What’s on your lathe?

[DON FRANK]

Thanks Gabriel! Great question. I’m not filling the pores in on this one. I’m finishing with oil/varnish, so I’m not too concerned. If it was a lacquer finish I’d definitely fill via the dust/CA method.

Beautiful form Michael. I have used paste wood grain filler from McFeelys with good success. You can tint it if desired. Brush it on, let it set and then wipe the excess off. Let dry and sand. Does a good job and is much quicker than sawdust and ca. It's just meant for porous grain not actual holes.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Beautiful form Michael. I have used paste wood grain filler from McFeelys with good success. You can tint it if desired. Brush it on, let it set and then wipe the excess off. Let dry and sand. Does a good job and is much quicker than sawdust and ca. It's just meant for porous grain not actual holes.

Thanks Don! And cool, I’ll have to give McFeelys a try. What do you tint it with?

 

[Phil Hamel]

Playing with some maple today and also gathering parts for the tree challenge.

 

[Mark Fairchild]

This will be so something that looks like southwest pottery. 13” x something. Base and snout will be will be dyed black with basket illusion bands. I might reshape the snout. I just don’t know. Going to let it sit for a week while I’m gone and see what I think when I get back. Approximately 3/8” thick.

 

[David Wyke]

Not on the lathe yet, have to rest just a little first😁. Should get a minimum of two bowls per blank.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Nice haul David!
I had a piece of elm I believe. All done except for drilling a few holes and sanding! Dam drill caught and cork screwed right into the other side splitting it in half!

 

[Bob Hall]

That hurts whe it happens at the end like that.

Last week I had a cherry platter come flying out of the Cole jaws and shoot across the shop. It made enough of a racket for my wife to come down to see if I still had all my digits.😆

 

[DON FRANK]

Thanks Don! And cool, I’ll have to give McFeelys a try. What do you tint it with?

You can use acrylic paint

 

[Michael Brown]

Mesquite plates now...

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Picked up the new (to me) lathe today. Now to drive it home and get it set up. I hope to be turning on it by the new year.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Nice haul David!
I had a piece of elm I believe. All done except for drilling a few holes and sanding! Dam drill caught and cork screwed right into the other side splitting it in half!
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I fumbled a piece I had just finished, hit the floor, and it cracked—today. So it’s getting epoxy.

 

[Bob Vaughan]

Picked up the new (to me) lathe today. Now to drive it home and get it set up. I hope to be turning on it by the new year.

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Looks interesting with quality components. Keep us posted.

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Looks interesting with quality components. Keep us posted.

Thanks! It's a refurbed Powermatic 90 with a custom stand so it should be good. It was my MiL's lathe.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

I went to the shop to start my dice tower project but got distracted by this once-turned sugarberry bowl.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Working on a dice tower for my daughter and son in law. I have a thread the going in the Projects forum if you want to follow along.

Green walnut. It's 9" long at this point. The funky colors will turn dark when it dries.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Modified the design and got the piece made. Elm I believe. Lady wants to stuff it with blinking lights.
One more small one to go and this set of projects is complete. Unless I make some for my own insulators.

 

[Paul Paukstelis]

Sycamore. I hate doing the inside of those closed rim forms, particularly when they are deepish. Moved to the basement at least, so I am out of the cold!

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Started out 19 inch but down to around 18 now. Shallow dog dish?

Ash

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After some "design changes" it's now 16 inch diameter. I'm happier with the look now then what the top had been (no pic). Wet sanded with Danish oil to 400.

You'll notice that the profile of the wall doesn't match from the outside to the inside. It doesn't match on the 18 century platter I kind of studied before I started this one so I didn't get too hung up about that. The two pics with finish are it's final form.

 

[Vincent Vogel]

Modified the design and got the piece made. Elm I believe. Lady wants to stuff it with blinking lights.
One more small one to go and this set of projects is complete. Unless I make some for my own insulators.
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Looks interesting Phil, Post a picture of the completed project.

 

[Norm Marentette]

Been a busy week, hickory bowl on Monday. Twice turned, tried and true original one coat at the moment. Hickory log sat for a year outside in the weather, then a year in my crawlspace. Great spalting and interesting grain.

 

[Norm Marentette]

On Tuesday, Wednesday turned some maple blanks had drying for the past year and a half that I got from a neighbour, thought it would make a good Xmas gift. Not sure about what finish to use. Like the lighter color, any suggestion appreciated.

 

[Norm Marentette]

Hackberry on Thursday and today. Lots of spalting on this log that again sat for one year outside uncovered. Twice turned. Just got the lathe extension for Xmas gift from my wife. Can't wait to turn some big walnut nuggets. Sorry for the photo quality. Been a busy week, lots of sanding but I think after 4 years, I am getting it dialled in.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

I did an ash hollow form on a pedestal. Never done a pedestal. Need opinions. Be brutal if need be. Is it an option worth pursuing?

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

I did an ash hollow form on a pedestal. Never done a pedestal. Need opinions. Be brutal if need be. Is it an option worth pursuing?View attachment 69946View attachment 69947View attachment 69948

I don't hate it. Starting to like it. 🙂

 

[R Henrickson]

Back to spindles.

 

[Michael Brown]

Sissu is next green turning. You might be able to see the circle traced... It's gunna be epic. Crotch was only able 20" across. Next one is closer to 30"

 

[Isaac Fisher]

I did an ash hollow form on a pedestal. Never done a pedestal. Need opinions. Be brutal if need be. Is it an option worth pursuing?

The idea has potential, but I don’t think you’re there yet. Perhaps the piece would be improved by painting the pedestal black or making a separate pedestal from a dark wood and then attaching it?

The shape of the hollow form is excellent! It’s my favorite of the ones you’ve posted so far.

 

[Phil Hamel]

I did an ash hollow form on a pedestal. Never done a pedestal. Need opinions. Be brutal if need be. Is it an option worth pursuing?

I don't hate it. I also think it doesn't add to the shape. If anything it takes your eye away from the hollow form.

 

[Bob Hall]

I agree with Phil.

I like the t it takes away from it as your eye is drawn away. I think a small foot would be better.

Bob

 

[Vincent Vogel]

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I like the idea but agree with @Isaac Fisher to make it black.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

I’ll show it to my mentor, likely paint it black, and I can always remove it if voted down. Thanks all!

 

[David Wyke]

One core down and 6 more to go, 16” and 13”! The Korpro cutter works almost to efficient sometimes causing me to have to stop and clean shavings out no matter how often I pull the cutter out. So I replaced my regular air nozzle with a fine point air nozzle with a hole about the size of a #2 pencil lead. Now every time I pull the cutter out to evacuate shavings I blast it with the compressed air and no longer have to stop to remove shavings. It works 10 times better than a regular nozzle.

 

[Isaac Fisher]

I’ll show it to my mentor, likely paint it black, and I can always remove it if voted down. Thanks all!

Just remember there’s only one vote that really matters

 

[Vincent Vogel]

Did a herringbone pattern on a bowl rim.

 

[Norm Marentette]

One core down and 6 more to go, 16” and 13”! The Korpro cutter works almost to efficient sometimes causing me to have to stop and clean shavings out no matter how often I pull the cutter out. So I replaced my regular air nozzle with a fine point air nozzle with a hole about the size of a #2 pencil lead. Now every time I pull the cutter out to evacuate shavings I blast it with the compressed air and no longer have to stop to remove shavings. It works 10 times better than a regular nozzle.

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Could you post a pic of the nozzle David? I hope to get my coring system from Oneway this week. Do you turn a tenon for every core as you go?

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

Did a herringbone pattern on a bowl rim.

Interesting, I really like that. Gotta give it a try.

 

[David Wyke]

Could you post a pic of the nozzle David? I hope to get my coring system from Oneway this week. Do you turn a tenon for every core as you go?

Norm, I’ll get a picture tomorrow. I’ve used a regular air nozzle in the past but the one with the small hole is so much better.
I use a tenon to hold the min bowl, when I can remember I use a mortise on the front so it’s easier to reverse the core and put a small tenon on the back of it.

 

[Bob Hall]

Finally did one for myself. 10” cherry shallow rimmed bowl.

The medallion was cut out so I filled it in with a clear resin so that it wouldn’t get clogged up with dirt and debris over time.

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Rough turned another butternut covered (tobe) end grain bowl. The center of the butternut is very soft and almost impossible to cut tearout free so I put some PC Petrifier to soak in during the drying process.

 

[Jaramiah Severns]

I did an ash hollow form on a pedestal. Never done a pedestal. Need opinions. Be brutal if need be. Is it an option worth pursuing?View attachment 69946View attachment 69947View attachment 69948

I don’t think you need the pedestal, Alan. Looks like it belongs on a different piece IMO. For future pieces, I’d use that extra material to elongate the piece a bit. Not much; maybe half inch to an inch. The longer shape would slow down the speed of the curve near the bottom and help elevate the piece off the table a bit, which is what I suspect was the goal of the pedestal.

As it stands now, my recommendation is to remove the pedestal completely and let the hollow form stand on its own. The hollow form is a lovely shape and I really like your coin application!