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[stateit]

Just starting out on this journey. It's not fully sanded or finished yet - waiting until tomorrow for more abrasives. This is actually from the 12"x3/4" wide pine board that my lathe was mounted on when I picked it up. I remounted the lathe on my shed bench. Past two platters I made from it are round.

Shame it's pine, but I'm using what timber I have rather than buy it while I'm learning. My log pile has shrunk a bit this past couple of months, as well. Oak, ash, cherry & leylandii made up most of the last load.

I'm a bit miffed in that I 'forced' myself into maybe unnecessary decoration, and that it could be shifted by a few mm, or even not done.

Pleased with my new chuck, a Viper3 , having come from the tommy bar chucks that came with the lathe. Swapping/reversing pieces is so much easier now.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Just starting out on this journey. It's not fully sanded or finished yet - waiting until tomorrow for more abrasives. This is actually from the 12"x3/4" wide pine board that my lathe was mounted on when I picked it up. I remounted the lathe on my shed bench. Past two platters I made from it are round.

Shame it's pine, but I'm using what timber I have rather than buy it while I'm learning. My log pile has shrunk a bit this past couple of months, as well. Oak, ash, cherry & leylandii made up most of the last load.

I'm a bit miffed in that I 'forced' myself into maybe unnecessary decoration, and that it could be shifted by a few mm, or even not done.

Pleased with my new chuck, a Viper3 , having come from the tommy bar chucks that came with the lathe. Swapping/reversing pieces is so much easier now.

That's gorgeous, nothing wrong with pine but probably not the best wood to learn with, soft woods can be hard to get a clean cut without tearout causing frustration. Hardwoods can be easier to learn with.

Threw out yesterday's trophy failure and made a new one from a Mountain Ash log, continued the line through the stand for a little hidden feature underneath, finished with hard wax and have to say I really like it

 

[Padster]

Threw out yesterday's trophy failure and made a new one from a Mountain Ash log, continued the line through the stand for a little hidden feature underneath, finished with hard wax and have to say I really like it

Stig, I have to say I agree that this is much nicer - IMHO... great job!

 

[Stigmorgan]

Thanks Padster

3 little ring/jewelry bowls today made from silver birch.

 

[rob1693]

Wand in beech and oak

for my harry potter mad granddaughter

 

[Stigmorgan]

Wand in beech and oakView attachment 184007 for my harry potter mad granddaughter

OK that's freaky, look what I made today using Holly, ebony and a champagne gold marble for the Harry Potter mad school librarian

 

[rob1693]

If your comparing my work to yours stig I must be getting better, ive moved on from making things round

 

[Owd Jockey]

Some nice turning there Stig.

A number of years ago I turned a number of wands, most which I have given away over the years, this is all that remains. Although, I still feel guilty, because giving these things to kids could have them poking each others eyes out!! The few I have left are turned from Lleylandii, Oak and Hawthorn. The four on the right are not wands, but long hair-pins (you know like what Japanese ladies have holding their long hair in shape). Its a simple progression from turning wands, but you need to keep turning until you can get them as thin as you dare! The Ends of the wands and pins are embellished with decorative buttons from the wife's cache.

 

[Jonzjob]

A commission for 18 iroko newal post ball caps. I don't do many things like this, but they were for a friend. The down side was having to use my full face pos pressure dust mask as it was the dreaded iroko

I don't think that I'd ever make a pro video camera man

 

[Sebb]

I made some knobs for a mirrored cabinet... they were handy though

 

[pat from Marck]

Living in a picturesque house means having to do maintenance to keep it looking nice so thats what I've been doing for the last two months so the woodturning has had to shelved but now I'm all caught up it back to the lathe. Heres my latest my last piecce of red cedar turned into a fruit bowl for our friends engament party gift. Its 27cm in diameter 12.5cm in hieght and about 1cm wall thickness used menaline lacquer to finish the inside. This kept me on tender hooks the whole time due to all the stress cracks but took it slowly and got there in the end. I know I could have done a better job with shaping the bottom but decided to stop where I did as I felt I'd pushed my luck far enough.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Turned a thing from s piece of Yew and finished with Danish oil then grabbed a burl blank that I was sent by @Lefley last year, stuck it between centres and rounded it off, anyone able to identify it?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

If it came from lefley, probably maple.

 

[Stigmorgan]

If it came from lefley, probably maple.

It has a red tint to it that doesn't show in the video, it's pretty hard too.

 

[pat from Marck]

Had a lady ask if i'd make a mushroom and a replica of a glass candle holder which I knocked out that evening

the candle holder I originally replicated. Then the following day only to be given it back with two more glass candle holders with instructions to make another and to replicate the two other glass holders

so this is my interpretation, so she'll have a set of wooden holders.

lastly the lady has a friend who has a birthday coming up and asked if I'd make a mushroom or a holder as well and as she really liked the first if the holders I've have a novelty design in mind that would make an ideal pressy so I'm of the the workshop to spend a sunny sunday afternoon tinkering about

 

[pat from Marck]

I'm amazed at how self rewarding developing a turning idea can be. Especially when it almost all goes to plan. Here is my take on a tea light holder. Possibly been done before or not.

as the photos show the head is detachable and the main body has a removable wooden biscuit. So after use you can reassemble to have a little novelty statuette to put on a shelf. Now all thats left is to see what the client thinks and thats tommorow.

 

[Padster]

My daughter recently treated me to a load of wood from Yandles, this little bowl was made with some Sycamore& Walnut...

 

[kinverkid]

Nice to get back on the lathe if only for an hour. I've got several blanks that have been prepared for months. Turning a pen or two at a time is about as long as i can stand on me crappy feet at the moment so get ready for a pen overload until I can stand long enough for a bowl.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Decided to make a baby rattle from some oak today, no reason for it, just felt like the challenge of small captive rings, also decided to make the challenge harder by doing a square, round and triangular ring. No finish on this yet, will use some mineral oil when I get some.

 

[pat from Marck]

Decided to make a baby rattle from some oak today, no reason for it, just felt like the challenge of small captive rings, also decided to make the challenge harder by doing a square, round and triangular ring. No finish on this yet, will use some mineral oil when I get some.
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Very different. Question if you need to use mineral oil and don't have any can you use baby oil as a substitute?