Post a photo of the last thing you turned

[BentonTool]

Pffft, amateur
Last Christmas I got so carried away turning that i hadn't noticed the shavings had built up until I started wondering why my neck was sore, there was 6 inches of shavings under my feet, once i cleaned up I had 10 bin liners full

Yeah, that is where I am about now! Love the turning... but hate the cleaning-up!
However, soon I will no longer be able to tolerate all the shavings and sawdust!
The worst part is that you waste an entire day cleaning, and you just know that in a few hours it will be a mess again anyway!

 

[Orraloon]

You clean up around the lathe every day? Often I just scrape a path to my standing position.
Regards
John

 

[Stigmorgan]

I tend to kick the shavings under the lathe all week, first job every day is to hoover the dust from most surfaces around the lathe and once a week/fortnight I'll bag up the shavings, every few months I'll do a thorough de-dust which can take a whole afternoon, when the weather improves i plan to empty most of the stuff from the garage and get the leafblower put to give everything a good dusting.

 

[BentonTool]

I tend to kick the shavings under the lathe all week, first job every day is to hoover the dust from most surfaces around the lathe and once a week/fortnight I'll bag up the shavings, every few months I'll do a thorough de-dust which can take a whole afternoon, when the weather improves i plan to empty most of the stuff from the garage and get the leafblower put to give everything a good dusting.

Darn good idea; the leaf-blower.
I am going to try that!

 

[kinverkid]

I tend to kick the shavings under the lathe all week, first job every day is to hoover the dust from most surfaces around the lathe and once a week/fortnight I'll bag up the shavings, every few months I'll do a thorough de-dust which can take a whole afternoon, when the weather improves i plan to empty most of the stuff from the garage and get the leafblower put to give everything a good dusting.

My workshop is a long tandem garage with an up-and-over garage door at the front and a regular door at the back. When the wind is in the right direction, I open both doors wide, don my AirCap, and blast all the nooks, crannies, saw and plane till and generally high areas with the airgun from the compressor. It's never too bad but it's satisfying - like big-bin-day.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Darn good idea; the leaf-blower.
I am going to try that!

Just don't forget the face mask, it's surprising how much super fine dust settles.
@kinverkid I wish I had a door at the back, I'm not keen having the garage door open as its in full view of the academy office and makes me feel like I'm being watched at home and at work

 

[SammyQ]

Darn good idea; the leaf-blower.
I am going to try that!

Mmmmm....be careful BT. The average garden blower, especially the Bosch sub-species (with its crimped mouth) can produce a powerful blast of air. Yes, it will shift dust, shavings, surprisingly large particles of indeterminate origin, but...it also can clean small tools and fittings right off the bench et al into oblivion - wherever that is. You'll need a ouija board and a forensic team to locate the super-precious gumfinkle's universal sprangle that you had Amazon deliver just now and there are no more in the country...

I do use mine and it is rarely allowed to rise above ankle level. Stig is also right, the howling gale has a nasty habit of creating workshop dust devils of sub-micron particles and you can turn around at the door to find every surface has now gone a shade paler...I have used the beast to flush the whole 16'x8' workshop, ceiling, walls, yada, yada, out through the double doors, but only after everything not nailed, screwed, glued or drawered is secure.

 

[pat from Marck]

Profited from my mate not turning up. So used the extra time to make a stand. Not a bad out come in the end one happy santas helper

 

[Fred48]

Profited from my mate not turning up. So used the extra time to make a stand. Not a bad out come in the end one happy santas helperView attachment 195045View attachment 195046View attachment 195047

That's beautiful Pat
Fred

 

[JerryP]

So here’s my first efforts at bud vases. None had any particular design in mind, I just did what felt right at the time. The ones in the middle and on the right have 25mm diameter glass tubes in them to allow them to take live flowers.

I also needed an extra unwrapping present for my wife (), so tried a small bowl for the first time…think she appreciated it!

 

[pat from Marck]

So here’s my first efforts at bud vases. None had any particular design in mind, I just did what felt right at the time. The ones in the middle and on the right have 25mm diameter glass tubes in them to allow them to take live flowers.

I also needed an extra unwrapping present for my wife (), so tried a small bowl for the first time…think she appreciated it!

Lovely looking first time bowl

 

[BentonTool]

Mmmmm....be careful BT. The average garden blower, especially the Bosch sub-species (with its crimped mouth) can produce a powerful blast of air. Yes, it will shift dust, shavings, surprisingly large particles of indeterminate origin, but...it also can clean small tools and fittings right off the bench et al into oblivion - wherever that is. You'll need a ouija board and a forensic team to locate the super-precious gumfinkle's universal sprangle that you had Amazon deliver just now and there are no more in the country...

I do use mine and it is rarely allowed to rise above ankle level. Stig is also right, the howling gale has a nasty habit of creating workshop dust devils of sub-micron particles and you can turn around at the door to find every surface has now gone a shade paler...I have used the beast to flush the whole 16'x8' workshop, ceiling, walls, yada, yada, out through the double doors, but only after everything not nailed, screwed, glued or drawered is secure.

Thanks! Good advice and well-taken... but... I do have a spare gumfinkle universal sprangle... does not everyone?

 

[BentonTool]

So here’s my first efforts at bud vases. None had any particular design in mind, I just did what felt right at the time. The ones in the middle and on the right have 25mm diameter glass tubes in them to allow them to take live flowers.

I also needed an extra unwrapping present for my wife (), so tried a small bowl for the first time…think she appreciated it!

Very nicely done, but the excavation/hollowing must be rather precarious!

 

[BentonTool]

Very very nice work I particularly like the octagonal handles with the round-over end, I made a set up in plastic for on-site fitting they where really good to use and did not roll about when you put them down.

Have you got enough steels to fit them all out?
Well done.

Do you have any pics of the plastic handles you made?

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

I am in the process of re locating my lathe, I have been cramped up one end of the bench now I am moving the lathe
Only prob is that I have to rearrange the lighting, and dust extraction

 

[Fred48]

So here’s my first efforts at bud vases. None had any particular design in mind, I just did what felt right at the time. The ones in the middle and on the right have 25mm diameter glass tubes in them to allow them to take live flowers.

I also needed an extra unwrapping present for my wife (), so tried a small bowl for the first time…think she appreciated it!

Lovely designs and execution
Fred

 

[JerryP]

Lovely looking first time bowl

Thank you! Have to admit that it looks much better than I expected it to

 

[Phill05]

Do you have any pics of the plastic handles you made?

Here is an image of the plastic handles that I did to take out to site nothing special unlike yours, the top one was sawn to octagonal the rest went through the planer.

I made two sets of London pattern in wood that I sold on when I stopped work I have some images of those but cannot locate them at the moment.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Phew, time to stop, spent way to many hours today rearranging the workshop. Move one thing and it leads to having to move something else.
Well I hope that the way I have now will stay that way for a time.
Re rigged the 12v lighting and the dust extraction so with a bit of lucky I am ready to start work on projects.

 

[RonnieI]

My first effort at a figure. In sycamore with intrinsic stain on the hat and belt, finished with shellac and beeswax. It's not perfect but learned a lot for number 2.