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15th November 2011, 07:34 PM #1
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red mallee burl platter
hi guys,
i have had this burl for about 4 years and tried several times
to make something with it ,with my small lathe it would never
fit over the lathe bed and tried to turn it out board a couple of times
with near disasterous results.[it has flown across the shed a few
times]
. this time with the big woodfast ,screwed, glued
and secured it was time for me to take control
approx 480mm x 75mm finished with eee & shellawax
comments and advice welcomed
cheers smiife
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15th November 2011, 08:01 PM #2
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Very nice, looks like your persistance has paid off.
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15th November 2011, 08:12 PM #3
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Try try and try again and success will come your way. Well done. It looks very nice.
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15th November 2011, 09:06 PM #4
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A nice reward for persistence
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15th November 2011, 10:03 PM #5
less trimmed thumbs, more knocked knuckles
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Awesome work ... the mallee burl has come up a treat.
Can I ask how you mounted the burl? I've a piece of red gum burl (I think) ... knowing how hard red gum can be + the added complication of the 'uneveness' of a burl ... I've put it on the "for a later date" shelf.
Can you .. or anybody else provide some guidance for mounting (very) irregular stock on the lathe?
thanks in advance .... and again great work on the mallee platterRegards
TT
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16th November 2011, 05:38 AM #6
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All your efforts paid off very well, it's a beauty.
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16th November 2011, 08:54 AM #7
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Wow. neat work. I've been tempted to bin some bits, but I guess you just keep coming back to them
...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
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16th November 2011, 09:28 AM #8
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Nice work, especially like that it is quite thin. And I love mallee burls
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16th November 2011, 07:03 PM #9
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hi guys,
thanks for your comments very much appreciated
this burl was fairly flat on the ''sawn off side'' but i did
mount it on a scrap piece of chip board i had lying around
glued the two flatish sides together,screwed a large chuck
mounting ring through the chipboard into the burl and then
filled the gaps with hot melted glue, IT WAS NOT COMING
OFF AGAIN!!!!!!!!!i hope that explains it well enough i have
added a couple more photos if i have confused anyone
once it is at this stage just remove from backing board
and hold in chuck as normal
again thanks to all for your comments
cheers smiife
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16th November 2011, 10:07 PM #10
less trimmed thumbs, more knocked knuckles
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Thanks for pics smiife ... explains it well.
again, great job ... now I've just gotta bite the bullet ... errr .... burl and get it on the lathe.Regards
TT
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17th November 2011, 02:40 AM #11
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Nicely done.
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17th November 2011, 07:07 AM #12
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Job well done.
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Cheers John
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17th November 2011, 07:20 AM #13
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Nice work.
I'll try this method this weekend
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17th November 2011, 08:44 AM #14
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Lovely platter! I like the hole!
Beautiful finish!
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17th November 2011, 07:45 PM #15
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hi guys,
thanks again,no trouble with the photos,i thought i would take
some photos in progress because i wasn't sure how things would
turn out,mother nature provided the hole TL.
thanks again for looking and commenting
cheers smiife
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