Is this possible as a spindle turning ?

[steamingbill]

Hello,

Am practicing spindles and learning how to use tools -

Should I be able to do something like this attached jpeg as a spindle turning ?

Anything silly or dangerous about it ?

I've seen pictures of bowls with an "apron" but never spindles.

Off to scour google images

Bill

[wood hacker]

Anything is possible, but given the direction of the grain the thin plates would be exceptonally weak and probably snap off if you looked at them sideways.

cheers
WH

[Mobyturns]

Google - Pascal Oudet. He does very thin end grain "platters" for want of a better word which may give you some inspiration. There are spindle turnings done where a stack of thin discs are formed so that the inner main spindle also features as a silhouette.


Good luck in your search.

[RETIRED]

Hello,

Am practicing spindles and learning how to use tools -

Should I be able to do something like this attached jpeg as a spindle turning ?

Anything silly or dangerous about it ?

I've seen pictures of bowls with an "apron" but never spindles.

Off to scour google images

BillYep. :D

[A Duke]

Yep. :D:? There's two questions , you've only given one answer.
:D
Regards

[Christos]

:? There's two questions , you've only given one answer.
:D
Regards

Yep. :D

[RETIRED]

:? There's two questions , you've only given one answer.
:D
RegardsQuite right.

Missed this one:
Anything silly or dangerous about it ? As a beginner, possibly.

You could get a massive catch at the bottom if your technique is not right. With the amount of overhang from the rest it would be a rectum clenching moment.:D

[powderpost]

Nothing like a good "rectum clench" to reinforce a lesson.....:oo:
Jim

[Christos]

Nothing like a good "rectum clench" to reinforce a lesson.....:oo:
Jim


Cheeky

[steamingbill]

Thanks for the answers.

Will attempt some short thick chunky ones without any clenches for starters.

Found these

» Marc Ricourt Sarah Myerscough Fine Art (http://sarahmyerscough.com/index.php/category/contemporary-craft/marc-ricourt)

Alain Mailland's Gallery period 2000/2007 (http://www.mailland.fr/html/gallery2.html)

Some amazing things in those links - similar but not quite like my sketch.

Bill

[dai sensei]

Keep in mind, the thin walled features in those links are carved from a rough turned piece, not thin walled turnings. They are also by very experienced and very talented artists