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  1. 14th June 2010, 05:02 PM #1
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    Where I am working has just moved offices. The women at the front office had some lavender oil in a small dish to get rid of the new carpet smell, but not many of us really liked the lavender, but she said that was all she had. I mentioned I had some rose pot pourri and rose essential oil at home, but the container she had was not suitable, so thought I would make a special one that could take its place on the front counter.

    Whilst at Q-Turn I started making a pot pourri lid from Ebony and random drilled holes, as I couldn't find any of my normal bought ones, and learnt a bit after 3 failures. So I thought to myself, what about an ebony lid with a finial and stand, similar to my little trinket boxes (ala Cindy Drozda type).







    The main bowl is Blackheart Sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum), the finial/stand from Queen Ebony (Xanthostemon melanoxylon), all finished in Shellawax. The sassi disn't play ball, plenty of tear-out on the inside, not to mention a massive dig-in that split the bowl in half, but an epoxy glue-up and plenty of sanding fixed both .

    It's 120mm dia and 230mm high overall. I'm pretty happy with the overall result , what do others think.

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  3. 14th June 2010, 06:47 PM #2
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    thats stunning and a really great way for the pot pourri container instead of the pewter lids
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    Wow! A pop pouri thingy I won't mind having. You'd better make some more for all those people who will come into the office and want one too.
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    Gorgeous Neil!

    That Sassy looks like it's spalted, maybe that was the cause of the problems when turning.

    Any I have turned cuts like cheese.
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    Great work Neil, looks terrific
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    Brilliant Neil! Beautiful both on the eye and the nose I can't even see where the join is, but I'm glad you decided to save it.
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    too dam delicate for words lol, If you put a match stick up against the finial it might show just how fine a turning this is not the sort of thing to be turning with "hay-fever" or the "D'T sss" hehe a fine example of a delicate touch and a steady hand to be sure , cheers ~ John
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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    ..That Sassy looks like it's spalted, maybe that was the cause of the problems when turning....
    You are right, thin CA and the 40 grit chisel did the trick

    Quote Originally Posted by RufflyRustic View Post
    ..I can't even see where the join is, but I'm glad you decided to save it.
    The break is obvious to me, right in the front of the photo, but it just blends in to the spalting .

    After I finished assembling it, I thought the base stem could have been more slender, but it is already pretty fragile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gawdelpus View Post
    .. put a match stick up against the finial it might show just how fine a turning this is...
    like this, and yes, that is a standard match
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    hehe, yep puts it in a better perspective cheers ~ John
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    I like that a lot. So much better than those cast metal pot pourri lids.
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    Very nice, and pretty woods. Good idea from T.L. (make a bunch more for sale).
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    Very nice Neil I sort to agree with you that the stem doesn't quite fit but I think it's through lack of detail rather than slenderness
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    Neil thats a nice bit of work there, love spalted timbers the lid looks impressive.

    Is it random drilled ?

    What set up did you use to do that?

    It reminds me of a tall building somewhere around the world.
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    Potpourri never had it so good !!!
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