What’s on your lathe?

[Isaac Fisher]

whoops

Well, the rest of it looks great!

 

[James Seyfried]

Been working on ornament globes. The blue and green ones are Maple, the red and yellow are Cherry burl. The one in front is Tasmanian Blackwood. The finial/icicle is Ebony that I made for another globe but thought it was too small. I think it will work better on the red globe.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Box elder, 6" finished with Myland's. You can't see it, but it has a bit of quilting.

 

[robo hippy]

Well.....for those waiting to see what I made with the apple wood. Apparently a lot of shavings and a piece for the wood stove. I tried gluing the piece multiple times but it just wasn't to be.
On a positive note my wall thickness is much better!
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Phil, one like this may be able to be glued back together. The problem is clamping it. this is where the stretch film comes in very handy.

robo hippy

 

[Mark Fairchild]

Cut it in half and mount it to a shelf, hang it on the wall.
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Great idea David! The wife loves it.

 

[Mark Fairchild]

This is another cherry that I finished today. 12” diameter. I roughed 8 bowls out of a partial trunk that a friend gave me. Tried and true Danish. Will buff when cured.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Phil, one like this may be able to be glued back together. The problem is clamping it. this is where the stretch film comes in very handy.

robo hippy

Couple of pieces went flying when it hit the concrete floor. I did try to see if it would match back up. Thanks for the idea though.

 

[David Wyke]

Great idea David! The wife loves it.

You’re welcome, no charge😁!

 

[Phil Hamel]

Met a guy today who does logging for a living. He also has a mill he plays with on weekends. He told me today I could go there and grab all the walnut, sycamore and other pieces that I wanted. Hopefully will go this weekend!

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Been working on ornament globes. The blue and green ones are Maple, the red and yellow are Cherry burl. The one in front is Tasmanian Blackwood. The finial/icicle is Ebony that I made for another globe but thought it was too small. I think it will work better on the red globe.

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Nice James! Is that a Woodmaster drum sander in back?

 

[James Seyfried]

Nice James! Is that a Woodmaster drum sander in back?

Yes

 

[Vincent Vogel]

I don't know what to call it, but I had a knarly cherry burl and didn't know what to do with it. As you can see it had a lot of holes in it so had to make light cuts.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

I don't know what to call it, but I had a knarly cherry burl and didn't know what to do with it. As you can see it had a lot of holes in it so had to make light cuts.

Nice job. That's an interesting piece of wood. The twist gives it even more character.

 

[Kevin Weir]

These are replacement bobbins, made from maple and tree of Heaven. The original bobbin is on the left.

 

[Kevin Weir]

Soon to be on the lathe. salad bowl blanks of walnut and maple. In the foreground, box elder for hollowed urns. End grain has glue applied to reduce checking until I can get to them. Most are 6 inches thick.

 

[Bob Hall]

Soon to be on the lathe. salad bowl blanks of walnut and maple. In the foreground, box elder for hollowed urns. End grain has glue applied to reduce checking until I can get to them. Most are 6 inches thick. View attachment 68542

Nice.

Do you find the glue to be better than painting the ends?
Do you thin the glue?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Kevin Weir]

Nice.

Do you find the glue to be better than painting the ends?
Do you thin the glue?

Thanks,

Bob

Hi Bob. I do find it better than paint. Glue is thicker, I don’t thin it.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Playing with padauk today. Hollowed and finished. I'm thinking holly for the finials.

 

[Michael Anderson]

My wife’s co-worker is retiring. They went out to eat last week, and Alyse came home and said “uhh, I told Susan that you made a bowl for her”. 😂 Fortunately, I have a couple of boxes of roughouts. I chose a small-ish Black Oak blank, and finish-turned this earlier today. Right at 8” diameter, and finished with T&T Danish oil. Still need to add another coat or two. It’s been forever since I turned an open form bowl—so nice that the shaving eject automatically. Ha, the little things in life…

 

[David Wyke]

When the 4 year old granddaughter wakes up from a nap and wants PaPa in the house😁…to be continued…
Also, have some walnut bowls for sale with some assembly required 😁

 

[David Wyke]

My wife’s co-worker is retiring. They went out to eat last week, and Alyse came home and said “uhh, I told Susan that you made a bowl for her”. 😂 Fortunately, I have a couple of boxes of roughouts. I chose a small-ish Black Oak blank, and finish-turned this earlier today. Right at 8” diameter, and finished with T&T Danish oil. Still need to add another coat or two. It’s been forever since I turned an open form bowl—so nice that the shaving eject automatically. Ha, the little things in life…

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Nice shape on that one! My wife is a retired school teacher and would always ask if I had a bowl she could give someone😁.

 

[Steven Borruso]

Just finished another segmented/resin bowl today ... thinking these may be this year's XMas gifts (Cherry segments, 11" top dia, 6" tall, Watco Danish oil followed by Beal buff wheels).
Orig idea from Forman Woodworking with a couple mods of my own. Like doing these once in awhile since no need to be exact with segment cuts ;-)

Other "In Process" pics of the one before this here (Oak segments, Orange resin)

 

[Dave Landers]

Also, have some walnut bowls for sale with some assembly required 😁

Ha. Years ago, we moved and the company paid for the movers (those were the days). Anyway, I had several mesquite logs. The mover guy said "we don't normally move firewood". I replied, "No, that's unfinished furniture." And he put them on the dolly and rolled 'em onto the truck.

 

[David Wyke]

Turned a couple small walnut crotch yesterday. I had a birch tree blow down during the hurricane and turned a couple out of it. Never turned birch and it was like cutting butter, we’ll see how it turns when dry. May try a couple hollow forms out of it.

 

[Frank English]

Wonder which member and when will turn this great thread to page 100!!!

 

[David Wyke]

I wasn’t planning on turning today since I was just cleaning up the shop by killing a couple hours while my wife was busy with one of her projects. I decided to clean my work bench where I had built a shelving unit for a friend last week and move some drying bowls around to make room for some green turnings. I pulled out a maple bowl that was first turned over a year ago, like what I saw and decided to do the second turn. Neve finished cleaning the shop or workbench😁.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Playing with a bunch of small maple pieces today.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

a piece of burl that bugs previously really enjoyed. Hope they left me enough. So far has turned out well.

 

[Bob Hall]

Just finished another segmented/resin bowl today ... thinking these may be this year's XMas gifts (Cherry segments, 11" top dia, 6" tall, Watco Danish oil followed by Beal buff wheels).
Orig idea from Forman Woodworking with a couple mods of my own. Like doing these once in awhile since no need to be exact with segment cuts ;-)

Other "In Process" pics of the one before this here (Oak segments, Orange resin)

Stunning for sure.

Why do you do the rice step?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Giving a pear bowl a second turning tonight. I'll finish it tomorrow.

 

[DuWayne Potter]

A small cherry burl that's been sitting around.

 

[DuWayne Potter]

A while ago a friend brought over a piece of burl. Most of it was past the expiration date but I did manage to make him a little box.

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When I called to take it to him and he told me to bring my chainsaw with me. He has offered me to cut a burl from his woods for some time. I think this is the nicest piece of burl I have ever had. I hope to get a core or two from it. I think it is elm.

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What coring system do you use?

 

[Steven Borruso]

Stunning for sure.

Why do you do the rice step?

Thanks,

Bob

Thx Bob ... I used rice to measure how much resin is required. ...
Filled it with rice, dumped the rice out and weighed it, then used a conversion from grams of rice to grams of resin required.
Conversion table was found as an appendix in Keith Lackner's book - Woodturning with Resin: Techniques & Projects for Turning Works of Art

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[Bob Hall]

Thx Bob ... I used rice to measure how much resin is required. ...
Filled it with rice, dumped the rice out and weighed it, then used a conversion from grams of rice to grams of resin required.
Conversion table was found as an appendix in Keith Lackner's book - Woodturning with Resin: Techniques & Projects for Turning Works of Art

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Thank you and thank you for the book recommendation.

Bob

 

[James Seyfried]

What coring system do you use?

I use the Oneway system with a Hunter Korpro cutter.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Starting an Osage orange hollow form.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Put on a piece of hemlock. To wet to do more than I did. Switched out to another chunk of cherry. Piece already flew off and turned into another Christmas bulb.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Starting an Osage orange hollow form.

Or perhaps a closed-rim bowl. 🤣

 

[Bob Hall]

Or perhaps a closed-rim bowl. 🤣

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I did that chasing some tear out in a walnut and maple bowl. I got rid of the tear out but the sidewall went with it.But I finally got the tear out gone.😆

Bob

 

[Aaron Harris]

That's one way to get rid of tear-out! I punched through the wall of a big bradford pear bowl with stunning figure a couple of weeks ago. I have been checking depth and thickness much more carefully since!