Spinning Through the Wood Pile

UKworkshop.co.uk

Help Support UKworkshop.co.uk:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
A word of warning if you are ever lucky enough to come across some Ivy with a significant diameter, turn it green or while it is relatively new.

Way back in 2008 I had some Reasonably sized Ivy donated, I turned one small bowl from it and was very impressed with its fine grain, ease of turning and its almost pure white appearance.
DSC02926.JPG


Today I unearthed the two remaining pieces whilst sorting stocks and was surprised to find they weighed less than 300 gram the pair.
On inspection and cutting off the sealed ends and bark removal the reason was obvious, they are now as porous as blotting paper, show signs of spalting and considerable surface rot under the bark, so that's 11 years worth of poor quality firewood generation.
ivy1.jpg
ivy2.jpg
ivy3.jpg
 

Attachments

  • ivy1.jpg
    ivy1.jpg
    275.8 KB
  • ivy2.jpg
    ivy2.jpg
    259.1 KB
  • ivy3.jpg
    ivy3.jpg
    329.1 KB
The last bit worked in June was this Yew.
DSCN6573.JPG
DSCN6574.JPG


This afternoon sees two more pieces out of the way that came to light whilst sorting stocks earlier.
DSCN6575.JPG
DSCN6576.JPG


DSCN6577.JPG
DSCN6578.JPG


Can't believe that's a month without any significant turning shed output.
 

Attachments

  • DSCN6573.JPG
    DSCN6573.JPG
    94.1 KB
  • DSCN6574.JPG
    DSCN6574.JPG
    103.8 KB
  • DSCN6575.JPG
    DSCN6575.JPG
    97.7 KB
  • DSCN6576.JPG
    DSCN6576.JPG
    104.1 KB
  • DSCN6577.JPG
    DSCN6577.JPG
    98 KB
  • DSCN6578.JPG
    DSCN6578.JPG
    114.9 KB
Shame about the Ivy. Like the yew bowls.

If I don't get into the shed for a time I start getting withdrawal symptoms either that or I end up with so many ideas I just don't know where to start
 
Another angle on Segmented pots.
DSCN6579.JPG
DSCN6580.JPG


DSCN6581.JPG
DSCN6582.JPG
 

Attachments

  • DSCN6579.JPG
    DSCN6579.JPG
    119.5 KB
  • DSCN6580.JPG
    DSCN6580.JPG
    122 KB
  • DSCN6581.JPG
    DSCN6581.JPG
    102.3 KB
  • DSCN6582.JPG
    DSCN6582.JPG
    101.8 KB
Thanks Derek, have 5 possibly 6 more glue ups awaiting turning shop time some time next week. Trying to make inroads to yet another box of off-cuts with at least a small variation on a simple theme.

Clamping of the two/three way tapered pieces proved a challenge, talk about slippery escape candidates, finding a simple clamping solution was the main task for yesterday afternoon.
 
I am getting some done but it is taking a couple of days to finish a single piece. One of my recent pieces I had to hand rub down and recoat as I found the finish not up to scratch.

I can imagine the fun clamping slanting pieces without them moving
 
Dalboy":2kqk3qe7 said:
I can imagine the fun clamping slanting pieces without them moving
It's the solving of the 'mechanics' of constructing such blanks that I find the most satisfying.
I'm too impatient to assemble 'as you go'
The turning becomes secondary apart from the aim to achieve a decent finish.
 
Nice segment work, Chas. The walnut looks really nice. Please can you tell me, do you use a thicknesser on the wood when you're making the blank?
To some degree, you can't answer this with accuracy, but if you don't use a thicknesser and only bandsaw the wood and sand it flat, would you get good results?
 
On my basic segmented pieces (haven't done any for some time) I do use a thicknesser to provide a datum surface across the pieces.
For these current pieces however surfaces are machine planed, using my thicknesser to provide best glue joint fits and reference surfaces where needed, the multi way tapers are hand planed and flattened to glue joint accuracy on an abrasive flat reference surface. (A 300mm disc sander sheet on a flat work surface)
 
Just managed a few minutes to turn out one after the veg. garden work this afternoon, intention was to batch all the set of blanks together if possible to save setup time but it seems it just ain't going to happen for the next few days.

DSCN6583.JPG
DSCN6584.JPG
 

Attachments

  • DSCN6583.JPG
    DSCN6583.JPG
    89.6 KB
  • DSCN6584.JPG
    DSCN6584.JPG
    90 KB
Wish I could get and do the garden again it seems the older I get the more my body complains.

Anyway another one which I am sure will not be long finding a new home. Nice clean lines and joints
 
Dalboy":7s35yd39 said:
Wish I could get and do the garden again it seems the older I get the more my body complains.
Anno Domini is telling here too on the gardening front, as the restrictions of strength and mobility take their toll it's more a case of 'If that's where & when it wants to grow, let it' and enjoy the show of colour or resultant produce as and when; major layout or crop continuity planning has gone by the board these days.
Dalboy":7s35yd39 said:
Anyway another one which I am sure will not be long finding a new home. Nice clean lines and joints
Thanks, the challenge of decent glue lines on closed segments is one of my fetishes.
 
CHJ":3axox4jc said:
Thanks, the challenge of decent glue lines on closed segments is one of my fetishes.

It is so easy to spoil a nice piece of segmented work by not paying attention to the joints which you don't have that problem, paying that little more attention at the cutting and sanding of each joint pays off as your work also shows.
 
I have all the equipment I need to turn wood, except the lathe needs a new belt. (Well, I say lathe, but I mean a Clarke "lathe"). For some reason I don't understand, I am not able to order a belt yet - must be a subconscious issue, as I have found them on the internet.. However, I find your posts fabulously encouraging - one day I will make a start, and learn how to lose fingers in new and exciting ways. In the meantime, I will just admire your work from afar. Thank you for the encouragement.
 
Four more just to confirm that the glue up sequence works :)
DSCN6587.JPG
DSCN6588.JPG

DSCN6586.JPG

Cutting of interrupted endgrain portions on the internals is a challenge if torn grain is to be avoided.
Had to sharpen my 'go to' Tungsten Tip cutter for final internal clean ups, to be honest it was long overdue anyway.
 

Attachments

  • DSCN6587.JPG
    DSCN6587.JPG
    126.4 KB
  • DSCN6588.JPG
    DSCN6588.JPG
    127.5 KB
  • DSCN6586.JPG
    DSCN6586.JPG
    89.4 KB
Variations on the angle theme.
DSCN6589.JPG
DSCN6590.JPG
DSCN6591.JPG
DSCN6592.JPG



DSCN6593.JPG
DSCN6594.JPG
DSCN6595.JPG
 

Attachments

  • DSCN6593.JPG
    DSCN6593.JPG
    101.7 KB
  • DSCN6594.JPG
    DSCN6594.JPG
    100.6 KB
  • DSCN6595.JPG
    DSCN6595.JPG
    113.2 KB
  • DSCN6589.JPG
    DSCN6589.JPG
    83.1 KB
  • DSCN6590.JPG
    DSCN6590.JPG
    82.5 KB
  • DSCN6591.JPG
    DSCN6591.JPG
    107 KB
  • DSCN6592.JPG
    DSCN6592.JPG
    119.2 KB
No turning today, after a morning trip to the local recycling centre with 19 X 25 kilo feed bags full of hedge trimmings from a session a couple of days ago someone suggested that the hedge really was not contributing anything these days and might as well be trimmed out to save the hassle of the twice annual trimming of this small section.

What they did not appreciate was that a six metre Beech section in amongst the conifers was down to a horizontal run of branches from this little sapling.
bech1.jpg
bech2.jpg


Will the turning log store ever empty.

The car will soon be navigating to the recycling centre on its own.
 

Attachments

  • bech1.jpg
    bech1.jpg
    293.5 KB
  • bech2.jpg
    bech2.jpg
    297.2 KB
Back
Top