Square platters/wallplaques

[cornucopia]

hello folks
Now i know that these pieces will not be to everyone's taste as i have posted similar in the past to mixed response...but i do enjoy making them and exploring the many different variations.
they are all olive ash some with ripple and are 3/4" to 1/2" thick and 10 to 16" wide. these were all turned on my vac chuck. they can be hung on the wall or displayed on plate stands.
any question or comments welcomed
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1020430.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1020436.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1020442.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1020447.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1020448.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1020454.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1020456.jpg

[TTIT]

Very nice work :2tsup: - they look great. Hard to tell how deep the 'bowl' is though - do you have a profile shot???

[orraloon]

They look quite good!

[Ed Reiss]

:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Sawdust Maker]

good work
very interesting

[Texian]

What's not to like (well, maybe the 4th one)? They look great, and make one wonder how you did the various spiral and other textures.

[ElizaLeahy]

They are amazing. I'd love to look over your shoulder while you make one!

This is another of my "stupid questions" but how do you trim/square the sides?

[artme]

Trez bon!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[hughie]

As you say not everyones cup of tea. But I certainly appreciate the form,texture and composition. :2tsup: nice one

[tea lady]

Oh, Squares. I love square platters. :cool: I even like the 4th one.:p Really like the various textures. Can you give us an idea of how you did them? :U

[eisbaer]

this is great timing cause i was just watching one of the jimmy clewes dvds and he spoke about so called "purist turning". He doesn't stick to the convention of everything having to be round. As he said, why does it have to be that way? I think all your platters look great and it's good to see something unusual. Well done! :)

[thefixer]

They are amazing. I'd love to look over your shoulder while you make one!

This is another of my "stupid questions" but how do you trim/square the sides?

Cut your timber very square and glue a piece of waste timber to all four sides. Turn off everything outside the green circle. Then turn your bowl/platter to the desired form inside the green circle and sand and finish both sides. Then carefully cut away the remaining waste and sand and polish the edges by hand. Hope this makes sense.


Cheers
Shorty

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'm going through a bit of a square stage myself, but I'm experimenting with form, not texture.

I particularly like the third & last ones, but can't help but wonder how they'd look if you undercut the lip of the bowl and then cut the texture all the way through, so it'd be like "tongues" projecting over the bowl proper.

Hmmm... I'm going to have to do some plagiarism, methinks! :U:2tsup:

[cornucopia]

Cut your timber very square and glue a piece of waste timber to all four sides. Turn off everything outside the green circle. Then turn your bowl/platter to the desired form inside the green circle and sand and finish both sides. Then carefully cut away the remaining waste and sand and polish the edges by hand. Hope this makes sense.


Cheers
Shorty

fixer's method is one way of doing it and is a very safe method...but i just suck the square wood straight onto my vac chuck and turn them- heres one i was doing a few weeks ago

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/DSCF5599.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/DSCF5600.jpg

[hughie]

Looks like your running about 80% vacuum or more, thats a good pump you have.