Thread: A few Translucents

Brilliant. Yep looks like NIP.

Have admired some of the US/Hawaii efforts before.

How thin Peter? and what kind of oil?

Yummy.... would make great lampshades.

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Originally Posted by rsser

Brilliant. Yep looks like NIP.

Have admired some of the US/Hawaii efforts before.

How thin Peter? and what kind of oil?

Hello Ern,

Pretty thin, starts at about 2mm at the top half then goes to about 3-4 at the base. Iv'e left a bit of thickness at the base to help with stability so a bit of a breeze won't blow it over but they are still pretty light. The deep piece was a bit difficult. I misread where the knots were going, they went down instead of up so it made things a bit more difficult. The knots look better up near the top rather than down towards the base. i turned one piece to about 1mm but it is too thin to sand and being so thin it dosen't take on much of a colour change with the oilings although it didn't take many oilings (one in fact) to gain a good translucence.

They have both gone back in the oil.

I'm using a equal mix of turps, varnish and linseed oil.


Would need a cool light source for lampshades as they really burn well.

Peter

Peter, really excellent, norfolk pine is the right wood for making translucent lampshades, just like Peter Bloch is doing. Another Hawain woodturner does the same, I forgot his name.
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Would need a cool light source for lampshades as they really burn well.

And we know this, how?

I've had a few break/crack when sanding (never when turning) and they make really good fire starters. I'd just worry a bit about someone's house burning down and it would be my fault - all that oil soaked into the wood. Possibly be ok but ............

Peter

Hi Peter
How fresh is the timber when you turn it and do you do any nuking or just start oiling, Ive got word of a couple of pines coming down and want to have a go at these translucent pieces. Love the colours and shapes.
Cheers Tony

Hello Tony,

Generally just start oiling. It's better if they are a bit green as they turn a bit better. Very green is ok too, just wet sand and let dry for a day or two.

Peter

That is nice very nice well done

Did you ever try the local pine up here? I ask because I have 2 trees worth (not very big) and was going to see Ian on Saturday and wondering if I need to take extra for him?

Sweet looking pieces Peter . Read about that stuff the Hawaiian guys do years ago and they made the oiling process out to be much more complicated with much the same result as yourself - well done!

Nice looking bowls

Wow, fantastic result

I always wanted to try some NIP, thanks for the advise re knots

Wow! They look great! Would they be ok with those low wattage energy saver bulbs?

Cheers,
Dave

they look great. Must get back to my NIP stash. I like the knots going down the foot of the deep bowl, although they would have been a bit "fun", with the grain hardness change.