Ozkaban
13th May 2009, 05:15 PM
I reckon most of you would be pretty aware of the fact that producing gifts for significant others is a pretty good way to get capital outlay forgiven or approved :D
This year being the first mothers day with a lathe, I turned up a few otems for LOML and her Mother. Went down a treat :2tsup:
The first is a Red Mallee Burl potpurri bowl. It's pretty simple design, but I'd never turned the wood before and I had heard that it's not the easiest. Cetrainly very hard on the tools... I'd run into problems before having a recess for the chick splitting the bowl as it's so small so this time I left a foot on it. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and it certainly took the Shellawax polish very well.
The next one is a Western Red Cedar pot purri bowl - the first one I'd done. I like the soft glow to it, but it's fairly plain looking. Still, it was fun to turn and the recipient seems happy enough! It's done with Trax Wax on top. the lighting in the photos was really annoying, but I didn't have time to fix it :doh:
The third item is the "Pepper Mill that Bit Me" in Tiger Myrtle. We went on a holiday with the inlaws some time ago and my MIL left her treasured pepper mill behind (commercial one, and very nice too...). Every since i bought the lathe I knew I had to make a replacement. The dent on the top is where it came off the mandrel and whacked me and the lathe bed, but it's staying as a character mark :U. The design is pretty much a rip-off of the commercial one that was lost, which is a bit dubios, but we already bought one of them :2tsup:
Thanks for looking. Constructive criticism always welcomed!
Cheers,
Dave
This year being the first mothers day with a lathe, I turned up a few otems for LOML and her Mother. Went down a treat :2tsup:
The first is a Red Mallee Burl potpurri bowl. It's pretty simple design, but I'd never turned the wood before and I had heard that it's not the easiest. Cetrainly very hard on the tools... I'd run into problems before having a recess for the chick splitting the bowl as it's so small so this time I left a foot on it. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and it certainly took the Shellawax polish very well.
The next one is a Western Red Cedar pot purri bowl - the first one I'd done. I like the soft glow to it, but it's fairly plain looking. Still, it was fun to turn and the recipient seems happy enough! It's done with Trax Wax on top. the lighting in the photos was really annoying, but I didn't have time to fix it :doh:
The third item is the "Pepper Mill that Bit Me" in Tiger Myrtle. We went on a holiday with the inlaws some time ago and my MIL left her treasured pepper mill behind (commercial one, and very nice too...). Every since i bought the lathe I knew I had to make a replacement. The dent on the top is where it came off the mandrel and whacked me and the lathe bed, but it's staying as a character mark :U. The design is pretty much a rip-off of the commercial one that was lost, which is a bit dubios, but we already bought one of them :2tsup:
Thanks for looking. Constructive criticism always welcomed!
Cheers,
Dave