You spin me right round....

[johnny.t.]

That sketching is very reminiscent of the work of Rolf Harris :lol: :lol: :lol: "can ya tell what it is yet" :lol: :lol:

 

[Bodrighy]

If you are struggling to think what to do with it my advice is to put it to one side and wait for an idea to pop up. May happen tomorrow may take months. If you push hard for ideas you nearly always end up doing something you regret IME.

Pete

 

[Richard Findley]

Cheers for the info Pete. I was actually thinking of using Chestnut Spirit Die.

Tho I've been playing with sketching on the side of it to see if I can get a better shape. Quite like this.

Hi Tom,

I was thinking something along those lines. You're gonna need to get imaginative to mount it successfully though!!

Also, cutting to those lines, you may be changing it from a clock to a spoon

Cheers,

Richard

 

[wizer]

yes I was worried it might just end up looking spoon shaped. I'd cut it on the bandsaw rather than re-mount it on the lathe.

I have until Friday morning to think about it. So I may change my mind. But either way I'm not happy with it as it is. So nothing ventured nothing gained.

Thanks guys.

 

[loz]

Looks like your going to end up with a Kuska, as in my Avatar !

 

[Bodrighy]

Looks like your going to end up with a Kuska, as in my Avatar !

What is a Kuskar Loz? Is it a spoon or a handled bowl. Also is it carved, look like it fromn the picture but that's a bit small to tell properly?

Pete

 

[loz]

Its a Scandinavian carved cup, mine below clickable, was done while camping a few years ago to kill time.

Split log with axe, trim to rough shape, carve with knife. The cup bowl burned out gradually by resting embers from the fire, then scraping away the burned section, - oiled finish.

use it when walking, camping etc.

 

[Bodrighy]

Thanks Loz, often wonderd but never thought to ask

Pete

 

[loz]

I know of a great tutorial if your interested !

 

[wizer]

Yeh maybe Loz. Wasn't quite what I was aiming for. But could be an option.

I forgot to post this the other day:

When at Blister's the other week we was going to turn one of my green logs but thought better of it. Here it is sitting on Allen's lathe.

I think it's Chestnut.

When I got home I cut it round on the bandsaw and left it. Last week I roughed it out to a bowl shape.

However, disaster struck once again when on my final cleaning cut with the scraper, I hit the faceplate screws!

D'oh #-o

Oh well, I've put it up on a shelf in the workshop as an experiment in drying a roughed out bowl with no protection. I'm interested to see what will happen to it.

I refer you to my Sig...

 

[loz]

Sorry for the slight detour !

Looks like the bowl was going well, can i ask why you didn't turn a spigot/recess and chuck it, rather than using the faceplate thruout ?

Loz

 

[wizer]

I don't own a chuck. Can't afford one at the minute. I'm trying to hold off for as long as possible but a purchase is imminent. Probably this coming pay day.

 

[loz]

Ah! - good a reason as any !

Might find this of help in the meantime ? - although you probaby getting all the tips you need from your one to ones !!



http://bobhamswwing.com/Articles/No Chuck Bowl/No Chuck Bowl.htm

 

[Blister]

Tom

put it in a plastic bag with some shavings or it may dry out too fast and crack

:wink:

 

[big soft moose]

Tom

put it in a plastic bag with some shavings or it may dry out too fast and crack

:wink:

or just coat it all over with wax.

but before you do weigh it and make a note of the weight - then weigh on a monthly basis - when the weight doesnt change to all practical purposes its dry

 

[wizer]

Cheers chaps, I actually want it to fail. Call me odd...

 

[wizer]

A few weeks ago George sent me some scraps to practise with. I decided to make some eggs in time for easter. The idea was to make one a week. It hasn't really worked out like that. I got this far:

Tonight I had half an hour to have a quick play so I thought I'd finish it off.

It was sanded down to 1000g abranet and given 2 coats of SS. To finish I gave it a coat of Chestnut Woodwas 22 and buffed it with bog roll.

Reasonably pleased with it but the shape is a bit off. The big let down is the ends where I parted it off. I used small Iles spindle gouge but it left a mark at each end.

I tried to clean it up with a knife and sand paper. I might have another go with sand paper if I can be bothered.

 

[Dave Atkinson]

Hi Wizer

you could turn a jam chuck to finish off the ends.

Cheers Dave

 

[wizer]

I posted hereyesterday about extracting magnets from speakers.

This was what it was for:

An off cut of Iroko with the magnet glued into the bottom

Simples 8)

 

[wizer]

I wasn't going to post this but I found it in the workshop earlier...

It was meant to be a bud vase. It was going really well until the 'final' cut. Not sure what happened but it caught and put a great big scar in it. I couldn't be bothered to rescue it as it was just a bit of practice with green wood. As you can see, since Saturday it's split substantially. So lucky I didn't finish it.

However, I was quite proud of this:

I know the bead is not perfect but it nearly is. To think that's straight from the tool, no sand paper.


Ok, it's a start at least