I have a boxful of cutoffs from bowl blanks, in various "interesting" woods. Some are large enough that I can get a pen blank out of them.
What to do with the remainder? As I get more practice on spindles, could I turn finials on non-parallel grain? Little knobs (maybe marble-size?) for lids on boxes?
At what size offcut do you decide it's really good kindling, as opposed to "I can turn something from this?"
I consider myself a novice. I can sharpen (but not reshape) a skew; I'm comfortable using the skew to do a rolling pin (but it won't be the diameter that you specify ). I can use a bowl gouge and get gentle curves or straight bevel-rubbing cuts, but still have issues with transitions.
Thanks!
What to do with the remainder? As I get more practice on spindles, could I turn finials on non-parallel grain? Little knobs (maybe marble-size?) for lids on boxes?
At what size offcut do you decide it's really good kindling, as opposed to "I can turn something from this?"
I consider myself a novice. I can sharpen (but not reshape) a skew; I'm comfortable using the skew to do a rolling pin (but it won't be the diameter that you specify ). I can use a bowl gouge and get gentle curves or straight bevel-rubbing cuts, but still have issues with transitions.
Thanks!