Shiny knobs

[Adam Pinson]

A selection of turned Pewter finials I made from melted down tankards.

 

[Doug B]

They look excellent Adam

 

[Adam Pinson]

They look excellent Adam

Thanks, I love turning these, speed has to be high

 

[peterw3035]

They look lovely, what tools do you use?

 

[Sideways]

Now there's a use for that obnoxious thing I was given at age 21. Too naff to even leave down the pub !

 

[gregmcateer]

Nice knobs Adam!

 

[Adam Pinson]

Now there's a use for that obnoxious thing I was given at age 21. Too naff to even leave down the pub !

Exactly, that's why they're abundant

 

[Adam Pinson]

They look lovely, what tools do you use?

Mostly carbide for Pewter and mainly the detail tool due to the small non catchy tip, for tiny details a 10 mm skew

 

[Paul Hannaby]

Pewter is soft enough to be turned with standard woodturning tools.

Are you making moulds from wood or something else?

 

[Adam Pinson]

Pewter is soft enough to be turned with standard woodturning tools.

Are you making moulds from wood or something else?

It is soft enough yes, if you don't mind having to keep stopping to sharpen that is, yes i make moulds from wood.

 

[Richard_C]

Nice work. How do you melt the pewter and in what, blow lamp or something special?

As an aside, one of the odd items on antiques roadshow last week was a flat bottomed conical lignum vitae "pint" used as a former for biffing the dents out of pewter tankards in ale houses to ensure fair measure.

 

[Adam Pinson]

Nice work. How do you melt the pewter and in what, blow lamp or something special?

As an aside, one of the odd items on antiques roadshow last week was a flat bottomed conical lignum vitae "pint" used as a former for biffing the dents out of pewter tankards in ale houses to ensure fair measure.

I melt it in an old saucepan on a camping stove..... and i'm anti dent, fair measures all the way