Thread: New stuff

Nice ones Jim and a good job of lining up the grain on the box too . Sometimes I find it takes me as long to do that as to cut the thread .
Ted

Hi jim , they both look good , not sure about that insideout stuff !
The box looks good, what did you use on the top ?

Thanks Ted.

Originally Posted by smiife

The box looks good, what did you use on the top ?

The pattern was done with a texturing tool and the insert is a piece of pearl shell.

Jim

Serendipity!

While going thru my wood shelves the other day, I found a smallish block of black bean... and was pondering it's potential.

One of the eliminated considerations involved just such a lidded box, albeit of far squatter dimensions with fretwork instead of chatter/inlay. Eliminated, because I can't say I recall ever working Black Bean in the past and hand-threading... well, let's just say I have a handle on it but need a lot more practice.

How does it take a thread? Crumbly grain or fibrous?

From the pix it looks like your chatterwork took nicely so I'm a bit surprised it's not considered one of the reliably threadable timbers.

As a matter of curiosity, what's not "as you hoped" about the inside-out bauble? Slightly larger cut-outs and slimmer spans between? (I ask, 'cos that's also where I have the most problems with these forms. )

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

One of the eliminated considerations involved just such a lidded box, How does it take a thread? Crumbly grain or fibrous?
From the pix it looks like your chatterwork took nicely so I'm a bit surprised it's not considered one of the reliably threadable timbers.

As a matter of curiosity, what's not "as you hoped" about the inside-out bauble? Slightly larger cut-outs and slimmer spans between? (I ask, 'cos that's also where I have the most problems with these forms. )

Hi Skew, been a long time. Black bean is an open pored timber and "crumbles" very well, not good for hand chased threading. It will most likely be ok for any of the machine threading applications. The first attempt failed because of the problem mentioned, but was succesful hand chasing with applications of thin super glue. That stopped the crumbling problem. Black bean is also very sneezy, wear a mask.
I was dissapointed with the bauble because I wanted a spherical shape, and the windows were too small. I didn't get the "cove" right at the first turning, mostly because I was over confident and didn't make suitable templates. Plus I didn't make the "cove" deep enough because I wimped out.
Hope this answers your questions and all makes sense for you.

Jim