Wood Turning

[davidwyby]

 

[davidwyby]

Eucalyptus microwave dried

 

[BlackSmith]

Beautiful color. Has anyone turned redwood? I have some 3 1/2” x 8 1/2” planks that were a former water tank at a E. I. DuPont explosives plant nearby. Was thinking about some salad bowls for the in-laws.

 

[gf beranek]

Redwood is so soft. It would turn easy, but for a bowl I'd worry about micro splinters in the soup or salad.

 

[BlackSmith]

In-laws Gerry.

 

[stig]

My new apprentice is getting married next month.
She can't wear her wedding ring at work and things like that have a tendency to disappear if you just take them off and leave them by the bathroom sink.
So I resurrected my old ring box design and made one for her.

 

[Mrs.B]

That's beautiful, Stig! And a great idea. You are right....for some reason we always put our rings by the sink. Not the ideal place.

 

[davidwyby]

Can she wear a wooden ring at work? 😉

 

[stig]

Like these, you mean?
I made those because my wife asked, as a joke, if I was going to give her a ring, when we married.
They would be safe for work, as they break before the finger does.

Made of Boxwood.
The box is made out of 4000 year old Ancient Kauri from New Zealand.
Terri ( Mrs. B) has a pepper grinder made out of the same piece of wood.

 

[Mrs.B]

I love my pepper grinder! It still has that beautiful clarity in the wood, even though we use it daily.

 

[Mellow]

I love my pepper grinder! It still has that beautiful clarity in the wood, even though we use it daily.

Pics!!!

 

[Mrs.B]

The pepper grinder

 

[gf beranek]

You should see the bowl.

 

[Burnham]

Here's the bowl Stig so generously brought to me, back quite a few years now .

Stig's visit

This past Wednesday I had the pleasure of hosting Stig during his whirlwind tour of the northern CA and western Oregon. He spent a day with me on the Mt. Hood NF, including a trip up to take a look through Timberline Lodge. We checked out the upper Clackamas River, had a nice little stroll...

www.masterblasterhome.com

 

[lxskllr]

That bowl's fantastic!

 

[BlackSmith]

Very nice.

 

[Raj]

I've decided the cheap wood lathe I have is too high, so I welded up a frame for it from left over steel from a job I did. Repurposed the tail end support as a cabinet. Now to make a turning tools holder.

 

[Raj]

Added some extra brackets, since the lathe was shaking, mocked up a chisel holder, going to make a nicer one in walnut. Managed to turn another pet urn fairly quickly and much easier with the lathe lower. I still have to get a better mount for the light and fix up some wiring.

 

[Raj]

Aged mulberry with tung oil

 

[Raj]

Got my 12" swing lathe shaft running true again after I bent the 3/4" 16tpi mount. Cut it a little smaller diameter by accident so I opted to loctite a 1"8tpi adapter on it to make it a standard size. Now to weld up a regular banjo and tool rest, and make a faceplate if I can't find one cheap.

 

[Bermy]

Went to She Shed on Thursday and used the thicknesser and planer to dress up this piece of spalted sycamore.
I knew it had potential 😊

 

[pigwot]

Ah, there are two wood turning threads. Just posted in the other one…

 

[pigwot]

Video of my new mentor’s lathe/capabilities

 

[BlackSmith]

I knew it had potential

Most wood like most people have potential, it just takes some work to bring it to the surface.

 

[stig]

Go buy yourself a Rose engine lathe.