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What’s on your lathe?

Phil Hamel said:
I was given an older very dry piece of birch recently. Tried the new electric chainsaw and finished on the band saw. Will be on the lathe later this week.
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Nice!!

One of my favorite things to do is cut blanks and air dry them (for months or years, whatever it takes)
Cut a few hundred lbs of water maple for a friend just a couple of days ago for him to take home and dry.
If you are out wandering around someday and find yourself in TN, stop by for a visit and take some dry blanks home!
 
James Seyfried said:
This elm burl has quit loosing weight so it's time to finish it. The bowl is about 12" and pictured on the lathe I wiped it of with mineral spirits to show off the burl. There are a few voids close to the rim, I didn't fill them with epoxy, but one that seemed a little sketchy for breaking was reinforced with epoxy on the inside of the void. Because of the different voids I left the thickness at about 1/2".

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I decided to carve little feet for the base (go figure). Got a ways to go; I use the tape as a guide that I'm getting close the bowl and reduce scratches to sand out.

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I’d Love to see a step by step of how you do your feet. They’re always perfect.
 
Ok. A couple of things recently on the lathe. First a lidded bowl, figured sap maple bowl, birdseye brown maple lid with a finial of English walnut burl. The finial could have been a touch more delicate, but the burl was a bit fragile in spots. Second, small box in white oak with a yellowheart lid and ebony knob. Last two, lidded bowl; bowl is maple with a bit of spalting, walnut lid with an ash finial and finally a white oak box with birdseye maple lid and ebony knob.

Cheers.

Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!
 

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Past 1am here and just coming in from the shop......been a long day! :)

Maple burl.....Mother Nature wows us sometimes! :)

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Kent Reisdorph said:
Little known fact. Persimmon heartwood is black. There's just never much of it. This piece of wood came from the base of the tree when my daughter in law cut the stump off close to the ground. I'm not crazy about the form. Maybe Crown Royal will be interested. 😂

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Continue that form curve down to the tenon and it will be great (IMHO).
 
Kent Reisdorph said:
Persimmon heartwood is black. There's just never much of it.
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Most of the persimmon I’ve cut and processed had black heartwood not much bigger than a fat pencil lead. Every once in a while I’ll get a piece where the black is bigger, or fans out into a larger area for a short distance. (FWIW, Persimmon is a type of ebony, some other names for it are American Ebony and White Ebony.

Persimmon | The Wood Database (Hardwood)

www.wood-database.com www.wood-database.com

JKJ
 
Gerald Lawrence said:
Just remove bark and the wood exterior will turn black. It is disturbing when you first see it
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Yikes, I have NEVER see that in persimmon I’ve cut here (a lot). The wood stays white unless cut in the summer when fungus can get started, then I see streaks and grey.

I’ve cut a lot of persimmon into blanks for drying. I think it’s wonderful to turn.

Here are a couple of meat tenderizers I made from dried Persimmon a few months ago. Like most species, it the wood does gradually darken a little with time. The one on the right shows a case of significant black heartwood, rare in the persimmon trees I’ve cut.

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JKJ
 
Another piece in butternut
Leading up to the challenge to make a tall deep calabash I rough turned three in butternut so I was looking at the 2 left over and thought they might look good with a screw on lid. The main body is one piece turned on the pith and the lid is 8 layers of 4 segments with a Brazilian rosewood finial. The thread is 8 TPI X 6.5" and the female thread is reinforced with CA but the male thread being side grain no CA was needed. The piece measures 7" diameter X 15" high with the lid.
The next step will be to put a finish on it probably DO & wax.
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Phil Hamel said:
… Also got a box of wood for future projects.
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The carving looks like a lot of work! By hand or powered?

And you’ll be turning some of my favorite woods. I especially like sapele - I bought a number of big sapele slabs from a friend a long time ago - Great for platters. These are 14.5 and 19.5”, the only two we kept for the house.

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Held by recesses left in the bottom.
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Olive is another favorite. I got a big slab from another friend years ago and still have about 1/2 left. I like to make these:
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JKJ
 
Turned a little cherry box this is about forth one I have
Turned the lid was tight so I tryed to make a little easier opps now it does have that pop but it doesn’t move from side to side either so all well!
Added a little embellishment also
Had a little trouble keeping them the same the top one
Lucky me i can put it back in the lathe and remove some wood and try again
Like the top one better lucky me here’s the up dated version after some sanding and redoing the embellishments!
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Robert Lindstadt said:
Added a little embellishment also
Had a little trouble keeping them the same the top one
Lucky me i can put it back in the lathe and remove some wood and try again
Like the top one better lucky me
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Is that done with a knurling tool with a diamond pattern?
Perhaps like the Wagner or the one Peachtree and others sell?

If so, I describe it briefly in my texturing document. There are some limitations to what it will do, one reason I prefer the star point wheel tool for many things.

John K Jordan

Thread 'Texturing Woodturnings'

I wrote this to show some of the tools and methods I use to add texture to woodturnings. It’s a rewrite of a doc I wrote maybe 10 years ago, updated to accompany a separate document on turning thin spindles for a recent demo.

Most, but not all of the examples concern spindles, things like wands and handles.

Perhaps someone will find it interesting, or even [gasp!] useful.

Corrections or suggestions for future updates are always welcome!

JKJ
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John K Jordan said:
Is that done with a knurling tool with a diamond pattern?
Perhaps like the Wagner or the one Peachtree and others sell?

If so, I describe it briefly in my texturing document. There are some limitations to what it will do, one reason I prefer the star point wheel tool for many things.

John K Jordan

Thread 'Texturing Woodturnings'

I wrote this to show some of the tools and methods I use to add texture to woodturnings. It’s a rewrite of a doc I wrote maybe 10 years ago, updated to accompany a separate document on turning thin spindles for a recent demo.

Most, but not all of the examples concern spindles, things like wands and handles.

Perhaps someone will find it interesting, or even [gasp!] useful.

Corrections or suggestions for future updates are always welcome!

JKJ
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Yes the problem was I tryed to make it bigger then the wheel was.
I did redo it with out moving it
If you notice the top one is just a touch larger but the diamonds seem to line up
This is only about my second time using the tool ! And yes I think they are Wagner brand.
 
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John K Jordan said:
Is that done with a knurling tool with a diamond pattern?
Perhaps like the Wagner or the one Peachtree and others sell?

If so, I describe it briefly in my texturing document. There are some limitations to what it will do, one reason I prefer the star point wheel tool for many things.

John K Jordan

Thread 'Texturing Woodturnings'

I wrote this to show some of the tools and methods I use to add texture to woodturnings. It’s a rewrite of a doc I wrote maybe 10 years ago, updated to accompany a separate document on turning thin spindles for a recent demo.

Most, but not all of the examples concern spindles, things like wands and handles.

Perhaps someone will find it interesting, or even [gasp!] useful.

Corrections or suggestions for future updates are always welcome!

JKJ
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JKJ
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I just looked over the article , thank you
I will read it again
I did find an idea to use with the piece I am working on .
 
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Monthly weights produced this stack of stabilized roughed bowls yesterday.
Now the process of adding waste blocks begins!
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On the lathe is this very spalted maple burl. I can't get a good enough cut on this, so am experimenting with some wood hardener.
Not sure of its fate at this point, but would sure like to save it...
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