Post a photo of the last thing you turned

[Katomi woodsmith]

Yea they certainly help with skew skills

 

[cmoops2]

More snowmen for the paint kits today, got 50 done now so to change it up a bit I did a few a little differently. Will start making up the sets next week, hopefully the paint pots and brushes will come soon.
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Stig ...
What's that fiendish plumbing 'T' piece object to the left of your Snowman army ?

 

[Stigmorgan]

Stig ...
What's that fiendish plumbing 'T' piece object to the left of your Snowman army ?

I posted them a couple weeks ago, I call them plumbers hammers, the one in that pic is ebony and (I think) Holly, the bigger one I did is cherry and beech, both made without adhesive using the compression olive to fit the heads just as you would if the was being used with copper pipe, the handles were turned to the exact size so i could twist them into the piece and cut a thread intonthe wood.

 

[spiritburner]

No worries. I'd love a moisture meter but the good ones seem to be fairly expensive, I need to improve my dust collection and air cleaning first, then there's a whole list of tools and stuff I need

I've got a cheap one from Ali Express aka Amazon and an expensive one and to be honest there is very littl difference in the readings between the two, not enough to worry about in my opinion,they both read 15%.

I think tech is now getting to the point that cheap non branded items is really on par with the well known branded items . The cheap one cost me 9.99 including postage and is what I use to check my firewood delivery .

 

[Jamesc]

My wife has started making presents for her friends, here is the first batch.

 

[pat from Marck]

My wife has started making presents for her friends, here is the first batch.
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Nice

 

[justinpeer]

First of two day introduction to turning with a local professional. Today was spindle work making a honey dipper out of oak and a twig vase from some lovely yew.

 

[justinpeer]

First of two day introduction to turning with a local professional. Today was spindle work making a honey dipper out of oak and a twig vase from some lovely yew.

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Back on Wednesday for bowl turning.

 

[Stigmorgan]

First of two day introduction to turning with a local professional. Today was spindle work making a honey dipper out of oak and a twig vase from some lovely yew.

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That Yew is stunning

Watched a YouTube video by Andrew Mcarn over the weekend and decided to have a go at what he made, not sure it's as good as his but my waves edge was done by hand rather than using a rotary tool, I used a log of Mountain Ash that was so punky even once rounded it was never really balanced, even 320g sanding mesh was tearing out fibres on the white bits

BOO

 

[pat from Marck]

That Yew is stunning

Watched a YouTube video by Andrew Mcarn over the weekend and decided to have a go at what he made, not sure it's as good as his but my waves edge was done by hand rather than using a rotary tool, I used a log of Mountain Ash that was so punky even once rounded it was never really balanced, even 320g sanding mesh was tearing out fibres on the white bits

BOO

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What did you use for the eyes ?

 

[Stigmorgan]

What did you use for the eyes ?

Just a bit of black paint

 

[Bungster]

I haven't posted any photos to date so I hope I don't bugger it up. This is a Brown Mallee Burl bowl I turned for a friend in Munich.

 

[pat from Marck]

I haven't posted any photos to date so I hope I don't pipper it up. This is a Brown Mallee Burl bowl I turned for a friend in Munich. View attachment 190796View attachment 190797View attachment 190798View attachment 190799

Gorgeous what did you do for finishing if you dont mind me asking

 

[Bungster]

G'day Pat,
I took it up through the grits, starting at 220, 400, 600, 800, 1200 by hand at 300 rpm for around 10-15 seconds per grit. Then 1 coat of sanding sealer with a quick rub down with white 3M pad. Then I gave it 2 coats of Shellawax followed by two coatings/polishing of Henry Eckert's Wood Wax. The process probably took around 10 minutes plus drying time between coats.
Hope I've explained myself properly.

 

[pat from Marck]

G'day Pat,
I took it up through the grits, starting at 220, 400, 600, 800, 1200 by hand at 300 rpm for around 10-15 seconds per grit. Then 1 coat of sanding sealer with a quick rub down with white 3M pad. Then I gave it 2 coats of Shellawax followed by two coatings/polishing of Henry Eckert's Wood Wax. The process probably took around 10 minutes plus drying time between coats.
Hope I've explained myself properly.

Thank you very much, used shellac for the first time a short while back for a finish with a shellac based sanding sealer was very happy with the result they provided

 

[Stigmorgan]

Did you ever wonder what Christmas bells do to make some extra cash? Well I've found photographic proof they moonlight as Halloween ghosts, I found a pic of the getting changed into their sheets

 

[Stigmorgan]

Some Ivy shrooms and finished ghosts, all ready to go into the shop tomorrow, the ghosts are cherry, birch, beech, willow and a couple from a wood I'm not sure of but the grain is gorgeous, used a soldering iron to burn the eyes in before finishing with mineral oil (I'm not a huge fan of the 2 birch burl ones)

 

[pat from Marck]

Some Ivy shrooms and finished ghosts, all ready to go into the shop tomorrow, the ghosts are cherry, birch, beech, willow and a couple from a wood I'm not sure of but the grain is gorgeous, used a soldering iron to burn the eyes in before finishing with mineral oil (I'm not a huge fan of the 2 birch burl ones)
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Your wee little goolies remind of the characters that chased pac man in the arcade game excellent Halloween idea

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

That Yew is stunning

Watched a YouTube video by Andrew Mcarn over the weekend and decided to have a go at what he made, not sure it's as good as his but my waves edge was done by hand rather than using a rotary tool, I used a log of Mountain Ash that was so punky even once rounded it was never really balanced, even 320g sanding mesh was tearing out fibres on the white bits

BOO

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Don’t know what I did here but can’t seem to clear it

 

[justinpeer]

Second day of turning course, a beech bowl and ash platter.

Now to try having a go at things at home.