artful bodger
9th August 2016, 07:06 PM
Turned this newel post today from 90 x 90 x 1450 blackwood. I can't say spindle turning slender items is my favourite type of wood turning. To make matters worse the builder client is very "particular". This was the 3rd time I have done this newel post for him!. First time it was a mock up made from a bit of macrocarpa pine. He told me it was just a mock up after I had made it for him, he paid me for it and went away. Several months later he re-appeared with a length of blackwood and a drawing on lots of A4 bits of paper that were sticky taped together. This was intended to be the "actual" newel post he wanted, the design was altered somewhat from the original mock up.
I spent 4 hours making this one and was confident he would be happy with the result. However when he came to pick it up this was not the case as I had miss-interpreted his drawing and what I had turned was NOT what he wanted. This was a big disappointment to me because I could not charge him for my time....and to him because he did not have what he wanted and was down a bit of wood. He went away and I wished I would never see him again. It seems there are not many spindle turners round here because he did come back for attempt number 3. This time there were no drawings, just the first mock up and the second failure with a verbal explanation and a few "pencil marks on bits of wood" !.
I think I have turned what he is after....fingers crossed.
390117 Finished post
390127Mock up on left in macrocarpa and failed second attempt in blackwood.
390123Hope the customer has not got a heap of balustrades he wants made next.
Sorry second pic is sideways, can't fix it.
I spent 4 hours making this one and was confident he would be happy with the result. However when he came to pick it up this was not the case as I had miss-interpreted his drawing and what I had turned was NOT what he wanted. This was a big disappointment to me because I could not charge him for my time....and to him because he did not have what he wanted and was down a bit of wood. He went away and I wished I would never see him again. It seems there are not many spindle turners round here because he did come back for attempt number 3. This time there were no drawings, just the first mock up and the second failure with a verbal explanation and a few "pencil marks on bits of wood" !.
I think I have turned what he is after....fingers crossed.
390117 Finished post
390127Mock up on left in macrocarpa and failed second attempt in blackwood.
390123Hope the customer has not got a heap of balustrades he wants made next.
Sorry second pic is sideways, can't fix it.