Calm
16th December 2007, 10:15 PM
Thought i had better show some of my work since helped me spend some money on tools and Ern and co at his turnfests have drilled me on tecnique and sanding so here are the last couple of bowls i turned.
The first was a peice of stringybark i got from a slabbing job i looked at. It started as a peice about 18 inches across and 5 inches thick a fruit bowl was the original intention but trying to get rid of the cracks in the timber changed the shape many times. Then the penny dropped and i realised the cracks were happening while i was turning so i tried to glue them up but ran out of CA so filled all the cracks with pva, buried it in the woodchips and went to bed. Couple of days later i retreived it and finished it to the shape it is. Mounted it in the longworth chuck and turned the recess off the base but of course as with the rest of the job the mandatory dig-in on the last cut had to be left or there would have been no base at all to balance on. Sanded to 1200 and finished with EEE and Glow - Daughter said it looks like a mexican hat upside down so that was a boost to the confidence and it will go into the cupboard for mums next church fate (plent of suckers there) make mental note PVA goes white when finished, as photos show.
The second was a cypress bowl - motivation from recent thread on cypress
This started out about the size of a soccer ball and shaped the outside while on the face plate. Turned a tenon on the bottom and mounted in the SN2 and took first cut off the top and the tenon broke cleanly on the grain right beside the chuck. Back onto the face plate and turned a recess for the chuck remounted and faced the top then the recess cracked so removed from chuck and mounted with faceplate on the flat surface of the recess. Reshaped the bowl slightly to bring it into line with the faceplate and hollowed out - all done with new HT 1/2 superflute - very nice to use. - Had the mandatory catch when finishing the inside about an inch from the top. Sanding to remove tool marks overheated the edge which of course cracked. So new tube of CA and tried to glue up but for some reason it wouldnt hold so removed the top 2 inches and now it is lower than intended. reversed into the longworth chuck and turned about an inch off the bottom which removed the screw holes. Sanded to 400 with wet & dry using Danish oil as the wetter - then finshed with EEE & glow. - Same daughter liked this one so the ego was inflated until the next attempt.
Now brace myself for the critisim - Go for it guys dont hold back, i wont get better if you dont tell me. Can;t learn all these things by trial and error surely.
The first was a peice of stringybark i got from a slabbing job i looked at. It started as a peice about 18 inches across and 5 inches thick a fruit bowl was the original intention but trying to get rid of the cracks in the timber changed the shape many times. Then the penny dropped and i realised the cracks were happening while i was turning so i tried to glue them up but ran out of CA so filled all the cracks with pva, buried it in the woodchips and went to bed. Couple of days later i retreived it and finished it to the shape it is. Mounted it in the longworth chuck and turned the recess off the base but of course as with the rest of the job the mandatory dig-in on the last cut had to be left or there would have been no base at all to balance on. Sanded to 1200 and finished with EEE and Glow - Daughter said it looks like a mexican hat upside down so that was a boost to the confidence and it will go into the cupboard for mums next church fate (plent of suckers there) make mental note PVA goes white when finished, as photos show.
The second was a cypress bowl - motivation from recent thread on cypress
This started out about the size of a soccer ball and shaped the outside while on the face plate. Turned a tenon on the bottom and mounted in the SN2 and took first cut off the top and the tenon broke cleanly on the grain right beside the chuck. Back onto the face plate and turned a recess for the chuck remounted and faced the top then the recess cracked so removed from chuck and mounted with faceplate on the flat surface of the recess. Reshaped the bowl slightly to bring it into line with the faceplate and hollowed out - all done with new HT 1/2 superflute - very nice to use. - Had the mandatory catch when finishing the inside about an inch from the top. Sanding to remove tool marks overheated the edge which of course cracked. So new tube of CA and tried to glue up but for some reason it wouldnt hold so removed the top 2 inches and now it is lower than intended. reversed into the longworth chuck and turned about an inch off the bottom which removed the screw holes. Sanded to 400 with wet & dry using Danish oil as the wetter - then finshed with EEE & glow. - Same daughter liked this one so the ego was inflated until the next attempt.
Now brace myself for the critisim - Go for it guys dont hold back, i wont get better if you dont tell me. Can;t learn all these things by trial and error surely.