I use CA to hold things together while turning sometimes.
Before they let go to far, works great.
Couple nice turnings Jerry!
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I use CA to hold things together while turning sometimes.
Before they let go to far, works great.
Couple nice turnings Jerry!
Interesting with the cracks.
Is that green or dry wood that you started with?
Thats what i was using too. Fill the cracks to hold parts together but still turning both sides cleans it up nicely.
I like them.
Made a little something today. 6 inches by 6 inches deep bowl or hollow form. Made from Locust from my tree Attachment 350577
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Nice work Jerry. It looks quite thin. The wood is cool too.
I make things but dont post much of them. But to revive an Old thread...
The wife wanted a knife block for the stake knives. So i dug up some scrap wood and made one ..
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Clever design for a steak knife block Jerry. Thanks for posting.
I like that Jerry! I suppose you made the slots before you glued it together?
Very nice idea for a good set of French knives. And nice choices for the contrast Jerry.
Laguiole knives keep a terrific serrated edge.
The walnut was refurbished 5/8" boards. So i had to cut them to 15 degree and pair up two pieces to make 30 degrees. Then the Oak was cut to 30 degrees and i cut the slots in the Oak.
After glueing it together 3 times because of not getting the parts straight i ended up slipping a wood dowel in the middle as it kept wanting to not stay tight together in the middle. Big rubber bands to hold it together and 24hr dry time.
In the end I won.
Yeah. No they don't. Not anymore. Nowadays the "Laguiole" brand is mostly held by a Parisian that sells licences to companies that import cheap chinese products.
Every time you buy a "Laguiole", you're hurting the actual production in the village of Laguiole that has been fighting to overturn, with mixed results.
Jerry, I'm truly flabbergasted by your skills.
I mean, I'm barely at the starting line, but at least I can see that.
After I broke a cheap wood lathe (overly cheap, don't buy the Lidl Parkside wood lathe, which is the same as that one), I've been frantically selling stuff to buy something... Meaty (750W on triphased engine). It should be here soon hopefully.
I made these pens for a couple i know in CA. Just gifts for out of the blue...
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Alright, so I've turned my first badger out of boxwood.
Really it was beginner's luck, and I'm lacking a lot of the tools to make quality badgers (chuck, drill chuck, bandsaw...)
I still have boxwood on hand, and a lot of it, but I want to be a bit more skilled before I go on working with it.
And being in a region famed for its walnuts, I've saved some branches from this year's pruning. But for now they are not dry enough.
So while I'm working my scales and arpeggios, it's pruned branches from the garden, logs from the firewood stash, and other construction pine cuttings.
Not being satisfied by my early skills (particulary with the skew), I've spent litteral hours on Youtube learning mostly from Richard Raffan.
Spent the morning on bead and coves rods (two of them), to work my cuts essentially.
Then, this afternoon, I tried to raise the bar a bit.
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The aim was to try my hand at a reading pointer (I have a 7 years old, useful tool), since the minister of finances hand might be greased by crochet hooks in the future.
Dunno which wood. Might be linden, might be ash, might be plane, who cares, it's free and mistake-friendly.
Spindle turned, with a skew and an spindle gouge.
Happy ? Well at least mostly I knew what I was doing this time, and I might be close to a 3,5/4 mm crochet hook at the point, so mostly yes.
Satisfied ? Heck no, not yet.
My V-Cuts are messy, I can see at least one unsupported cut, but I see progress.
My beads and coves are far sharper, and overall I am far more precise.
And now I love working with the skew, even if my slicing cuts are not entirely satisfying. (like apparently a lot of people, I was intimidated at first because it would be catch after catch)
In a few months, and a bit of training on boxwood and yew, I should be able to work on these ebony and pink ivory blanks I bought far too early :gaah: (but pink ivory is so hard to find)
You have a good start. Richard makes it all look easy. Myself i prefer the gouge not the skew. Practice practice. Richard raften and two other guys always do vids of how they like to make the same item. The guy from a different country (cant remember his name) is damn good. The three of these guys are good to watch to see the differences.
Watch your drying wood. Its not hard to end up with lots of splits and cracks so try to prepare your blanks. Youtube vids.
I often complain about everything being a damn YouTube video with a lot of ranting and little useful information but in this case it's really, really helpful.
Spent an hour yesterday chatting with the friend that years ago made me want to try my hand. He's from a family of wood turners actually, and yes, he was also adamant on checking the drying wood, with good advices.
And he also never uses a skew lol.
It's the beginning of the road. I'll have my joys and frustrations.
But well, look at the time, it's already 40s o'clock, I guess it will be my midlife crisis getaway drug. Safer than a motorbike anyway :rofl2:
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And there we go.
Perfect ? No. But I'm pretty damn satisfied.
Boxwood is so nice to turn, an absolute pleasure.
Now to do the same, but with a collage of boxwood, ebony and pink ivory.
The Handle looks nice but you sure cant set the knot very deep. The knot looks a bit floppy without being set in very far. But, to each there own. Might make for a fine Powder duster. :tu
You might need to make a stand for it as I don't think it will stand up on its own.
BTW, This is the guy I've enjoyed watching lately that turns for a living...
Tomislav Tomasic Woodturning
Well it stands on a standard stand, to my surprise
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Actually there's a hole for a 6mm neodymium magnet at the top, it's supposed to hang.
And the whole project includes a stand and a bowl. That's if I can do it. Big if.
But yeah obviously I cut a bit too much towards the spearhead.
Lesson learned.
And yes, the brush is bad by itself. I'm talking bottom shelf Chinese bad. I suppose it would fit better as a powder brush.
But you know, for training purposes, I'd rather use a dummy.
I'll have a look at Tomislav Tomasic's videos, thanks for the tip !
So, I have found a challenge between Raffan, Tomasic and two others, hours of video to peruse... They are amazing lol.
And now for something different. I have a friend who is my go to guinea pig, and well, being as weird as I am, his whims make for interesting challenges. So now I am trying techniques to make an impossible badger for him lol.
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Trying my hand at multi-axis turning.
Mind you I still don't have all the proper tools.
Dunno the wood, it's something lying around but smells like a fruit tree. Which means most likely prune or cherry. Not sure.
Kitchen blowtorch + oil finish
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First one of a pair of "princess swords".