Thread: 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.

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!

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

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

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.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

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.

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.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

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

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

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.

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.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

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

+1 to dat...
Nice bowl too Andrew. Beautiful graining. Where'd you score that lumber?

That's a weird looking hockey puck. Nice!