What’s on your lathe?

[Sam Fleisher]

Liked the blue unfortunately some stray sunlight hit it and caused scratches that really showed when I put the blue on. So before I got it off the lathe to work on the porcine anatomy looking thing that's on there now it changed into what's sitting on my saw.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Coming to lathe by me , making another dish for a customer , but I will display at a show before she gets it or not lol. I may just keep it !
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One small step for man, one giant step for completing

 

[Michael Anderson]

Finish turning a swamp Kauri bowl. Will be 9.5”d x ~3.5”h when complete. A turner sent me a blank from New Zealand and challenged me to mimic a smaller bowl he made. Fun! This is quite a challenging timber to turn. It is extremely soft, very stringy, and dulls tools quickly. The reward is fairly intense chatoyancy and a rich color.

Three months later and I'm still working on this swamp Kauri bowl. Following the second turning mentioned above, I had to deal with some cracks. I added 13 total pewa, 3 of which are on the rim. After adding the pewa, I set it aside to finish other projects and meet some deadlines. But the bowl kept staring at me, disappointed in my neglect. I put it back on the lathe the other day and began sanding. There are definitely some visible sanding marks in the interior. I may or may not wet sand after this coat of oil dries. Likely not though. Today, I added the first coat of oil to the rim and interior. I will add oil to the exterior once I'm finished turning off the foot.



I'm trying out a new oil on this one. I did a demo a couple of weeks ago in Maryland, and a lot of the members there were raving about TY Oil. I had never heard of it, but apparently Mike Sorge uses and sells it. One of the club members was kind enough to give me a bottle to try out. It's a mixture of polymerized flaxseed (linseed) and shea nut oil. It darkened the wood, but not much, and dried quickly. I'll add another coat or two before the end. Here's a photo of the bottle:

 

[David Wyke]

Three months later and I'm still working on this swamp Kauri bowl. Following the second turning mentioned above, I had to deal with some cracks. I added 13 total pewa, 3 of which are on the rim. After adding the pewa, I set it aside to finish other projects and meet some deadlines. But the bowl kept staring at me, disappointed in my neglect. I put it back on the lathe the other day and began sanding. There are definitely some visible sanding marks in the interior. I may or may not wet sand after this coat of oil dries. Likely not though. Today, I added the first coat of oil to the rim and interior. I will add oil to the exterior once I'm finished turning off the foot.

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I'm trying out a new oil on this one. I did a demo a couple of weeks ago in Maryland, and a lot of the members there were raving about TY Oil. I had never heard of it, but apparently Mike Sorge uses and sells it. One of the club members was kind enough to give me a bottle to try out. It's a mixture of polymerized flaxseed (linseed) and shea nut oil. It darkened the wood, but not much, and dried quickly. I'll add another coat or two before the end. Here's a photo of the bottle:

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That’s. a nice bowl! I’m interested in seeing how the oil looks once you’re finished. From what I read it looks like a good product but couldn’t find anything on curing time.

 

[David Wyke]

Another hollow form turned today, walnut 7” x 11”. The next one will be reversed with the heart wood on top, then back to second turning some bowls.

 

[Michael Anderson]

That’s. a nice bowl! I’m interested in seeing how the oil looks once you’re finished. From what I red it looks like a good product but couldn’t find anything on curing time.

Thanks David! I’m curious as well. The guys that told me about it said they usually put a coat or two on and then wait a day and put another one on. Figured I would just treat it like Danish oil (Tried and True). I may finish it with varnish oil, given how soft the wood is. That should enhance the chatoyance a bit.

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

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Cherry burl

 

[Phil Hamel]

Playing with a chunk of spalted maple. Trying to make my first miniature hat. I know it's supposed to be green wood but this is what I have.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

just took this piece off lathe and put some oil on it. Never left bark on side of a bowl before, interesting look. It’s not natural edge—it’s natural side!

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

On Wednesday here in the MN Lakes area a sudden storm came up and I watched from the service door of my shop.
The first tree to come down was a dead popple tree that just missed my electric meters then I heard some cracking noises to the east of my house and the top of a white pine broke off. When the rain and wind let up I went out and looked around and found a jack pine fallen across my driveway and the top off of a red oak near the lake shore. On thursday I cleared the driveway and went to some forest land we own nearby and found a jack pine across the main trial and the top of a large birch blocking another trail. Today I turned a couple of items from the red oak.

Notice the tannic acid stains on my fingers, when I purchased the property in 2001 there had never been anything built there and no fence lines.

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

I’m a few thousand miles away from my lathe, walking through Arlington Gardens in Pasadena. This Peruvian Pepper tree is healthy, but some day a hundred years from now a woodturner might have loads of fun!

 

[Alan Weinberg]

I’m a few thousand miles away from my lathe, walking through Arlington Gardens in Pasadena. This Peruvian Pepper tree is healthy, but some day a hundred years from now a woodturner might have loads of fun!

Huntington Garden? They sometimes sell trees—friend of mine bought a few and had them craned in and transplanted.

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

Alan,
Although we’ve been to Huntington this is a small garden in Pasadena called Arlington Garden.

Arlington Garden in Pasadena | Pasadena's water-wise, community-supported garden

www.arlingtongardenpasadena.org

 

[Alan Weinberg]

First piece of koa. What gorgeous wood. Cracks filled with copper epoxy and pewa.

Now with one coat tung oil—just had to see what it would look like. Needs more sanding—as usual.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Alan,
Although we’ve been to Huntington this is a small garden in Pasadena called Arlington Garden.

Arlington Garden in Pasadena | Pasadena's water-wise, community-supported garden

www.arlingtongardenpasadena.org

I’ll have to check it out. Thanks.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

also worked on this today—spalted jacaranda—I should call it “crackaranda,” since it almost split in half. I used 11 pewa. Filled other cracks with copper epoxy. Should have trashed it but daughter wants it since the tree came from the hospital grounds where she works. She has me making bowls that she gives to employees there.

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

I done a demo for our local club on hold I make this star !
So I had some glued up pieces left from demo
So the old addege came to mind waste not want not
So I cut up and fitted some cherry and will make a few rings to glue up to turn in to a bowl for the table.

 

[Tom Gall]

First piece of koa. What gorgeous wood. Cracks filled with copper epoxy and pewa.

Now with one coat tung oil—just had to see what it would look like. Needs more sanding—as usual.

Alan, your improvement in such a short period of time is highly commendable ... and you have a great attitude as well !!!
I assume you know that you just made your upcoming sanding session so much more difficult by adding the oil ... just because you "had to see what it would look like". 😇

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

I’ve done the same… and found that a wipe down with mineral spirits helped reduce clogging up the sandpaper.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Alan, your improvement in such a short period of time is highly commendable ... and you have a great attitude as well !!!
I assume you know that you just made your upcoming sanding session so much more difficult by adding the oil ... just because you "had to see what it would look like". 😇

Thanks. I’ll have to pay for my impatience!

 

[Steiph Zargon]

Rolling Pin for my niece. & a Cocobolo French pin for my sis-in-law.
They are both done & the Maple one has been delivered & I even got a “WOW!” Thank you.

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

4” by 6” cherry burl

 

[Phil Hamel]

Odd shaped apple burl. No idea what to make. Thinking some kind of box. Measures 2.5x2.5 x 1 1/2 high.

 

[Isaac Fisher]

Little boxes with suction-fit lids for a gallery show in October. Left one is claro walnut, two middle are English walnut, right is tan oak.

 

[Michael Anderson]

tan oak

Nice boxes Isaac! I especially like the tan oak one. I’m not familiar with that wood, so had to look it up. Apparently it’s not a true Oak, but wow those rays!! Now I need to add another wood to the bucket list.

 

[Isaac Fisher]

Nice boxes Isaac! I especially like the tan oak one. I’m not familiar with that wood, so had to look it up. Apparently it’s not a true Oak, but wow those rays!! Now I need to add another wood to the bucket list.

Thanks, Michael! I’d be happy to send you some blanks if you want.

The bowl swap last year was great! Bummed that I missed the box exchange this year. Saw the thread for the first time the day after the signup deadline! Oops

 

[Michael Anderson]

Thanks, Michael! I’d be happy to send you some blanks if you want.

The bowl swap last year was great! Bummed that I missed the box exchange this year. Saw the thread for the first time the day after the signup deadline! Oops

I definitely do! I’ll send you a message.

And thanks! Swaps are fun. No worries about missing this one. Next one will be October-November-ish. Be on the lookout!

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Mini charger AKA paper plate holder.

10.5 x 1.5 walnut

I don't know why I do this to myself... This thing hasn't even been out in the sun and you can see the scratches. (sun causes them as I'm sure you all know)

 

[Jim Holcombe]

Sam, I’ve heard that if you have more than 2 lights, they will conspire to cause scratches! LOL

 

[Sam Fleisher]

True, although I don't notice anything in the dark if they're shut off. Then there's always the crowd favorite acrylic/milk paint. Covers what ails you!

 

[David Wyke]

13” maple platter or shallow bowl on the lathe. Not my best work but ran into several cracks and had to reshape as I went. This one had a crack on the rim that I filled with black CA. Fortunately it was on a spalt line and doesn’t show except right on the edge.
Amazing how different it looks in the sun.

 

[Mark Fairchild]

Curly Claro Walnut last evening:

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Another beautiful piece of work!

 

[Mark Fairchild]

16” Ambrosia Maple platter. This one was spoken for while on the lathe. 2 coats of waterlox.

 

[Russell Nugent]

Some stringy wet balsam poplar. At least it's got some nice color

 

[Michael Anderson]

I received this beautiful slightly spalted Mango blank from a friend a while ago. Finally got it on the lathe. It's only a couple of inches thick, so I mounted via a glue block preserve as much wood as possible. It's one of those"saving it for the right project" blanks. I'm excited for what it hopefully will become.

 

[Michael Allan Cooper]

Stabilized sycamore with a resin rim. This is my first attempt at hollowing, with a borrowed Lyle Jameson hollowing system.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Piece of rock maple left over from the clock project.

 

[Kevin Jenness]

Spalted sugar maple after Hugh McKay. Not much traditional turning on the outside of this one.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

My wife started burning incense, so I made her an incense burner. Elm finished with Ack's polish and wax. The last picture is under a blacklight. Supposedly only Wych elm fluoresces under blacklight, but I doubt this is Wych elm.

 

[John Gordon]

So cool to see the fluorescence! Sumac also fluoresces under UV light.