two yew vase's unsanded

[cornucopia]

following on from my earlier post- to sand or not to sand etc

here are two vase's which i've made today and i havent sanded

 

[Bodrighy]

Personally I like the look but then I love Amerindian pottery which these remind me of. I am assuming that there are no or very few tool marks on these George? With a wood like this yew it works, not so sure with a blander wood mind. Have you put anything on it at all, oil etc as the colour is quite a bit paler than I would expect yew to be.

Pete

 

[cornucopia]

hello pete- this paticular yew is quite light in colour compared to some i've had previously, but it will darken once its dry and oiled- at the moment all i've done is applied lemon oil to stop any marks from handling.

there are a few very fine tool marks but no torn grain etc

 

[Bodrighy]

Well personally i reckon you can save yourself a lot of time and effort and leave them as they are. I'm sure there are purists who say it should be sanded but why?

pete

 

[Paul.J]

Couple of nice forms again George
To be honest from these piccys i can't see any difference.
Perhaps a couple of close ups with the sanded and unsanded pieces might help :shock:
But saying that i was doing a Beech piece today and finally managed to get a very good finish using a scraper,as you showed me, that i was happy with,more shocked than anytning else :shock:
I was in two minds meslef whether to sand or not,but i did in the end :roll:

 

[DavidE]

Hi George,

Two more cracking forms – I like the necks on these particular the one on the right.
As Paul said some closeups might show the difference, however, I reckon you must have spot on tool control as there are no tram lines visible at all – I don’t think I could manage that finish on a piece like this without starting with some 120/180 grit action!

It’s interesting the Yew is light – that is one thing I though the other day – like you say the colour soon deepens though.

Cheers
David

 

[Neil Dyball]

Hi George,

They look great as usual, but do they feel any different? I only ask as wooden things are so tactile and people love to pick them up.

Cheers,

Neil.

 

[user 5053]

They are very elegant and prefer the one one the right nearest the wall. You could possibly put a bit more shape in the neck but thats only nit picking. Also if corn had a proper photo set up his pieces would look absolutely stunning as the tiles etc in the background can be a little distracting. Yew is a fantastic wood with an almost mystical like quality and possibly the most attractive wood grown in Britain. If you have the space in your gardens, why not plant one for future turners.

 

[mrs. sliver]

Two super pieces there George. good shapes and colour.

 

[mark sanger]

Nice George. I like the one on the right more due to the flowing neck. But that is just my personal taste.
I do like the one on the left as well. As always nice work.

 

[wizer]

It's the one on the left for me. Very nice form. As the others have said, it's hard to comment on the unsanded finish. From the photos they look perfect.

...I'm off to plant a Yew. :roll: :lol:

 

[big soft moose]

...I'm off to plant a Yew. :roll: :lol:

i'm sure your neigbours will appreciate that :roll: - though turners in 200 years will thank you.

 

[Jenx]

They're gorgeous, George !.. 8)

As far as the shapes of the two go ... if there was to have to be a choice of one over the other.. the right hand one just shades it.. and thats only because I prefer what you've done at the neck on that one.
-- The left one is equally as fine a piece of work, though.

From the pictures - I'd never have realised that no sanding had been done.. it looks like a fantastic finish off the tools :lol:

What's your own thinking ? .. do you think they stand up 'as is' ? .... the photo's would certainly suggest that they do.
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with 'breaking with convention' every now and again ... if they look the part and 'feel right', then they deserve to be left the way they are.

I guess you'd have to 'weigh up' what, if any, 'added value' ( and I don't mean that in monetary terms ), applying a conventional finish would bring to the pieces ... if it's negligable, then the case is definately made to leave them as they are now.

Whichever way you go ... they are a superb pair of vessels, and will stand up to 'scrutiny' and come out with top marks, as always ! ...
They're fantastic.

8) 8) 8)

 

[maltrout512]

Can't decide which is best so it's a dead heat. Very nice.

 

[cornucopia]

heres some macro pics

this is the sanded one

and these are the un-sanded

 

[wizer]

Still can't see the difference George. Which means your tool work is faultless.

 

[Paul.J]

Are you sure they aren't of the same vase George :shock: :lol:
How do you get round those tight curves and corners :?:

 

[DavidE]

Awesome George...

As suspected your tool control is spot on... The ones you do sand - I guess you can get away with starting at 180/240 grit or similar? If I have been doing some sustained turning I can get maybe get away with starting at 180, invariably it is the 120 or in some cases the good old 80 grit which cleans the lovely lines up!
Cheers
David

 

[cornucopia]

neil raised an intresting point about the tactile quality of wood- the two unsanded vase's do feel diffrent, like theres a slight texture on the surface.I wonder if this will be an issue?

I will let them dry and oil all three vase's in the same way and photograph them again

looking at the pics again you can see the diffrence on the sapwood very fine radial lines.

heres all three today

 

[Jenx]

Just having another look...

Brilliant.
really brilliant. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)