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- Thread starter Rusty Nesmith
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Looks like you could teach it! WOW!
I’ve been wanting to do some spoons like that, most of the ones I had done were hand carved. I saw a video on making those, did you remove one of the jaws on you Chuck to hold it or make a fixture?
Working on one of my three “ bring them in the booth bowls”. It is walnut, 16-1/2” and should end up between 6-1/2 to 6-3/4” tall. Will turn the inside this afternoon. I have another walnut to second turn that is a little larger and an ambrosia maple that is 18” before the second turn. Probably go for 3/8” thickness on this one instead of 1/4”. Looks like the grain pattern on the outside bottom will be on the inside bottom.
I had 3 this size at my last show and someone bought two of them and the gallery wanted the other one. I try to keep 2-3 large bowls because it brings people in, then they see the price and then buy a smaller bowl
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I had 3 this size at my last show and someone bought two of them and the gallery wanted the other one. I try to keep 2-3 large bowls because it brings people in, then they see the price and then buy a smaller bowl
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I saw a Michael Hosulak ladle demo. Between centers turns a ball on one end and the handle. Mounts wood in a chuck turns a jamb chuck to hold the ball and notches the rim of the jamb chuck for the handle. Hollows the ball to make the ladle bowl.
For extra credit Michael steam bent the handle.
Exactly. Used the chuck to hold it.
Something a little different. Everyone has these beautiful bowls/blanks on their lathes. I am currently turning 'Pens for Troops'. Here is my drilling setup and pen mandrel. Blanks are Walnut.
Finished up the black walnut today and a little cedar bowl. Had a knot fall out of the cedar so it gave me an opportunity to try turquoise inlay for the first time.
Walnut and Osage orange glue up.
Grabbed a chunk off of the cherry burl to see what it looks like inside. Pretty rotten and soft.
Going to see if epoxy wash will help.
Going to see if epoxy wash will help.
Ooh. I’d move on. . . .
Just off the lathe, Screw top basket illusion box out of bradford pear. Finial from pine cone core.
Working on an end grain cherry bowl with 3 walnut legs. The center was rotten so I made a plug out of home made plywood where each layer is made up from 4 squares. The plug was tapered so that it would fit without any gaps, but I didn't get it in square to the bottom of the bowl. At least one layer should be extra thick so that the inside of the bowl can be rounded with out going through the ply.
The next pic is trimming the legs using my lathe mounted miter box.
The bowl was turned green down to about 3/8" wall thickness then let to dry for about a month and a half with very little distortion. I have another one from the same tree and the same rotten core so I should be able to do a better job on that one.
The next pic is trimming the legs using my lathe mounted miter box.
The bowl was turned green down to about 3/8" wall thickness then let to dry for about a month and a half with very little distortion. I have another one from the same tree and the same rotten core so I should be able to do a better job on that one.
Roughed out a big bowl. Pretty simple shape. Over 11 inches in diameter. Might microwave it to dry sooner vs a couple weeks in a paper bag. Bagged it for now. 
Let's try this again!
I turn a lot of iffy wood, but I'd toss that one in the fire box. But here's hoping you prevail.
A little plum bowl.
Cool grain.
Hasn't killed me so far! Don't think I'm going to go any thinner. Put more epoxy on the inside and outside. Will let it cure overnight and will see.
Scored another bunch of maple today.
Cedar crotch. I bumped the rim with the gouge and blew it apart. I got it back together, but the crack is clearly visible. I didn't have a good method of clamping it. Unfinished, but with Yorkshire grit applied.
Working on a cuban mahogany bowl. Love this grain.
I also finished a small crepe myrtle bowl. The finish is just half and half oil from Real Milk Paint co.
I also finished a small crepe myrtle bowl. The finish is just half and half oil from Real Milk Paint co.
A few pewas and it will be decorative. I hate when I do that with a gouge.
Love the figure.
Bob
Poured some left over resin from the other day into a small container. Trying to make something with it. Might make a miniature Christal ball. Resin on the cherry bowl is still curing.
Worth saving.
I'm easily distracted!
Had a small piece of the Mexican Royal Ebony left on the lathe from the ornament. Decided to try an off axis turning. Cherry wood for the box.
Wasn't quite what I was looking for. Did another all in maple. Varnish finish.
Had a small piece of the Mexican Royal Ebony left on the lathe from the ornament. Decided to try an off axis turning. Cherry wood for the box.
Wasn't quite what I was looking for. Did another all in maple. Varnish finish.
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The minister at the church where we've been attending is retiring at the end of the year and I was asked to make something for him. So I turned this communion set. I found an old, broken pew in the basement and used the oak from that for this project. There wasn't a lot of good wood, so I added some Sapele in the middle of the plate to make it wide enough, and a piece of walnut in the center of the chalice just to add some contrast/interest. The carving in the middle of the plate was on the pew, so I glued it onto the plate. I coated both sides of the chalice cup with West System epoxy to make it waterproof and usable.
It will be presented to him at his Nov. 10 retirement dinner.
Oh, and I made the little stand for the plate from the same pew oak.
Very nice. It will mean a lot to him.
It was. I'll give it to friends or family.
Cherry burl is still hanging in there! Working on finish now.
Grabbed a chunk of walnut out of the scrap bin while I was waiting for the paint to set on the burl. 1 inch high by 3 1/2 long.
Decided to finish the apple wood hollow form. Putting final coat of lacquer on it. Measures around 9”x 8” and weight is 14 ounces. I’ve been careful not to sneeze around it for fear it will explode 
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Currently looking for the Beholder family
. Currently looking for the Beholder family
You could put a diorama in there!
I have a friend who is a caricature carver, I put him to work
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Fast. Takes me longer to apply painter tape on template and bowl, wait for hot glue to dry, then to cut with router. What are your shortcuts?
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See the "trends" thread. Custom built CNC. All the jigs and templates rolled into a single machine.
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Got a longleaf pine cone cigar pen done today. Ive been shaving down a garbage bag full of longleaf pine cones I picked up at FDR State Park here in Georgia on the bandsaw.
