What’s on your lathe?

[Jaramiah Severns]

Working on a large Cherry bowl w/ ebonized exterior. Have a few more passes on the exterior and then I’ll hollow and finish. Going with Shellac over the ebonized exterior and Danish oil on the natural interior. It’s going to hold a fruit basket for the family that’s hosting us for Christmas dinner.

 

[Clayton MacGregor]

Working on a large Cherry bowl w/ ebonized exterior.

Looks good Jeramiah, I like the ebonizing. Which technique did you use?

 

[Jaramiah Severns]

Looks good Jeramiah, I like the ebonizing. Which technique did you use?

I sand with 180, then do a coat of black tea to amp up the tannin, followed by a coat of iron acetate solution. Once it’s dry I sand to 320, then do another round of tea and iron acetate. When that’s dry, I sand to 400 and then hollow it out.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Just remember there’s only one vote that really matters

Yeah, your wife's.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Piece of walnut and a piece of seashell from a friend..

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Yeah, your wife's.

Your wife gets just one vote? My wife gets two; I get one and majority rules.

 

[Darryn Achall]

Your wife gets just one vote? My wife gets two; I get one and majority rules.

We each get one vote! But she usually explains clearly what my vote should be.

 

[John Kananis]

We each get one vote! But she usually explains clearly what my vote should be.

Lol, I'm Greek and my wife is Sicilian... we have our own opinions and life is great until we don't have the same opinion about something... life is not good for either of us on those occasions.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Finished the sugarberry twice-turned bowl. Tried and True Original finish. 9.5" x 2". CA and coffee grounds on a crack that went over the rim.

 

[Isaac Fisher]

Just dry-assembled this piece for a client meeting. It’s quite sturdy, despite the spindly legs. Going to add a few more small drops suspended from the burl. Also a bit of detailing and finish work still to do.

 

[Isaac Fisher]

To solve the problem of how to locate the upper and lower mortises I made a set of transfer punches.

 

[Jim Byrne]

Could you post a pic of the nozzle David? I hope to get my coring system from Oneway this week. Do you turn a tenon for every core as you go?

I use a piece of 1/8" copper tubing in a 1/8 NPT fitting which fits my air nozzle

 

[Jaramiah Severns]

Prepping a small redwood burl hollow form.

 

[Paul May]

Spalted sugarberry courtesy of Kent. Needs a little work yet—sanding.View attachment 69272View attachment 69273 But I love the spalting.

You are killin' it Alan!

 

[Phil Hamel]

Playing with maple again.



Little gifts for all who visit on Christmas eve or day depending on supply. Didn't get any pics of the Santa production. Made 6 of each this morning.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Small chunk of left over cherry from another project.

 

[Kevin Weir]

In the middle of a run of coffee scoops. These need to have the handles glued in and then a couple coats of walnut oil. All the cups are from a piece of curly maple with assorted woods for the handles.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Piece of walnut and a piece of seashell from a friend..
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Sweet use of a seashell!

 

[Michael Anderson]

Here’s an egg for a swap piece on the Segmenter’s (SWT) forum. This will be part of an Eggception piece. Indian Rosewood, quite beautiful.

 

[Erik Christensen]

what is wrong with this picture?????



not as irresponsible as it would appear.... handle on toolrest pinch clamp stripped making lathe unusable for anything that required a tool rest - as soon as it happened I got on the phone to Robust and ordered another one.... repair part includes new splined handle and shaft so existing shaft is headed for recycling, so no harm in goobering up the splines with a pair of vice-grips as a 'bubba' handle and at least that way I can use the lathe until the new part gets here - which it did late yesterday afternoon

on the lathe is a green rough shallow-bowl/deep-platter from some kind of pepper tree a neighbor took town as part of a fire insurance inspection of his yard - this was a crotch section with some soft punky spots that will have to be dealt with when it dries and gets re-turned... but the grain and color are just wild - if anything this lighting washes it out some - even green and unfinished it just pops

as an experiment I am putting some of these green bowls under the benches in our sauna un-coated, there is a lot of room under the 2 levels of benches, I heat the space every day to 165 for several hours anyway just to sweat in it, so it is like a 'free' kiln for the wood, it stays > 100F for another 8+ hours and it is very dry, I won't have to worry about really wet wood getting moldy like uncoated bowls can do in the attic -165 temp should keep that from happening... I don't care about cracks as as wood like this is going to crack no matter what and I am used to epoxy repairs on the finish turning - be nice to complete this in a couple of weeks vs a year

 

[robo hippy]

Erik, I did that to my AB also, but I used a mini set of vice grips. The teeth on it are an almost identical fit. I have never understood why people make the handle out of soft pot metal, but the threads and head of the bolt are hardened metal. They will fail eventually. I did have a friend make a sliding T handle like you find on vices. I really liked that one. May have to do another one or 5.... The handle is always able to move out of the way.

robo hippy

 

[Norm Marentette]

Turned first walnut roughed bowl measuring a diameter of 20 inches x 6 inches. Took 2 hours to rough out. Haven't got the oneway coring system yet due to postal strike. Couldn't wait for it so I turned the rough blank using new extension for my 1836 Laguna lathe. Worked great. Can see how coring will certainly reduce waste.

 

[David D Olson]

Well, it’s on my lathe anyway. As a pastor I get distracted from the shop this time of year. But not enough to prevent me from picking up five Purple Heart blanks from which I intend to turn a salad bowl set.

After Christmas.

 

[Scott Hoefs]

19x2" Myrtlewood sushi platter. Will embellish with tuna around rim and in center and make 6, 8" plates to accompany. I have had good luck selling these sets for upwards of $500.

 

[Michael Brown]

19x2" Myrtlewood sushi platter. Will embellish with tuna around rim and in center and make 6, 8" plates to accompany. I have had good luck selling these sets for upwards of $500.

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Why is everyone suddenly making plates?? Am I a trend starter??? Just kidding....

 

[Michael Brown]

This is my favorite of the dozen I am finishing up

 

[Michael Brown]

This is my favorite of the dozen I am finishing up

After working on the plates, I decided to reward myself by turning sissu

 

[Phil Hamel]

Trying out the new texturing tool on a piece of Ash wood.

 

[Mark Fairchild]

This piece of Maple has been hanging around the shop for a while. 11”x2” shallow bowl. One coat of T&T Danish.

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Got my FiL's lathe into my shop and setup. I was looking at this picture and thought it looked strange and then realized that I hadn't installed the banjo. oops. Now all I need is electricity. Hopefully, the electrician will be here before February. Maybe I'll have the shop organized by then. 🙂

 

[Bob Hall]

Nice set up.

Bob

 

[Mark Fairchild]

A little polish tomorrow and she is off the lathe for the last time.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Here’s an egg for a swap piece on the Segmenter’s (SWT) forum. This will be part of an Eggception piece. Indian Rosewood, quite beautiful.

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Speaking of the Segmenter's swap, I just completed my piece (pretty close to the deadline though!) It is hard maple in my signature round bottom style, but with a 12 segment ring
of Kamagong Ebony.

 

[Michael Anderson]

@Charles Cadenhead that lathe is so cool!

@Gabriel Hoff lovely box!!! Great variation on your signature style.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Loaded this on this morning with the intention of thinning it down and cutting a couple hollows to make a live edge clock. Developed a large crack and broke in half after a few minutes of turning! The rest of the log looks cracked also. I guess we forget that project for a while.
Spent the rest of the morning straightening out the wood shelves. Still more to do but now have to get ready for tomorrow!

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Making more bottle openers for stocking stuffers. I've been having fun trying to get generative AI to create images I can use.

 

[Bob Hall]

@Phil Hamel your post is a good reminder for us all to remember our face shields And other PPE.

I took 1/2 of this sassafras bowl to the center of the face shield a couple of weeks ago. It sure got my attention.😳

Bob

 

[Sam Fleisher]

BAB (big a.. bowl)

maple in the ball park of 21 inches. started at 22 and I forgot to measure when I got this far and took the picture. Got this as a roughed out bowl. It's been sitting on a shelf drying for several years. Too dry maybe? Having a time with tear out.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

@Phil Hamel your post is a good reminder for us all to remember our face shields And other PPE.

I took 1/2 of this sassafras bowl to the center of the face shield a couple of weeks ago. It sure got my attention.😳

Bob


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Does this smell as good as the crushed leaves when you turn it?

 

[Isaac Fisher]

A little bit of light metalworking. One of my grinders needed a shaft spacer in a size not readily available, so I made one from a machined washer with the right inside diameter. I made a nice-fitting jam chuck from some scrap and held the washer in place with an inverted cone on the tail center. The outside diameter was reduced from 1-1/4” to 13/16” in about ten minutes with a file. The tape wasn’t holding anything, just there to serve as a warning if I started getting too close to the tail center, which is just under 13/16”.