red mallee burl platter

[smiife]

hi guys,
i have had this burl for about 4 years and tried several times
to make something with it ,with my small lathe it would never
fit over the lathe bed and tried to turn it out board a couple of times
with near disasterous results.[it has flown across the shed a few
times] :o:o. this time with the big woodfast ,screwed, glued
and secured it was time for me to take control :2tsup:


http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/kathymichael_photo/redmalleeburlplatter170911008.jpg


http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/kathymichael_photo/redmalleeburlplatter170911011.jpg


http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/kathymichael_photo/redmalleeburlplatter170911010.jpg

approx 480mm x 75mm finished with eee & shellawax
comments and advice welcomed :2tsup:
cheers smiife :2tsup:

[tch']

Very nice, looks like your persistance has paid off.

[cookie48]

Try try and try again and success will come your way. Well done. It looks very nice.

[Sawdust Maker]

A nice reward for persistence

[thumb trimmer]

Awesome work ... the mallee burl has come up a treat.


Can I ask how you mounted the burl? I've a piece of red gum burl (I think) ... knowing how hard red gum can be + the added complication of the 'uneveness' of a burl ... I've put it on the "for a later date" shelf.

Can you .. or anybody else provide some guidance for mounting (very) irregular stock on the lathe?


thanks in advance .... and again great work on the mallee platter

[Ad de Crom]

All your efforts paid off very well, it's a beauty.
Ad :2tsup:

[Ozkaban]

Wow. neat work. I've been tempted to bin some bits, but I guess you just keep coming back to them :2tsup:

[Ilya]

Nice work, especially like that it is quite thin. And I love mallee burls:)

[smiife]

hi guys,
thanks for your comments very much appreciated
this burl was fairly flat on the ''sawn off side'' but i did
mount it on a scrap piece of chip board i had lying around
glued the two flatish sides together,screwed a large chuck
mounting ring through the chipboard into the burl and then
filled the gaps with hot melted glue, IT WAS NOT COMING
OFF AGAIN!!!!!!!!!i hope that explains it well enough i have
added a couple more photos if i have confused anyone :doh:


http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/kathymichael_photo/redmalleeburlplatter170911001.jpg


http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/kathymichael_photo/redmalleeburlplatter170911003.jpg


http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/kathymichael_photo/redmalleeburlplatter170911005.jpg

once it is at this stage just remove from backing board
and hold in chuck as normal :2tsup::2tsup:
again thanks to all for your comments
cheers smiife

[thumb trimmer]

Thanks for pics smiife ... explains it well.

again, great job ... now I've just gotta bite the bullet ... errr .... burl and get it on the lathe.

[Christos]

Nicely done.

[munruben]

Job well done. :2tsup:

[vtbao]

Nice work.
I'll try this method this weekend

[tea lady]

Lovely platter! I like the hole! :cool: Beautiful finish!

[smiife]

hi guys,
thanks again,no trouble with the photos,i thought i would take
some photos in progress because i wasn't sure how things would
turn out,mother nature provided the hole TL.:U:U
thanks again for looking and commenting
cheers smiife:2tsup:

[Pat]

Smiife, good looking platter, even better looking lathe:;


I have one in my shed:U

[orificiam]

Hi Smiife that is one beautiful platter, congrats.

Cheers Tony.:)

[callum94]

How do you find the woodfast mc910 lathe? I was thinking of buying one but I keep tossing up :( does it throw around a bit or can it handle the weight ?