Post a photo of the last thing you turned

[pat from Marck]

The cherry burl saga
During my visit to Willy Vanhoutte Belgium i picked up some fixum for the burl. Any thoughts on this product my first time using it. Had all the windows and door open after reading to use instructions on the back. Found it easy to use and love the solid screw cap tin it comes in. However the instructions on the back are not for the faint hearted. So the first turnings got a soak and it turn them all to a darker shade.

after that took a medium size piece cut off as much of the decayed parts with the bandsaw and cut into two morsels. These where then turned down to good wood then treated to a bit of fixums by now I'm falling in love with the darker shade after use.Next up i took the mid sized piece from the last three bits and went about sizing it to mount on the lathe. After having it set to were i was satisfied got turning the base and set in a tenon. All the base then got the fixum treatment and some ca into the larger cracks Thats where I'm up to at the moment leaving them all to cure for thr rest of the afternoon and over night. Almost down to the last two.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Finished the play pieces for my balance game with a good soak in teak oil (prefer Danish but don't have any at the minute) then batched out a load more sCrap wood snowmen, not sure if I like the cracks or not in some of them.

 

[pat from Marck]

Finished the play pieces for my balance game with a good soak in teak oil (prefer Danish but don't have any at the minute) then batched out a load more sCrap wood snowmen, not sure if I like the cracks or not in some of them.
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Wow lot of fiddly work with the game pieces but they they look so good and sorry I'm in the no camp for the wee men.

 

[pat from Marck]

Wow lot of fiddly work with the game pieces but they they look so good and sorry I'm in the no camp for the wee men.

For the cracks

 

[Stigmorgan]

For the cracks

Had the shavings and CA filled them fully I'd probably be happy with them, on the other hand those that make it to the shop will be at a low price point individually or as sets with a bit of paint and a brush in a box.

 

[justinpeer]

It's not much, but it's the first thing I've ever turned. The live centre arrived from Axminster this morning so onto the lathe went a length of scrap 2x2 that was in the box for the wood stove. A half inch spindle gouge was picked up and I just practiced what I'd read in the book and from watching Richard Raffan on YouTube. Turned it down to a cylinder and then just worked up and down making some simple curves.

Great fun.

I've learned that I should wear an apron, or probably more usefully a smock of some form, as the bits go everywhere. I've also realised that the home-brew dust collection system I built in the workshop from a Lidl shopvac, a cheap cyclone, some leftover guttering downpipes and 3d printed blast gates is going to be woefully inadequate for this and I'm going to have to look at upgrading it.

 

[pat from Marck]

It's not much, but it's the first thing I've ever turned. The live centre arrived from Axminster this morning so onto the lathe went a length of scrap 2x2 that was in the box for the wood stove. A half inch spindle gouge was picked up and I just practiced what I'd read in the book and from watching Richard Raffan on YouTube. Turned it down to a cylinder and then just worked up and down making some simple curves.

Great fun.

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I've learned that I should wear an apron, or probably more usefully a smock of some form, as the bits go everywhere. I've also realised that the home-brew dust collection system I built in the workshop from a Lidl shopvac, a cheap cyclone, some leftover guttering downpipes and 3d printed blast gates is going to be woefully inadequate for this and I'm going to have to look at upgrading it.

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Nice little start nice clean work shop you have there

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

I like the kettle on the wood stove lol
I have a wood burner outside and I put kettle on there

 

[Stigmorgan]

It's not much, but it's the first thing I've ever turned. The live centre arrived from Axminster this morning so onto the lathe went a length of scrap 2x2 that was in the box for the wood stove. A half inch spindle gouge was picked up and I just practiced what I'd read in the book and from watching Richard Raffan on YouTube. Turned it down to a cylinder and then just worked up and down making some simple curves.

Great fun.

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I've learned that I should wear an apron, or probably more usefully a smock of some form, as the bits go everywhere. I've also realised that the home-brew dust collection system I built in the workshop from a Lidl shopvac, a cheap cyclone, some leftover guttering downpipes and 3d printed blast gates is going to be woefully inadequate for this and I'm going to have to look at upgrading it.

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Some advice if I may, practice with hardwoods rather than softwood, softwood like pine can be very hard to get a clean cut without tearout, resulting in a lot of sanding and possibly losing interest.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

If you do decide to use soft wood there are ways around the tear out, folk here helped me