Looks like she has a fat butt.
For a brush maybe but not a game piece. :shrug:
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Looks like she has a fat butt.
For a brush maybe but not a game piece. :shrug:
I kind of like a Queen with a big butt
Here you go.
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Jerry you mentioned a jig to make duplicates. How would that work?
Its more like a card with the shape cut out on it. So you can hold it next to what your turning to get very close to the same shape. I have one for a brush handle.
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Allows me to make the same handle over and over.
I have parts for a duplicating lathe.
I probably won't get them all together and in use.....:(
Thats fancy. CNC or computer controlled is the way to go for perfection. But that takes all the fun out of it.
Don't forget the learned skills from doing them without one. If someone is so inclined Duplicators for the lathe are fairly easy to make. There are a few YouTube vids on how to make them.
Now to make 16 pawns then carving the knights.
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Beautiful pieces.
Like the rooks in particular.
Well turned.
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They look great. :chapeau
I found the cheat to make the pawns and all the others for that matter. This is just one of the companies in India that make the chess men for the world championships. And safety is of little concern.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMyU-EQk77o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4F3PSAFMO8
It’s funny because if you look at the stats for India at first it seems like it’s all good. For example they ship asbestos from Canada to India in bulk carriers. They are loaded in Canada by a team essentially wearing giant hazmat suites like in the ET movie. They are unloaded in India by guys wearing sandals, shorts and bandanas. They guys unloading the ships do not have a shorter life span than any other similar group ln India. So it initially appears that we make much to do about nothing. The life span on the other hand for working groups in India is much shorter. They don’t live long enough to develop many of the industrial diseases that we see in developed nations.
That metal scraper is just like the jig I use except mine is just to hold up to it to judge what needs done.
It’s a pretty cool example of easy tools for small soft item turning.
Can hear the dress up stone in the back he uses to clean up the jig.
I got some new gouges in the mail yesterday. 1/2" and 5/8" bowl gouges plus a 7/8" spindle roughing gouge with aluminum handles. M42 steel. Cater and Son out of Seattle.
Cant wait to break them in. Just need some warm days off.
Have you tried these Mike?
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I’ve used those sizes, but not the brand. Nice looking gouges.
Never used allow turning handles before. Look forward to your feedback on them. If they feel cold in hand, or are too vibraty like.
I like that the set screws line up at the center of the tool. Make working on bowls and such easier to track your tool face.
They come with handle wraps. I plan on wrapping them to deal with the cold in the winter. But for the picture...
I had one gouge with aluminum handle like those. For me it was OK, but I really didn't like the feel of it. The great thing is we can always make new handles.
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.
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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! :beer1:
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.
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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....:rofl2:
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!
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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.
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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.
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Nice piece to make a handle from!
And the spalted beech goes so well with the boar hair.
Terrific results.
It has no finish on it, yet the boar knot may or may not end up in it. I have found that this wood darkens quite a bit when finished.
This bowl is from the same log finished with shine juice.
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It is a very cool brush.
I suppose the only critique would be how long it would take to lather only traveling in straight lines across your face?
:hmmm:
That’s pretty funny Mike.
Good one mike.
I made this pen yesterday and got these blanks in the mail today.
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Nice pen, the blank has a nice translucency to it!
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Antique brass parts. I need to step up my game on turning things. But Ive sold 14 or 15 pens now days. Far from making up for the cost of all the kits I have on hand and these last blanks are 15 bucks a pop. But its fun.
I thought about this. Not sure im ready to do that yet. But id be interested in what can be done without a pot.
Post a link or give me a clue.