What’s on your lathe?

[Alan Weinberg]

well, not my lathe, but Mike Jackofsky’s. I’m doing a two day course with him, one on one.He’s a brilliant turner. Here’s an olive (damn, is that hard wood) piece I’m working on now.

And here’s a eucalyptus piece I finished there.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Redbud. Maple and persimmon pewas

Really cool. Do you make your own pewa? Never seen them in persimmon.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

well, not my lathe, but Mike Jackofsky’s. I’m doing a two day course with him, one on one.View attachment 74552He’s a brilliant turner. Here’s an olive (damn, is that hard wood) piece I’m working on now.

And here’s a eucalyptus piece I finished there. View attachment 74553

Nice piece of Olive Alan! You may now see why I like to turn it, great smell and it cuts really nice!

 

[John K Jordan]

Nice piece of Olive Alan! You may now see why I like to turn it, great smell and it cuts really nice!

Olive is one of my favorites too - fine grain, I love the look with oil. I think this is a test with naphtha before reversing and turning the top:



I got a wide slab once from a friend (never saw an Olive tree that large), brought some back from Italy, and have purchased a lot over the years. I often use it for kitchen things my Lovely Bride requests.

JKJ

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Came out nice—on the left—no finish on any. The pecan piece on right has an opening under 3/4 inch, my smallest yet.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Came out nice—on the left—no finish on any. The pecan piece on right has an opening under 3/4 inch, my smallest yet.
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Those look great, Alan.

 

[James Seyfried]

A friend brought over some lilic branches and a few root balls. I need to cleanup the root balls a bit before I see if I can make something from them. I did get started on turning the branches. I know others have turned similar, but I made a few of these several years ago with a class with Rudy Lopez. I probably should look for the handout or notes from that class as I'm not sure if I am doing it the same. The first try the pith was too close to the center and I wasn't able to make the stem before it broke. The pith on lilic isn't solid at all. This one is 6" or so and I took a few process pic's as I wasn't sure I could complete it.

 

[Guy Caley]

Finally got these off my lathe! Not perfect, but I'm happy with these as a first try. They still need to be weighted and felt put on the bottoms.

 

[John K Jordan]

A friend brought over some lilic branches and a few root balls. I need to cleanup the root balls a bit before I see if I can make something from them.

Nice goblet! Good use for the cone attachment.

I don’t know about lilac root balls (if the roots you mentioned are lilac), but for those not familiar with turning roots and root balls note the possibility of embedded rocks. I’ve turned some manzanita root balls and in addition to the dirt there were some rocks inside the root grew around. A pressure washer is nice to clean away the dirt and stuff on the outside but I don’t know what to do about totally embedded rocks! Be prepared to sharpen, I guess.

BTW, when “harvesting” big roots a chainsaw with a carbide chain helps if digging down and the hole is too tight to swing an axe. (these days I use the excavator.) Big walnut and cherry roots I’ve dug up were dense and figured.

Hey, look at the figure (bottom and middle photos) on the small vase I turned from rhododendron root. The roots were not large but well worth digging.
(Sorry, the photos are from long ago and poor)


JKJ

 

[Phil Hamel]

Slapped on a piece of maple to see how it runs.

Will finish the inside later. Still rearranging things. Wish I could move that well pipe coming thru the concrete!
Points line up perfect.