Thread: A Pot

G'Day Steve,
You sure are mastering that lathe which is keeping you away from the toys, but you got to be happy with that pot, very nice sir.
Cheers, crowie

Hermit, well done overall! The shape is lovely, the lid fits and matches, and there are no open joints. The knob suits the shape of the bowl very well, and it looks like a very nice finish. The main problem is that we are our own harshest critic, and it is the recipient whose opinion matters the most, whether it is a gift or sold through any type of outlet. Well done. Doug.

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The bottom:
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Inside the lid:
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Originally Posted by crowie

G'Day Steve,
You sure are mastering that lathe which is keeping you away from the toys, but you got to be happy with that pot, very nice sir.
Cheers, crowie

Hello Pete. Thanks for the encouragement, it's much appreciated.
It came up OK, but I had hoped for more contrast between the timbers.

I got some nice Red Bean yesterday, then today was given two 1m x 400mm x 60-70mm slabs of Southern Silky Oak. On top of that, chuck1 gave me some nice NG Rosewood last week, so I can make a few things out of something besides Tas Oak and Blackbutt now.

(I will get back onto the scale models soon. The list is growing. Meantime, I'm getting plenty of practice for making wheels etc)

Originally Posted by dougturner

Hermit, well done overall! The shape is lovely, the lid fits and matches, and there are no open joints. The knob suits the shape of the bowl very well, and it looks like a very nice finish. The main problem is that we are our own harshest critic, and it is the recipient whose opinion matters the most, whether it is a gift or sold through any type of outlet. Well done. Doug.

Thank you Doug. I can never tell if my finished pieces look any good. Too close, I think. I'm still too busy working out how to do things to judge.

You're dead right about us being our own harshest critics, but I think that's a good thing - it keeps us motivated and trying.

I wasn't sure what to call it, but if not a pot it must be a lidded box.

Next up is a little plate/saucer, almost finished, then I might have a go at a segmented vase, I think. Looks like fun.

You certainly are getting plenty of practice with the lathe, and it is showing in your projects. Nice joints and shape on this one, which looks like a biscuit barrel to me, but only for small bickies.
Keep up the good work and enjoy your new equipment.

Alan...

Originally Posted by Uncle Al

You certainly are getting plenty of practice with the lathe, and it is showing in your projects. Nice joints and shape on this one, which looks like a biscuit barrel to me, but only for small bickies.
Keep up the good work and enjoy your new equipment.

Alan...

Thanks for the good feedback Alan. I'm having a ball playing with my new toys.

If I don't sell it, I might use this box for tea-bags, I think. I drink gallons of tea, and this will look better than storing them in the box they came in. Just the right size for 100 tea bags.

I had an interesting request yesterday. I was asked by a friend if I'd make him an urn for his ashes. Not sure that I'm up to it yet, but I said I'd give it a go. He's going to sit down with me to work out a design. I'm making a vase next, so that'll be good practice for the urn.

I was sort of hoping to get enough positive comments on this to give me the courage to put this and a couple of other things into our woodies' club's exhibition/sale next month, but the silence speaks volumes. I don't want to make a fool out of myself by displaying amateurish work, so I'll give it a miss I reckon.
Maybe next year, after more practice.....

I remember when you started turning which really is not that long ago. You have come along in leaps and bounds and this pot shows how far you have come in such a short time, well turned.

Originally Posted by Hermit

I was sort of hoping to get enough positive comments on this to give me the courage to put this and a couple of other things into our woodies' club's exhibition/sale next month, but the silence speaks volumes. I don't want to make a fool out of myself by displaying amateurish work, so I'll give it a miss I reckon.
Maybe next year, after more practice.....

If it was mine I would take it along and let them see it, after all you are not shy in putting it on here. I am sure they will be helpful if they see anything that needs extra work which can only be helpful to your learning curve. GO FOR IT

Hi Hermit,
Definitely enter it in you're club's event you should be very pleased with you're efforts with this piece the work looks to be well executed and the shape is pleasing to the eye as stated previously the experience gained from taking part in such events help's you by getting feed back about you're progress and eye for detail. The same help's you're club by having a good display at an event draws interest to the club and help's to gain new members. So go for it.
Regards Rod.

Originally Posted by Dalboy

I remember when you started turning which really is not that long ago. You have come along in leaps and bounds and this pot shows how far you have come in such a short time, well turned.



If it was mine I would take it along and let them see it, after all you are not shy in putting it on here. I am sure they will be helpful if they see anything that needs extra work which can only be helpful to your learning curve. GO FOR IT

Thanks for the kind comments Derek. Still, this is a public exhibition and sale, not a club meeting, so I think I'll give it a miss this year and maybe put in one or two things next time if I feel confident enough.
My problem is that I can't tell what looks good with my own work. No problem with others' stuff.
I've found that I can turn any shape I put my mind to so far, draw it up first and then turn a good facsimile, but the original designs are faulty. Things that look good to me in my head and on paper don't look anywhere near as good in the flesh. Maybe I'll get better at that with practice. For now at least, it makes me nervous to even put pen to paper for a design.

Originally Posted by Rod Gilbert

Hi Hermit,
Definitely enter it in you're club's event you should be very pleased with you're efforts with this piece the work looks to be well executed and the shape is pleasing to the eye as stated previously the experience gained from taking part in such events help's you by getting feed back about you're progress and eye for detail. The same help's you're club by having a good display at an event draws interest to the club and help's to gain new members. So go for it.
Regards Rod.

Thanks for the encouragement Rod. I definitely need constructive feedback and tips from fellow turners, (that's why I post here, not to 'show off'), but I don't feel that I'm doing good enough for 'public' consumption just yet. Even looking at the other finished stuff sitting here on my shelves, I can't tell what looks good and what doesn't, to pick out some things for possible display. I tried asking a friend, but he said it all looks good. (Great help.)

Still, you guys have almost changed my mind about showing the pot/box. I think I'll wait a week and finish the plate I'm making, then make a decision about both. Hopefully I'll be happier with the plate.

Steve don't think about it just put it in, the more you think about it the less of a chance you will ever enter. It looks good enough for me.

I had a similar situation with a piece that I made, I wrapped it up and sent it off to a large show here in England It came third in the novice section (which I was at the time) I won a Robert Sorby set of tools. So if you don't enter you will always wonder

Originally Posted by Dalboy

Steve don't think about it just put it in, the more you think about it the less of a chance you will ever enter. It looks good enough for me.

I had a similar situation with a piece that I made, I wrapped it up and sent it off to a large show here in England It came third in the novice section (which I was at the time) I won a Robert Sorby set of tools. So if you don't enter you will always wonder

You're right Derek. I have a few weeks, but might put it in, if I can sort out a couple of other things to accompany it. I just need to work out what's suitable for public display. I'd like to put some things in the 'Sale' section, too, but have no idea how to work out prices, so I won't be doing that this time around.

In the time I've been woodworking, only a few things have ever left here - most stuff is still sitting here on the shelves. I finish a piece then put it aside and get on with the next project. I've never concerned myself with public display or sales before.

G'Day Steve, As you know I'm not a wood-turner but marvel at what blokes like yourself sir, turn out, SO PLEASE JUST HAVE A GO and enter that good looking pot in the exhibition...For my money it's a winner and you'll properly be very pleasantly surprized. Cheers crowie