Saponificio Varesino soap dish

Some how I got off work at 1:30 today, so I headed to Pops' house to turn a lidded soap dish for my Saponificio Varesino soap puck. Neded the big lathe for this one. These days I've been buying a lot of wood that is flying under the radar from all the woodworkers. Why???, cause they're cheap, and there's a lot that no ones heard of that are more beautiful than the ones that are popular. Take for instance a wood called Dalmata. It's hard, heavy, has a crazy fleck of chatoyence, and has a natural occuring "spalting" effect, thats not spalting at all..... It's simply beautiful stuff so I decided to use it for this project. Great thing about this wood is it cost me $12 Canadian.

Here's the the dish. I used an oil called Tried and tru Varnish oil that is all natural, with no chemical dryers. You could eat a spoonful of the stuff and it wouldn't kill you....... might make you sick though. :) Really like this oil.



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Thats very nice:) only woods I buy anymore is the stuff that can no longer be imported

Alright now Andrew, enough is enough. Besides tearing out what little hair I have left on my head and trying to work through the adrenaline rush that comes with raging greed I don't think you need to add anymore photos of your work. All you need do is say you made this or that or whatever and the reaction will still be the same. Greed, lust, thoughts of spending the money to get to your place cross country from me, buying dark clothes, a mask and breaking and entering on the dark of the moon.

You give my cardio-vascular system a work out and raise my blood pressure to the point where I feel I've just had a good session in the gym. Go easy on this old man.

Wow! Lovely bowl, Andrew!
Enjoy! :tu

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Thats very nice:) only woods I buy anymore is the stuff that can no longer be imported

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Your work is beautiful Pixel, but maybe you should leave those woods that have been over harvested alone, and you and I can try and drive some of the newer, and just as beautiful woods into depletion. :)

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Your work is beautiful Pixel, but maybe you should leave those woods that have been over harvested alone, and you and I can try and drive some of the newer, and just as beautiful woods into depletion. :)

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I have plenty of long ago bought woods in storage,Have not been well,do not do much anymore:(

Very nice. I love wooden dishes. It is hard to find one that doesn't warp or crack after a few uses. The mass produced ones tend to use woods that can't handle the moisture without alot of polyurethane on them and even then they tend to warp.

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I have plenty of long ago bought woods in storage,Have not been well,do not do much anymore:(

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I hope you get well soon. You are a true master of woodworking.

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Very nice. I love wooden dishes. It is hard to find one that doesn't warp or crack after a few uses. The mass produced ones tend to use woods that can't handle the moisture without alot of polyurethane on them and even then they tend to warp.

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I don't know why they use highly perishable woods like birch and cheap mahogany. There's plenty of woods that would stand up to moisture far better. Black locust is one, and it's domestic too.

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I hope you get well soon. You are a true master of woodworking.

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Nice bowl too Andrew. Beautiful graining. Where'd you score that lumber?

That's a weird looking hockey puck. Nice!

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Nice bowl too Andrew. Beautiful graining. Where'd you score that lumber?

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This guy Mike, right in our backyard. He has a lot of these off species woods and many different sizes of bowl blanks and brush sized blanks.

http://stores.ebay.ca/thewoodshedsmithville/

Smithville yet. Maybe a fun road trip with the missez. She wants to hit St Jacobs this month so maybe in the fall.
Thanks for the link.

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Smithville yet. Maybe a fun road trip with the missez. She wants to hit St Jacobs this month so maybe in the fall.
Thanks for the link.

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He also has all sorts of highly figured maple blanks for cheap.

If you go to St. Jacobs, make sure you hit both of the huge antique malls.

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I have plenty of long ago bought woods in storage,Have not been well,do not do much anymore:(

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[QUOTE=HARRYWALLY;1527437]I hope you get well soon. You are a true master of woodworking.

Same here Bill. Get better soon! You have some mad skills to share!

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I have plenty of long ago bought woods in storage,Have not been well,do not do much anymore:(

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Hey Bill - hope you're feeling better soon, keep your chin up.....:D

very nice wood and work....what kind of lath is that a General?

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very nice wood and work....what kind of lath is that a General?

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which one??? :) I have 2. Gramps left me a Rockwell with a 37" bed and a 12" swing that is at my Dad's. I have these guys Jumbo Jaw Sets - Lee Valley Tools for my chuck and can only use them on the big lathe. They allow me to clean up the bottom and top of the pieces withougt marking anything. I also have a Delta midi lathe in the basement that I freaking love and is what I use for my brushes. That sucker is so smooth. Nice thing is both have the same spindle so I can use all my chucks, face plates, and Morse tapers on both.

Beautiful bowl!

Very well done, looks natural. :tu

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which one??? :) I have 2. Gramps left me a Rockwell with a 37" bed and a 12" swing that is at my Dad's. I have these guys Jumbo Jaw Sets - Lee Valley Tools for my chuck and can only use them on the big lathe. They allow me to clean up the bottom and top of the pieces withougt marking anything. I also have a Delta midi lathe in the basement that I freaking love and is what I use for my brushes. That sucker is so smooth. Nice thing is both have the same spindle so I can use all my chucks, face plates, and Morse tapers on both.

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Andrew, might the Rockwell be a 45-450? perhaps a 46-450?
If so they are IMO the best of the best,I just did A total rebuild on mine.

A lovely bowl. Well done.

A well made wooden bowl for shaving soaps imho is far preferable than ceramic or metal!

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I hope you get well soon. You are a true master of woodworking.

Same here Bill. Get better soon! You have some mad skills to share!

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My wife has two of Bill's make up brushes. I hear about them to the point:

"Why can't you make things this nice? It can't be that hard to make."

It will never stop. She could give a flip about the scales I make.

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Andrew, might the Rockwell be a 45-450? perhaps a 46-450?
If so they are IMO the best of the best,I just did A total rebuild on mine.

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I'm not sure the model Bill. I do know that it needs to be rebuilt though..... wee wee wee wee wee wee, is what I hear when using it. Needs new bearings. The tool rest needs massive persuasion when you need to move it, The tensioner is completely gone so the weight of the motor is all that keeps the belt taught ( slips quite a bit when I really get the bowl gouge going.) Pops uses it a lot though and I'm only doing smaller stuff these days. Maybe in the future I might re do a few things on it.

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I'm not sure the model Bill. I do know that it needs to be rebuilt though..... wee wee wee wee wee wee, is what I hear when using it. Needs new bearings. The tool rest needs massive persuasion when you need to move it, The tensioner is completely gone so the weight of the motor is all that keeps the belt taught ( slips quite a bit when I really get the bowl gouge going.) Pops uses it a lot though and I'm only doing smaller stuff these days. Maybe in the future I might re do a few things on it.

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You can get a new set of bearings on the bay for 40bux (are only two,easy to replace) replace the belt with the snap together belts,are far smoother running with less vibration.

Exact same as this one. It's an oldie but a goddie!

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Exact same as this one. It's an oldie but a goddie!

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Yep,notice that Gap bed near the headstock.Has 4 bolt holes,You can actually get a crossslide for that lathe,see them on the bay sometimes.

Interesting..... might have to look into that. Thanks Bill for that info.

Beautiful wood you did a great job.

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You can get a new set of bearings on the bay for 40bux (are only two,easy to replace) replace the belt with the snap together belts,are far smoother running with less vibration.

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RandyDance has those on his belt grinder. I was amazed how quiet they run. I put the belt over the pulley whilst Randy was positioning the motor and it went on quite easily.

My next belts will be that kind. Woodcraft carries them.

$37 USD for 4 foot of 1/2 inch Buy 4 Foot of 1/2" Link Belt at Woodcraft.com

A beautiful bowl for a great soap. I just got the Manna , I had the Dolimiti,, this stuff is great so I deserves a great bowl. Nice work Andrew. Tc

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A beautiful bowl for a great soap. I just got the Manna , I had the Dolimiti,, this stuff is great so I deserves a great bowl. Nice work Andrew. Tc

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I'm probably going to get another scent at some point. I've only used this one twice and although I wasn't crazy about the fern scent initially, it's really starting to grow on me. I had it open the whole time I was turning the bowl, and the wind was coming through the shop blowing it's scent right in my face. It was actually quite pleasant coming through my Hepa filtered gas mask.

Any specific scent you guys are really digging???

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I like these soaps more for their performance than their scent. You can't go wrong with any of them, but Manna and Dolimiti are my personal favorites. The scents are fairly subtle, except for the fern. Beautiful bowl, Andrew.

Thank you Richard. Maybe I'll let my wife read the descriptions of the soap and let her pick. Half the time I don't know half the things they use to describe them. :)

Beautiful bowl!

Cheers.

Any specific scent you guys are really digging???[/QUOTE]

I like these soaps more for their performance than their scent. You can't go wrong with any of them, but Manna and Dolimiti are my personal favorites. The scents are fairly subtle, except for the fern. Beautiful bowl, Andrew.[/QUOTE]

Agreed.

This is a top tier soap.