first few turnings

[joeyjons]

Gday all, just wanted to post some pics of my first ever turnings. Got the new shed up and bought myself a second hand vicmarc VL850, and so far i'm quite happy with it, its a pretty solid unit.
Well the first pic is a rolling pin made with some native olive, pretty hard stuff but finished well.
second is a myrtle burl bowl/thing, picked up the blank in tassie but it started to crack in places so i thought i'd try to do something with it, stopped and finished it before it blew apart, 600 grit and shellawax glow (its all i had at the time)
third is a piece of redgum from a burnt out tree in the vineyard. finished with SIFA, was going to use danish oil but a friend suggeted the other.
thanks for looking

[Chipman]

Nice start....

And now you are hooked like the rest of us.:D:D:D

Just a word of warning...don't take up pen turning....then you will really know what an addiction is!!!!

Look forward to seeing more of your work

Chipman

[joeyjons]

sorry chipman, its already started

[Chipman]

Rather spectacular!

Nice


Chipman

[artme]

Good upon you Joey. That's the way to go.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Like the Redgum.:)

[Gil Jones]

Fine start, Joey, nice shapes and good looking pens. :2tsup:

[Ad de Crom]

Joey, you had a better start than me when I started with woodturning.
You are a fast learner, looks very good.
Ad :2tsup:

[Ozkaban]

Nice work :2tsup: It's all rather fun, isn't it. Terribly addictive, but I'm good with that!

Cheers,
Dave

[tea lady]

Nicely done.:2tsup: I'm sure we'll see heaps more.:cool:

[Ed Reiss]

Welcome to the turners section JJ :U ...good first turnings, it only gets better (and more expensive!!!) from here on.

[Rum Pig]

Very good start well done:2tsup::2tsup:

I like the red gum and the myrtle bowl and a nice set of pens:2tsup::2tsup:

[orificiam]

Well done Joey--a very nice start -Love the Red Gum.:2tsup:
Cheers Tony.:)

[joeyjons]

Thanks all,
having a lot of fun, just need to find the time and $ for more.