What’s on your lathe?

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Now this one was not on the lathe recently , but as I did re-discover it at my son's place in Ottawa, I made a couple pictures, never had a picture of it, (was before I owned a digital camera).

About 9 or 10 inches and less than 2 mm thick with a thicker edge for strength (worked, as it is still alive) , we did call it a large potato chip

Made from Yellow Birch burl, with shimmer and thin enough to be opaque.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

I hope it keeps its color/grain contrast. Some kind of red oak.

 

[Larry Mercier]

I think the piece was transformed from something clunky to something pretty pleasant. Onward!

Michael, your refinished bowl is great. You have a very good eye for design. You also have skills to accomplish what you see. Congrats.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Michael, your refinished bowl is great. You have a very good eye for design. You also have skills to accomplish what you see. Congrats.

Thank you, Larry, very kind of you to say!

 

[Kevin Weir]

More flamed Box Elder. This piece is about 17 x 4 inches. So far, the pieces drying in my garage show no signs of cracking or stress. Have about 4 or 5 larger chunks which will be cored. Then there are numerous 6 x 6 x 10 inch pieces that I will use with the new Oneway hollowing system I bought a week ago.

 

[Darryn Achall]

Thinning out walls of this cherry bowl. About 9.5” diameter

 

[Monty Ivy]

Shop insulation project phase 1 completed. Yes it does look like the inside of a cooler but seems to help beat the heat. The material chosen was 2 3/8" x 24 x48 high density poly-styrene tiles. Hopefully this will be enough but have planned Phase 2. This will be blown cellulose in the walls through holes at the top of the wall between each pair of studs.



Noticeable side affects, better light reflectivity and some noise reduction.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Had a leftover piece of wet Norfolk Pine. Pre soaked in dilute dishwashing detergent to stabilize per Ron Kent. Or is it Cook pine? Still some tear out that needs more sanding and it drank tung oil like a desert camel, but I like the shape. I’m a newbie—it’s bowl 28 for me.

 

[Barry Larson]

Split hollow form - first attempt. I read the post by Mr. Hockenberry in the tips section and decided sine I had a glued up blank I would give one a try. Still needs final sanding and I need to make a doughnut chuck (another first) to finish off the bottom. I'm trying for some texture on the bottom half - wire brushed surface with some tool marks left (not sure how well this shows up) but I'm not sure I'm happy with the result so I might modify this a bit. Ash with a walnut collar for the opening. These are fun little projects. Thanks to Mr. Hockenberry for posting the suggestion.

Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

 

[Barry Larson]

Split hollow form - first attempt. I read the post by Mr. Hockenberry in the tips section and decided sine I had a glued up blank I would give one a try. Still needs final sanding and I need to make a doughnut chuck (another first) to finish off the bottom. I'm trying for some texture on the bottom half - wire brushed surface with some tool marks left (not sure how well this shows up) but I'm not sure I'm happy with the result so I might modify this a bit. Ash with a walnut collar for the opening. These are fun little projects. Thanks to Mr. Hockenberry for posting the suggestion.

Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

A couple of things bothered me. The collar didn't seem to fit the form, so I simplified and reduced the height. I also re-did the textured base, and also placed a small groove to further differentiate the base from the upper part of the form. I might try to use some colour to further accentuate the texture of the base. Now to finish my doughnut chuck and finish the base off.
Cheers.
Barry

 

[Larry Mercier]

It has a volcanic vibe. Nicely done.

I agree with Barry. You transformed this (#913) into a fantastic piece of art. Your creativity is inspiring.

 

[Larry Mercier]

Shop insulation project phase 1 completed. Yes it does look like the inside of a cooler but seems to help beat the heat.

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Noticeable side affects, better light reflectivity and some noise reduction.

Hi Monty,

We who live in the Northernmost states empathize with the heat in the Southernmost states. We only have few days where temps are brutally cold in the Winter. But you have had a lot of brutal heat already this year. Good luck with your project.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Your creativity is inspiring.

High praise, Larry. Thank you!

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Turning some crayon today (bodark) before it gets too hot.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Just playing today. Wife already stole the cake dish one. Not even finished yet!

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Finished and polished, returned this Black Cherry before we went on a trip to Ottawa, and had wiped the PTO (Polymerized Tung Oil) on it twice, so after we came back, I figured the finish had matured enough to polish it, and this is the outcome.

 

[Barry Larson]

Nice work. I like the PTO finish on the cherry - it buffs out to a pleasant gloss. What's the size of the bowl?
Cheers.
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

 

[Monty Ivy]

New crane toys!

1 1/4 x 8 forged eye bolt #21000 load rating
8" x 1/2 stainless steel face plate
2 leg bridle #4400 load rating.

12" steel rule in 2nd photo for scale.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Nice work. I like the PTO finish on the cherry - it buffs out to a pleasant gloss. What's the size of the bowl?
Cheers.
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

Thanks Barry , it is 4.5" high and 10" across

 

[Michael Anderson]

New crane toys!

1 1/4 x 8 forged eye bolt #21000 load rating
8" x 1/2 stainless steel face plate
2 leg bridle #4400 load rating.

12" steel rule in 2nd photo for scale.

Monty, don’t you think that blank is a little on the small side?

 

[Jay Peterson]

Go big or go home!

 

[Tom Gall]

New crane toys!

1 1/4 x 8 forged eye bolt #21000 load rating
8" x 1/2 stainless steel face plate
2 leg bridle #4400 load rating.

12" steel rule in 2nd photo for scale.

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Nice toys! So, how do you go from horizontal (photo #3) to vertical (#4)? Why can't you use the sling and eliminate the eye bolt step?

 

[Monty Ivy]

Nice toys! So, how do you go from horizontal (photo #3) to vertical (#4)? Why can't you use the sling and eliminate the eye bolt step?

The horizonal "eye bolt" phase makes it much easier to trim with a chainsaw. The bridle is a bit of a balancing act to manage and used only to mount the blank.

 

[Phil Hamel]

 

[Barry Larson]

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Phil. An amazing transformation to get from the second picture to the last! I assume some wood hardener or other substance was involved in this transformation? Very nice work.
Cheers.
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

 

[Alan Weinberg]

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Wow. Even the tearout had tearout. Great final result! Beautiful.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Phil. An amazing transformation to get from the second picture to the last! I assume some wood hardener or other substance was involved in this transformation? Very nice work.
Cheers.
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

I kept slapping on coats of sanding sealer and cutting a layer at a time. Had to super glue a few cracks and chunks back on too!
I tried turning it on this axis and it just disintegrated!


Updated my avatar to a pic of me and my wife.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Updated my avatar to a pic of me and my wife.

Sweet! It’s always nice to put a face to a name.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Sweet! It’s always nice to put a face to a name.

I thought i did......... Good looking boy aren't I?

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Updated my avatar to a pic of me and my wife.

That's a good idea, I should probably do that.

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

Sweet! It’s always nice to put a face to a name.

Yep I think some of these guys are on the most wanted list

 

[Phil Hamel]

Loading up some birch with shellac to see if I can turn it without it disintegrating.
Made a pen with some scraps. Turned so good I was able to start with 220 sand paper.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Little piece of elm I think. Never turned elm before, is it all stringy like that out next to the cambrium or sapwood layer? As seen on the edge in the photo. Would plug the gouge sometimes but I might have been aggressive since it is small and wet.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Little piece of elm I think. Never turned elm before, is it all stringy like that out next to the cambrium or sapwood layer? As seen on the edge in the photo. Would plug the gouge sometimes but I might have been aggressive since it is small and wet.

Nice Bowl Sam

Yes Sam that is what you get with fresh Siberian Elm, it is the actual cambium layer where both Bark and wood originate.

It is a nice wood sometimes looking almost like Walnut.

Easy to dry without splitting if slow dried.

Here I am taking down a neighbour's Siberian Elm and a couple darker coloured turnings.

 

[Norm Marentette]

Trying to my first perfect egg. Not as easy as I thought!

 

[Norm Marentette]

A chunk of an old willow blank I thought I would practice on. 15 inch dia. and approximately 6" high. With all its scars, defects in the wood kind of like it. Anyone have any ideas or recommendations on what finish to use.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

How long does wood take to get the spalting effect? Curious if this hackberry spalted because it was on the ground and in the mud where I found it or if it was because it had an old spot where the bark had been peeled off years ago and it was almost grown shut again.

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Most likely because it was on the ground in a wet spot. Spalting is caused by fungi getting into the wood and they love a nice damp dark spot. How long it takes depends of the environment and where you live and the wood. In Texas where it was drier it would take a piece of wood 6 months to a year to splat and that was wood that I wet and put into a dark trash bag to hold the moisture. Here in Florida I just have to leave a piece of wood outside for a few weeks and it's splatted. We have a lot of Sweetgum on our property and that wood spalts so fast it's not funny.

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

Hackberry spaults almost by just looking at it. If you want to spault wood rub some dirt on the endgrain and place in plastic bag. You can also bury it in the compost pile. Be careful as it is in some woods it is s fine line between spaulted and rotten.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Hackberry spaults almost by just looking at it. If you want to spault wood rub some dirt on the endgrain and place in plastic bag. You can also bury it in the compost pile. Be careful as it is in some woods it is s fine line between spaulted and rotten.

I kind of doubted it was from the ground, I should have said it could only have been in the mud for 3 days maybe? But I don't know, never ran across it before. This was one of the storm wood finds I've been messing with. It was covered on the end grain with mud though. But up one side there was old gray wood visible for about a foot and the tree had grown around it to a depth of 1.5 inches or so on each side.

Will it keep the color? It's actually a change of pace since hackberry I've turned before has just been plain/boring probably because it's been smaller.