Woodturners. Lets see those woodturnering projects

Beautiful

 

I'll buy the blue smoothies if will711 turns the color setting back on. Lol





Actually i had my buddy take the pics because i forgot to.

 

Does anyone here carve wood like this? Anyone know if this is considered a hook knife? I don't have a lathe, but have always wanted to work wood with hand tools....

 

My buddy just dropped off a load of walnut crotches.

 

Spoon gouge. Many different versions out there.

 

I was finally able to get the lathe and band saw set up. I took a piece of spalted maple and and got to it last evening.

I don't have any pics yet. I need to touch up the edges of a few of the gouges and skews. I should have some pics this weekend. I haven't turned in two years, so I'm a little rusty. I was happy the lathe set up was all in alignment with the belt. Using a 1980's Craftsman lathe with equally aged tools.

It's good to be back throwing curls.

 

Looking forward to the pics!

 

Well, 2 year + hiatus is over. Small container of spalted maple. Lid and body turned from the same piece. Sanded down to 220 grit a few coats of Danish oil to pop the grain. It had a small crack in the grain, so the sides didn't get really thin.




Still needs finish on the inside.





In one piece...





Lid with body parted off...



Parting the lid off the stump. Tight squeeze.



Our 14 y/o son is now turning a cherry bowl now. We picked a nice split out of the woodpile and I roughed it out for him.

 

With a little gear in the background...

 

damm fishingpol that is some great wood turning!

 

Beautiful grain, sir!

 

A little bowl turned from tiger/spalted maple. All the spalting was on the base, unfortunately can't see it well. Danish oil finish.







I started another bowl and wrecked the morse taper screw center. Snapped the screw off inside. Held up well since the 1980's. It was some tough oak. Out of commission until then

 

NOS center screw arrived today. I took a piece of maple I cut 2 years ago that was disfigured by a bittersweet vine. Very dry and stable.

This turned into a small vessel, but I still have to drill the center out more. A piece of bark flew off, and it revealed the spalted, sinewy grain underneath. Rubbed Danish oil finish. It has a great feel to it with the different textures.

 

Last one of the week. I believe it is 60+ year old arborvitae that was in a brush pile out back. P.O. had them cut out before we got here. This stuff was tough and challenging. Lots of grain variations, knots, and very dense parts.

I ended up sanding it to 1000 grit, but there were a few small rings and chatters I could not get out. It will be an urn for the ashes of my wife's favorite cat that passed years ago.

Straight from the pile.












All the pieces made from this week.

 

That urn is quite stunning.

 

Thank you. It reminded me of a big marble with the swirls in it.

 

Last summer I had given a retired former coworker some spalted sugar maple, among a few other species. Today he sent me a picture of the bowl he’s making from it. He said it cracked badly on him so he made a few dowels from black walnut and maple and stitched it back together. It’s different alright, and has character

 

Very nice. That spalted can be on the soft side. I have to say that is a very clean workspace he has.

 

Yeah I agree. I haven’t seen it in person yet but it does look like there might be some voids along the surface, indicating the wood is a little past it’s prime. There must be a really fine line between spalted and punky. I think I may have burned the better stuff from that batch this past winter