bassmansimon
21st April 2013, 09:19 PM
Hi everyone. Inspired by the post by michael_m (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/1st-birthday-celebrations-some-turnings-year-169249/), I am uploading a summary of my first year of woodturning. I started just before Mother's day last year - my first turning was a bowl I gave to my mum for mothers' day 2012. Hope you like, and sorry about the long post. In April 2012, I attended a beginner weekend woodturning class with John Ewert at Trend Timbers in Sydney. Since then, I have made these items:
01 Camphor Laurel bowl – approx 5” diameter. Gave to my mum for mother's day
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02 Snowman family – myrtle
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03 Quilted Jarrah bowl – 135mm diameter, 40mm deep. experimenting with recesses instead of a footed bowl.
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04 small Red Cedar desk bowl. I use this every day and got the blank for $2
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05 Black Heart Sassafras platter bowl - 245mm diameter x 35mm deep. Started life out as a bowl, but when carving the base took a huge chunk out of it, and so turned it into a platter instead.
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06 Figured Blackwood candle bowl. No real design plan with this one - just attacked it with a forstner bit in a hand-held power drill. I really like the design, and will likely do some more of these one day.
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07 Redgum Burl natural edge desk clock – not woodturned, but a bit of woodwork anyway
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08 Redgum Burl natural edge desk clock – not woodturned, but a bit of woodwork anyway
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09 Camphor Laurel bowl. I love this one - gave it to my wife for Christmas
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10 Redgum Burl natural edge stem vase. Experimenting with my first vessel. Fits a test-tube in the hole for live flowers
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11 Huon Pine square platter. First try at a square turning.
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12 Camphor Laurel platter. Started life as a platter, but thinned out the centre too much and so had to create a hole to turn it into a candle bowl / dip & chip bowl.
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13 Blackwood bracelet prototype.
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And I fell in love with pen turning, and have made 83 completed pens (and probably about 25 snapped blanks)...
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My woodturning goals for the next year is to average one project per month that I'm pleased with, plus I hope to do about 50 pens if possible.
Thanks to everyone here on the forum - your advice and help has assisted me to dramatically improve my techniques, especially in pen-turning. I'm still very much a beginner with larger woodturning projects.
Simon.
01 Camphor Laurel bowl – approx 5” diameter. Gave to my mum for mother's day
264395
02 Snowman family – myrtle
264396
03 Quilted Jarrah bowl – 135mm diameter, 40mm deep. experimenting with recesses instead of a footed bowl.
264397
04 small Red Cedar desk bowl. I use this every day and got the blank for $2
264398
05 Black Heart Sassafras platter bowl - 245mm diameter x 35mm deep. Started life out as a bowl, but when carving the base took a huge chunk out of it, and so turned it into a platter instead.
264400
06 Figured Blackwood candle bowl. No real design plan with this one - just attacked it with a forstner bit in a hand-held power drill. I really like the design, and will likely do some more of these one day.
264401
07 Redgum Burl natural edge desk clock – not woodturned, but a bit of woodwork anyway
264402
08 Redgum Burl natural edge desk clock – not woodturned, but a bit of woodwork anyway
264404
09 Camphor Laurel bowl. I love this one - gave it to my wife for Christmas
264405
10 Redgum Burl natural edge stem vase. Experimenting with my first vessel. Fits a test-tube in the hole for live flowers
264406
11 Huon Pine square platter. First try at a square turning.
264408
12 Camphor Laurel platter. Started life as a platter, but thinned out the centre too much and so had to create a hole to turn it into a candle bowl / dip & chip bowl.
264409
13 Blackwood bracelet prototype.
264410
And I fell in love with pen turning, and have made 83 completed pens (and probably about 25 snapped blanks)...
264411 264412 264413 264414 264415 264416 264417 264418 264419 264420
My woodturning goals for the next year is to average one project per month that I'm pleased with, plus I hope to do about 50 pens if possible.
Thanks to everyone here on the forum - your advice and help has assisted me to dramatically improve my techniques, especially in pen-turning. I'm still very much a beginner with larger woodturning projects.
Simon.