time in today thought id make a large vase using cypree and a block of wood ive been given. The top part using the cypree went well all shaped sanded on the outside, then put the block of wood on the lathe at the time I thought it was cedar. But after turning it realised it was something else and to good for what I had in mind so it on the lathe half way to completing a bowl. I tried goggle lens for the type of wood and it came back mulberry but I dont think its that. Very bright red shavings black lines in the grain and pretty hard dense wood

any thoughts

 

[Tris]

What does it smell like? I've had some types of cherry with wood of that depth of colour, but I don't think the sapwood was so pale. If it has an almond/marzipan smell it could be prunus family

Looks perfect for a hollow form

 

[J-G]

I've not seen any with sapwood but from the heartwood I suggest African Padauk.

It has a very open grain but turns very well, creating clouds of red dust - which gets everywhere!

 

[pat from Marck]

What does it smell like? I've had some types of cherry with wood of that depth of colour, but I don't think the sapwood was so pale. If it has an almond/marzipan smell it could be prunus family

Looks perfect for a hollow form

Ah can not help with the aromas as I'm still waiting for my sense of smell to return after losing it from covid. Annoying really as I regularly keep burning my toast.

 

[J-G]

No sense of smell can be quite disconcerting for many reasons - I understand that more than 50% of ones sense of 'taste' is affected by the nose.

My father became anosmic after a serious accident at work (lost two fingers - - - two days after buying his first piano ). I was 'into' photography at the time and had a bottle of Glacial Acetic Acid which would normally be impossible for you to get your nose anywhere near - potentially quite damaging to all manner of body parts - think extremely powerful vinegar - but he couldn't smell it with the open top under his nose!

 

[Padster]

So going for the healthy option....anyone for a bowl of fruit or three?

 

[pat from Marck]

So going for the healthy option....anyone for a bowl of fruit or three?

torn between the three of them but number 3 gets my vote, but if you turned a bigger bowl there'd all fit and I'd be in heaven

 

[pat from Marck]

Nice learning experience today with what I think is african puauk (ta J-G) had problems where the heart wood meet the sap wood even when I'd finished and removed the bowl of the home made jam chuck i found two small pieces gone from the rim. Tris if you reading this I'd already half turned this piece but you right would have looked amazing as a hollow form. Lastly it was my intention to completely remove the tenon but on seeing how the form of the tenon went with the bowl I reshaped it into the foot.

 

[akirk]

Very beautiful - not entirely sure whether it is Padauk but certainly very similar… this is a Padauk bowl - no sap wood and finer stripes…

 

[Stigmorgan]

Nice learning experience today with what I think is african puauk (ta J-G) had problems where the heart wood meet the sap wood even when I'd finished and removed the bowl of the home made jam chuck i found two small pieces gone from the rim. Tris if you reading this I'd already half turned this piece but you right would have looked amazing as a hollow form. Lastly it was my intention to completely remove the tenon but on seeing how the form of the tenon went with the bowl I reshaped it into the foot.View attachment 179421View attachment 179422View attachment 179423View attachment 179424View attachment 179425View attachment 179427View attachment 179428View attachment 179429View attachment 179430

When I turn something with sapwood and heartwood I sometimes saturate the softer sapwood with CA, this help prevent them separating but also makes the sapwood harder so it doesn't sand away twice as fast as the heartwood.
Beautiful bowl, love the foot

 

[J-G]

Now I see the finished article, I have the same resevations as @akirk about it being Padauk. The fact that sapwood is present will make a significant difference to both the colour and grain of any timber.

The only piece that I've handled like this is Laburnum - and only one piece of that!

Full heartwood Padauk as shown by @akirk's example does have less variation in both colour and grain but once you select a section to include sapwood you are in a totally different territory.

I do like the form of the bowl though and yes, the 'foot' works for me as well.