Thread: Just a minute...

thats stunning ttit!

shame its not going to survive

Fantastic piece TTIT, both the timber and the form. The design is superb. I'll store that away for future reference.

that a pity it gorgeous job you done there. YOu can't do nothing to save it?
Toni

Hey TTIT - ditto the others comments - a special piece.
You might get lucky and still find it in one piece in the morning.

Real nice wood.

Looks great, really like the contrast in the timber and the design.
Maybe an idea, keep it on the shelf as a pot-pourri bowl? The cracks were designed to let the scent out

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

YOu can't do nothing to save it?
Toni

Wish there was Toni! Lancewood is so bad for splitting that when they cut it for yard rails (most common use) they cut it 2 foot longer than they need and leave them a couple of days to settle. When they're ready to put the rails up, they cut a foot off each end and wire them on to the posts straight away to beat the splits.
I might try roughing another one out and nuking it next. If it doesn't move too much, I might be able to patch the cracks with brass.

'Tis a shame, that's truly a nice piece. But at least the pics will linger on.

Originally Posted by TTIT

Not to worry - must be something else around here with similar sapwood ..... maybe some Bendee or Myall?!?!

Boree, Brigalow, Budgeroo, Doolan, Dead Finish... many of our "desert woods" have similar contrasts between the heart and sap woods.

I've quite a few largish pieces of all the above here but can't post any pix 'til the weekend as the camera's on hols again. I'm sure you'll find an alternative timber that won't give you quite so much heartache.

That is sooooo good looking. Is it really, really shot? Isn't there anything you can do to put it back together? Even with warts and all, it would still look good.

Joe

that is just sooo beautiful, both the wood and the design.

here's an odd thought, have you thought about making a mold of the original and then casting a copy or two?

Very nice piece, damn shame it had to crack.
What you could do is incorporate stiching of some sort on the crack, Tinned metal wire perhaps. (drill holes either side of crack and tie together from the inside)
I think I read about this in a book where this craftsman in England would stich the cracks and make it a feature of the item. And if he ever got a piece back from a gallery which had cracked while on display he would stich it up and send it off to a different gallery and someone would end up buying it. I think he also used to make two curved tapering cuts from from either side of the crack and clean up the cut.
Sorry I'd like to give a reference to somthing but I can't remember where I got this idea from.
No way know I'd be throwing that beauty out.

regards

Gino

Problem was that Lancewood is famous for splitting so I figured I had to just turn it as quick as I could, give it a quick oil, take the pics and watch it fall apart . Next problem was leaving it in the shed for the day after turning the main vessel before I could get to the lid/finial. By the time I got home from work the bugga had already cracked half way around the middle - it wasn't even going to wait for the pics :eek::mad:. Not to worry - must be something else around here with similar sapwood ..... maybe some Bendee or Myall?!?!

Vern,
Top Job! love the shape and balance. Hmmmm if it splits maybe accentuate the split as a design feature, a bit like Ron Kent does
http://www.hanacoast.com/Kent2.HTML

Thats provided it does not go thoroughly out of whack and peel open like a banana but then...... ya neva know wid art

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Boree, Brigalow, Budgeroo, Doolan, Dead Finish... many of our "desert woods" have similar contrasts between the heart and sap woods.

I haven't got any Boree and I've never seen Doolan but the others just aren't as 'bright' as Lancewood. Brigalow would be about the closest and I do have a little - might give it a try.

Originally Posted by hughie

Hmmmm if it splits maybe accentuate the split as a design feature, a bit like Ron Kent does
http://www.hanacoast.com/Kent2.HTML

Thats provided it does not go thoroughly out of whack and peel open like a banana but then...... ya neva know wid art

Is there anything you HAVEN'T got a link to Hughie!???!!!

TTIT - that is one drop-dead gorgeous turning!! and it is a huge shame it split. As Hugie said, Is there any slight chance of making the split a feature, eg lacing with a bit of leather ?

Cheers
Wendy

I was just thinking the exact same thing as Wendy. Must be great minds think alike hey. It be a pity to have to turf it.
Toni