What’s on your lathe?

[Leo Van Der Loo]

5 nails and a 6” x 9” walnut hollow form on the lathe. As soon as I heard the click I knew what it was, stopped and dug out 5 nails. Going to put the metal detector on the other half .
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David I have discovered Dissimilar material in some of my turning wood, the worst was a large Sycamore I hauled home from he City wood dump, after some very special word for it, a lot of cussing and a tooth missing from the chainsaw chain I got it into two halfs and some extra very-hard-ware and some canvas that had grown in (someones shelter) I did turn the one halve, still have the other half, not the hard - ware ;-)

 

[David Wyke]

David I have discovered Dissimilar material in some of my turning wood, the worst was a large Sycamore I hauled home from he City wood dump, after some very special word for it, a lot of cussing and a tooth missing from the chainsaw chain I got it into two halfs and some extra very-hard-ware and some canvas that had grown in (someones shelter) I did turn the one halve, still have the other half, not the hard - ware ;-)View attachment 65038

Fortunately I missed them with the chainsaw.

 

[Odie]

Another Cottonwood burl last evening. Not tall, so I'll call it a platter.
It might sell if called a "collectible" plate.....

-o-

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Here is something you probably never saw before!
We added to our blue berry patch, which means we had to cover a larger area with netting to keep the robbins out, so I made 2 more posts to support the nett. The top piece is white pine, the post is jackpine and the finish will be natural grey in a few months

 

[Mark Fairchild]

It’s been a productive day today. Turned a 11”x5” hickory from a piece I got from a dead tree that I dropped yesterday. What started as a 11” basket illusion bowl turned into an 8” platter. Too thin by 1/64th I guess. Last I sanded and signed the bottom of my latest Apache basket illusion. Even managed to bush hog the back pasture!

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Speaking of different stuff on your lathe, here's a thinga-ma-jiggy made out of redwood? maybe? and it is for the top of that other watcha-ma-callit.

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And stick it all together you get a doo-hickie! (excuse messy shop, maid had the year off)

 

[Phil Hamel]

Got most of the apple wood cut into blanks and painted the ends.

Figured I might as well throw a piece on the lathe. Pretty stringy when turning off axes.

Came out great though.

 

[Kevin Weir]

Got most of the apple wood cut into blanks and painted the ends.
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Figured I might as well throw a piece on the lathe. Pretty stringy when turning off axes.
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Came out great though.
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Good luck with the apple Phil. From my experience with apple, half-round pieces like this will crack whether they are painted or not. Apple has a very high ratio of tangential to radial shrinkage.

 

[David Wyke]

Turned a small hollow form from the other walnut blank and NO NAILS!!

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Finally back to the shop after a couple of weeks of brutal heat. Black locust with a thin wall. This tree has been down for years. The MC was about 12%. I literally have 40 feet of this log left. Black locust and Osage orange will easily last 50 years lying on the ground.

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

Good luck with the apple Phil. From my experience with apple, half-round pieces like this will crack whether they are painted or not. Apple has a very high ratio of tangential to radial shrinkage.

I have terrible luck with apple! Beautiful wood though.

 

[Kevin Weir]

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Where did you get a piece of Bocote that large Kevin? It’s gorgeous!

 

[Phil Hamel]

3 pieces of rock maple. Project will be in gallery.

Test fit and color.

Working on the main piece.

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

Cherry burl

 

[Bob Hall]

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Cherry burl

Love the color and character of this one. Can’t wait to see it with a finish on it.

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

Love the color and character of this one. Can’t wait to see it with a finish on it.

Thanks, hope it hold together!

 

[Mark Fairchild]

Made a bit of a score today. My brother called yesterday afternoon. A River Birch, red maple and a small chestnut on his place had to come down. Took a manageable amount and brought it to the “studio”. I’ve never turned River Birch so looked at “how to spalt”. It’s kind of like asking how to dry or what finish to use. If anyone has a sure fire way, I’m all ears. Made a good start roughing out the maple today.

 

[R Henrickson]

Made a bit of a score today. My brother called yesterday afternoon. A River Birch, red maple and a small chestnut on his place had to come down. Took a manageable amount and brought it to the “studio”. I’ve never turned River Birch so looked at “how to spalt”. It’s kind of like asking how to dry or what finish to use. If anyone has a sure fire way, I’m all ears. Made a good start roughing out the maple today.

My limited experience with both river and paper birch is that stopping them from spalting might be the problem. In addition, my experience has been that they went from fresh to spalted to punky quite quickly -- keep an eye on their condition.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Little project today. Swapped out the oversized apple lid for a better fitting maple one.
Final sanding and finish tomorrow.

 

[Mark Fairchild]

My limited experience with both river and paper birch is that stopping them from spalting might be the problem. In addition, my experience has been that they went from fresh to spalted to punky quite quickly -- keep an eye on their condition.

Thanks RH. I recon I’ll try sticking the end in the dirt and see what happens. We have always called it river birch. Very plentiful around creeks and rivers here. It’s the kind with the papery looking bark that burns like fat lighterd. Just looked it up. River Birch.

 

[Gary Beasley]

I had river birch spalt while stacked on my deck. Didn’t seem to need any encouragement.

 

[R Henrickson]

I had river birch spalt while stacked on my deck. Didn’t seem to need any encouragement.

Indeed. Amen

 

[Phil Hamel]

Chunk of apple and walnut.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

piece of Cedar of Lebanon. Used my new Hunter tool that lets me undercut and hollow far laterally. One coat PTO so far. 7 1/2 inch diameter and less than 1/4 inch thickness. First time on lathe in 3 weeks—was on vacation.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Messing around with off set turning a magic wand. Piece of maple I inked in three colors and padauk.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Elm crucible(?), end grain turned. Finished with Myland's polish.



I tried to duplicate it, but fell short. I have pretty much zero experience duplicating.

 

[Peter Van Rijssen]

In the finishing stage, maple I think. This is from a round I plucked from an arborist's chipper in my neighborhood about three years ago, before I started turning. I had no idea there would be figure like this and of course now I wish
I'd asked for the rest of the tree!

 

[Phil Hamel]

Grabbed a chunk of walnut burl off of a piece I've had for a few years. The bugs pretty much made it a cup type object and did most of the hollowing for me! Didn't know they were there.
I wouldn't have touched the outside if I knew this was the inside.

 

[Asher Langton]

After another long day of chainsawing fallen trees, I turned this small piece of shagbark hickory. The rim still needs work, but the wet wood was clogging my sandpaper, so I'll let it dry for a while then shape the rim before final sanding and finishing.

I just got a hollowing rig from Lyle Jamieson and added my own camera visualizer, so I figured I'd try it out on this piece. It worked pretty well. Could be a bit smoother, but it was good practice. I've since ordered Trent Bosch's thickness gauge and I think that will help me be a little more consistent and confident on the wall thickness, particularly on an actual hollow form where I can't easily feel the inside.

 

[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 !

 

[David Wyke]

Another walnut hollow form vase. Trying to get this hollow form stuff out of my system so I can get back on bowls . But I need the practice!! 11” x 6” , weight currently is 1.3 pound and now waiting for it to dry.

 

[Norm Marentette]

David wondering how long you will let it dry. What's your go to finish for walnut. I am about to start into some 8 logs around 24 dia. of walnut I have had for a year. Great work once again. Been turning for about 3 years, still learning also. Have the Trent Bosch system for hollowing.

 

[David Wyke]

David wondering how long you will let it dry. What's your go to finish for walnut. I am about to start into some 8 logs around 24 dia. of walnut I have had for a year. Great work once again. Been turning for about 3 years, still learning also. Have the Trent Bosch system for hollowing.

I’ll keep weighing this one until I think it’s dry, probably a couple weeks with this heat. The finish I use most on walnut is Mahoney’s Walnut Oil or Tried and True Danish oil. It will probably be several weeks before I finish this one as I tend to finish several at the same time. However for this hollow form I may just seal it and use lacquer for the finish. I’ve been turning about 5 years but only knew what I was doing the last 2 years

 

[Norm Marentette]

Thanks for the quick reply. I too would have done the same as you had in your reply. I have been using Doctors Woodshop Oil also and have been very happy with the finish it gives. Big fan of the Tried and True products, Danish oil then used the varnish oil after for some pieces. Again thanks David.

 

[Adrian Wilson]

Tool handles. Nothing groundbreaking, but important. I was curious abut Ashley Iles tools, so I ordered three, a 1" scraper (I only had one scraper, so I'm starting to build that side of it up), a 1", and a 1/8"parting tool. Handles are local ash with a ferric nitrate treatment, olive (first time turning olive), and maple with a ferric nitrate treatment and an India ink glaze. Shellac topcoat on all. Also added my new Jason Breach NRS by Taylor for the pik.

The Iles tools seem good quality. Small company, I found them slow to ship (three weeks or so) but they got here. Their catalogue talks about tools being finished to order, so I asked to have the skew ground at a 30 degree included angle. I figured that might be slowing it down, but it came and they hadn't done the grind. Oh well. Just regular M2, the Brits seem less into the new super-steels. Pretty good value to go straight to the manufacturer compared to retail prices in Canada.

 

[Lou Jacobs]

I was given several pieces of a standing dead apple tree from a neighbor’s yard a few days ago. Pretty badly checked and with a core of rot. On the plus side, some nice spalting. I put one of the best pieces on the lathe yesterday and made this 7” end grain hollow form. While I had hoped it would be taller, I had to keep revising plans as I found the rot coming out the side, but eventually I was able to center it in the bottom. At the finished size, I turned it off the lathe, put it on the drill press to cut out a 1 1/4” opening in the bottom, and I turned a matching plug to fill the hole. I gave it to the neighbors who seemed thrilled to have this reminder of their tree.

 

[Norm Marentette]

Trying some new shapes on the hollowing system these past few weeks. Came back recently from Italy vacation and took a pick and found this shape from a restored piece of pottery at City of Pompei. Cut from a piece of spalted Hackberry from a tree that was cut down for a new subdivision. Left the log sitting for a year outside near a farm near me. 10" x 6" approx. 3/16" thick. Haven't decided on a finish yet.

 

[Norm Marentette]

Another form similar to the last one I posted. Ambrosia maple, about the same size as the other one. Just made feet on this one.

 

[Norm Marentette]

Just another simple hollow form from a piece a maple left over from my scrap pile in the garage. About 7" in height and width, 3/16" wall. No finish yet. Set of three pieces just sitting on table for now not finished.

 

[Odie]

Curly Claro Walnut last evening: