Last Weekend's Turnings

[orificiam]

Hi everyone I Had some Redgum posts from when I replaced the fence,a few years
ago so I did a bit of turning on the weekend.
Comments welcome.Tony.


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This is from the old fence post.100 W.x 110 H.


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This from new fence post. 120 W.x 70 H.


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Don't know what kind of wood this is for These candle holders
but boy it is hard I spent half the time on the grinder sharpening
as I did turning.
cheers Tony.:B

[coffenup]

congrats on the work :2tsup:
regards Michael

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Mmmm... redgum.

Any particular reason for the texturing in the first one?

Nice bit of figure in the 2nd, at first glance at the thumbnail I thought "Oregon!" :-

[orificiam]

Hi Skew The reason for the texture,
well the wood has a dark line runing through so I experimented
just to see if it worked or not.
The 2'nd one is Redgum as well.Tony.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Hi Skew The reason for the texture,
well the wood has a dark line runing through so I experimented
just to see if it worked or not.

Yeah, I saw that line (I thought it might've been a hairline crack) and I'd noticed that the texturing sorta followed it.

I usually only apply texture when wood is a bit bland and needs some excitement added (which that doesn't) or to hide tear-out or other problem areas near cracks that were a bit... "iffy." :-

So I was wondering whether you were playing or "hiding." :U


The 2'nd one is Redgum as well.Tony.

Yep. Like I said, nice figure in it. :)

[orificiam]

No - no tear-out - no cracks just experimenting.Tony

[Ed Reiss]

Nice bit of turning Tony:2tsup:

Amazing the beauty that is hidden in a lowly fence-post.

[orificiam]

Thanks Ed. with the nice texture I figured a plane design wold make it stand out more.
Cheers.Tony.:)

[rsser]

Did well.

Some old redgum can be rock hard .. how was your lidded box piece?

Agree with Skew here ... limited texturing, say in a band on figureless timber, can be striking. Otherwise, it's over-egging the pudding.

[orificiam]

Hi Ern. The lidded box was very hard to turn because the wood was very dry
having been stored in the shed for a couple of years.But not as hard as the
candle holders I don't know what wood it is But like I said I spent half the time on
the grinder as I did on the lathe.
I agree with you and Skew the texturing on the lidded box didn't turn out to good
I wasn't to happy with it myself but I gues that's how we learn through trail and
error. Thanks for looking.Tony:)

[rsser]

Yeah, lots of wood out there;

Lots of playing around possible. Nothing is lost.

[Evan Pavlidis]

Nice work Tony :2tsup:

You can never have enough old redgum posts; the fiddleback figure in the second photo is stunning.

Cheers,
Evan :D

[orificiam]

Thanks Evan. I agree with you on the second one .It was a delight to see the beautiful
figure come through.you never no what's hiden under the rough sawn wood.
Thanks for looking.cheers Tony.:)