Thread: Makin' Shavings / Turner's Projects.

Finally getting around to a long overdue project on the lathe for my buddy Roy.
An African blackwood blank, near as hard as ironwood, to be caressed into a meat grinder podge.



Thing with the really hard woods, is you need to sharpen your tools more often as you get close to the final dimensions, which this finally is, almost. No sanding has been done, this is all tool finish so far.
Was working from a drawing, and as I get close I may deviate slightly on the narrow handle girth and leave it a little beefier for drop resistance in the kitchen. Also sloping the step into the stuffer section to allow meat to be cleaned off easier, down the line.
Will be coated in Odie’s food grade polish when done and should last a long time.
Was a long time getting it onto my plate, and didn’t want to rush it when I got the time, so now things are coming along.
Cheers gents.

Boy Mike! You are spoiling Roy! An African Blackwood podge!

Now, Roy will over-podge his grinder and burn the motor up!


Here comes Roy.........

He sent me the blank ages ago and asked if I could make it up. Life, car and wife kept getting in the way and his patience deserves to be rewarded.
Although as this take shape, I’m thinking it will need a concealed carry permit. Could crack a few shank bones, or heads, with this lil bat when it’s all done.

I once ground the end of my self carved oak spoon in the grinder.

I got it shut off quickly so I didn't eat any oak but other than the spoon I lost about .5 pounds of meat....

Originally Posted by MikeB52

He sent me the blank ages ago and asked if I could make it up. Life, car and wife kept getting in the way and his patience deserves to be rewarded.
Although as this take shape, I’m thinking it will need a concealed carry permit. Could crack a few shank bones, or heads, with this lil bat when it’s all done.

If he carries it along with the grinder he should have a reasonable explination.

I’m just glad to see you back turning again. I’ve missed seeing your projects. It might get boring for you to make brushes over and over but I never get tired of seeing them. Hehehehe

Yeah it feels really nice to sharpen the edge and make shavings again.
I’d like to think this’ll be a good year, all around. Lord knows we are all do a fair shake coming out of the last three years of lunacy!

I've learned about the hardwoods and the need for sharpening often. I don't see much in tool marks on that piece. Nice work, Mike. It's nice to only need a couple of grits of sandpaper and be done sanding.
I hope to see more of your work so I can learn more from you.

This was all skew and round chisel work, and honestly I prefer free form curves over parallel, symmetrical lathe work as a rule, unless it’s in steel.
But it is good practice to try to free hand column shapes so it was indeed fun.
Refrained from all but the most basic of accent work, as this will be a kitchen tool so clean up needed be considered.
Voila.


Now to polish it up with some Odie’s.
Cheers.

I know this belongs in the brushmakers alcove but it's kind of dead in there.
A rook brush made from Spalted EU beach from a tree that was planted in Newport RI Back in the gilded age. The tree was taken down about 10 Years ago and I ended up with some of it.