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steamingbill
17th June 2013, 07:07 PM
Hello,
Am practicing spindles and learning how to use tools -
Should I be able to do something like this attached jpeg as a spindle turning ?
Anything silly or dangerous about it ?
I've seen pictures of bowls with an "apron" but never spindles.
Off to scour google images
Bill
wood hacker
17th June 2013, 08:00 PM
Anything is possible, but given the direction of the grain the thin plates would be exceptonally weak and probably snap off if you looked at them sideways.
cheers
WH
Mobyturns
17th June 2013, 08:42 PM
Google - Pascal Oudet. He does very thin end grain "platters" for want of a better word which may give you some inspiration. There are spindle turnings done where a stack of thin discs are formed so that the inner main spindle also features as a silhouette.
Good luck in your search.
RETIRED
17th June 2013, 08:50 PM
Hello,
Am practicing spindles and learning how to use tools -
Should I be able to do something like this attached jpeg as a spindle turning ?
Anything silly or dangerous about it ?
I've seen pictures of bowls with an "apron" but never spindles.
Off to scour google images
BillYep. :D
A Duke
17th June 2013, 10:27 PM
Yep. :D:? There's two questions , you've only given one answer.
:D
Regards
Christos
17th June 2013, 10:42 PM
:? There's two questions , you've only given one answer.
:D
Regards
Yep. :D
RETIRED
17th June 2013, 10:43 PM
:? There's two questions , you've only given one answer.
:D
RegardsQuite right.
Missed this one:
Anything silly or dangerous about it ? As a beginner, possibly.
You could get a massive catch at the bottom if your technique is not right. With the amount of overhang from the rest it would be a rectum clenching moment.:D
powderpost
17th June 2013, 11:19 PM
Nothing like a good "rectum clench" to reinforce a lesson.....:oo:
Jim
Christos
17th June 2013, 11:39 PM
Nothing like a good "rectum clench" to reinforce a lesson.....:oo:
Jim
Cheeky
steamingbill
17th June 2013, 11:48 PM
Thanks for the answers.
Will attempt some short thick chunky ones without any clenches for starters.
Found these
» Marc Ricourt Sarah Myerscough Fine Art (http://sarahmyerscough.com/index.php/category/contemporary-craft/marc-ricourt)
Alain Mailland's Gallery period 2000/2007 (http://www.mailland.fr/html/gallery2.html)
Some amazing things in those links - similar but not quite like my sketch.
Bill
dai sensei
18th June 2013, 11:37 AM
Keep in mind, the thin walled features in those links are carved from a rough turned piece, not thin walled turnings. They are also by very experienced and very talented artists