Spinning Through the Wood Pile

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Some more very nice pieces I do like the spitoon shaped one, mind you one spit and it is filled up :twisted:

I am preparing some flared topped boxes at the moment
 
Curve or not to curve, one of the quandaries with these little boxes, regardless of initial intentions the individual bits of wood seem to end up dictating the form more than they should, I guess serendipity plays a big part as to whether they are a satisfying form.

Both of those tested the resolve in different ways, took way too long to complete this morning.
The first proved that there is a limit to wall thickness that dry yew will accept and dumped its first alignment collar when finishing it.
The second just wanted to prove that it can hide a ray fault until trying to finish the last surface and needed a repair.
 
I know what you mean trying to do three or four different projects and two blanks ended up on the scrap heap as found splits right through the centre
 
Dalboy":9l4y94pi said:
I know what you mean trying to do three or four different projects and two blanks ended up on the scrap heap as found splits right through the centre
That's the reason for these small boxes, what appeared to be really good slabs of wood turned out to have a load of ring shakes when they had dried out & other pieces have what I can only assume are growth stress faults, sometimes deep in the wood that only show up during turning.
Spent a lot of time 'repairing' similar faults in the past but it's the firewood stocks that are benefiting now.
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A bit of Cherry branch wood.
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This one decided to add interest to the proceedings when it took the option of a trip down the dust extractor system, fortunately it stopped at the last bend in the ducting in the outside extractor shed rather than the steel fan blades. A reminder not to be so casual when releasing the chuck jaws.
 

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That is one very nicely shaped box Chas. Glad it got stuck before the fan unit, there has been the odd time that a clunk has been heard where something disappeared down the 4" hole of no return
 
Do have a wire grill to place over the inlet when handling anything smaller than 100mm, it's been a while since the last serious episode, just the odd sanding sheet or finishing cloth & had lost the habit of taking the precaution.
 
CHJ":31e5jp8l said:
Do have a wire grill to place over the inlet when handling anything smaller than 100mm, it's been a while since the last serious episode, just the odd sanding sheet or finishing cloth & had lost the habit of taking the precaution.

No but something worth thinking about for a future project
 
3+ years in the making, waiting for the wood to dry out.
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Sometimes the simple causes a disproportionate amount of aggravation, wood movement a plenty saw the 'lid' doing a banana impression between turning & check fit.
(note to self:- rough prep. rest of this batch of wood first.)
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Dalboy":2nbwn95e said:
Two more very nice pieces I just may have to have a go at the flat turned box shape sometime
Thanks Derek, the flatter boxes are an excuse to change turning (holding ) methods.
I've plumped for hot melt tenon blocks on both ends of the slim blank, that way parted off lid-body sections have their own primary holding point.
 
Hot glue guns are great for this. Have been using them quite a bit lately especially when I find a nice piece that is too small to have a tenon or other fitting on them. I did it on the London plain offset bowl not because the wood was to thin but the type of holding that I wanted.
 

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