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Thread: This is brilliant stuff!
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19th April 2006, 12:25 PM #1
This is brilliant stuff!
G'day all. I've never seen work like this before. Check it out.
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19th April 2006, 12:37 PM #2
It certainly is... :eek:
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19th April 2006, 03:28 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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But does he do it in Tassie Oak?
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19th April 2006, 03:55 PM #4You've got to risk it to get the biscuit
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some really excellent work............awesome stuff...
S T I R L O
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10th May 2006, 11:26 AM #5Wood Machinist
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Originally Posted by ShedhandMr Woodmachinist
You gotta love Holdens
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1st July 2006, 07:48 PM #6
Hi
i'm new here. i just wonder how long it takes to do some stuff like that.
thank you
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1st July 2006, 11:11 PM #7Originally Posted by net007
Those type of bowls, are segmented, so that means he has to prepare the wood, glue it all together in its proper places, and then turn it, and then it depends on the size, but a bowl 300mm wide by 100mm deep, would take around 2 - 21/2 hours(at my point of view).
Regards.......Joash
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2nd July 2006, 01:25 AM #8Originally Posted by Auzzie turner
It'd take me that long just to work out what dia. each ring should be to give the desired overall form and then do the maths to decide how long the segments should be to keep the spacing consistent... along with the matter of determining cutting angles. Square ends just don't look right on a segmented vessel, because the curvature introduces a taper.
Then there's the time it'd take me to actually cut each piece. Even assuming it's been pre-sized and could be cut accurately on an SCMS this'd probably kill another hour on a good day where naught gangs aglay. Well... no day is that good, but let's say a good day is when only every other gets thrown into the bit-bucket and a new piece cut.
It'd be nice if I could just glue it up in an hour or so once all cuts are made, but in the interests of accuracy I'd only glue one ring at a time and even then I'd probably lap the top of each ring with s/paper on a wide flat surface. So that'd probably take me half-an-hour per ring, plus glue curing time. I could use CA to speed it up, but that's a sticky subject with me.
On the lathe, I'd guesstimate 15 mins cutting time, (it is preformed after all... not much waste to remove. ) but probably anything from 30mins to an hour sanding and finishing on the lathe.
Of course, the job doesn't end there. Once I removed it from the lathe I'd realise the gaps between the segments look shyte (ya can't sand inside holes on the lathe. Trust me, I've tried. ) and worse, they've probably built up deposits of the wax/finish on the leading edge. One helluva cleanup job... trying to clean/sand 'em would have me tearing my hair out. So I'd scrap that one, and start all over again, sanding the segment ends meticulously before gluing up this time. I reckon I'd probably only have two or three rings glued up before I realised I wasn't cleaning up the squeeze-out from between the segments (which I'd spent so long sanding...) so I'd be able to, hopefully, scrape that out and continue gluing up without wasting too many more hours.
Then turning, sanding, removing from the chuck and applying the finish by hand, paying careful attention to finishing inside those #$#@ holes and wondering why the hell I started this piece of...
2-2½ hours? I reckon after 2-2½ years it'd still be sitting on the shelf, waiting for me to apply the second coat of finish!
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4th July 2006, 10:29 PM #9
That is absolutely awesome.....
Cheers Dy.|a.n.....
If it dont fit... get a bigger hammer!!
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5th July 2006, 12:37 AM #10Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
"Here is the bowl after turning and finishing. It is 4½ inches in diameter and 2¼ inches high. It contains 711 segments and took about 4 days to complete. The complexity of this turning is midrange of all of my work. Some can get very complex and require up to 2 months to complete. Currently, on average, I produce about 2 turnings a month."
I reckon your 2 years or so is a pretty good guesstimate Skew!
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16th November 2006, 06:43 PM #11New Member
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Wow that is some serious carving. Only place i've seen anything like that is indo
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27th November 2006, 07:49 PM #12Novice
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6th December 2007, 04:08 PM #13
Incredible work.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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