Thread: egg trial

That looks nice though it does make you think what sort of design would bring out the most attractive thing to have made out of such a find. Please don't think i don't like the egg design i do, just putting another view. Lloyd.

Nice looking wood....nice looking turning

Nice egg! and a good find with the rootball.

Mmmm. Yum!

The only problem with bits like that is discovering what shapes are hidden inside. Goblets? Not in the pictured piece... but an egg-cup or two perhaps?

wow thats nice i love it looks really hard must have been fun to turn lol thanks for showing looks good for an egg

Patrick

So close to Eastern....)))
Nice turning, I guess you need some more eggs!!
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How can you tell, from drift wood, what the timber is!!??

I wouldn't have thought of even picking up drift wood - now I want to go to the beach!

Lovely round egg - yum!

Originally Posted by oldiephred

Saw a very large root ball of a wind blown spruce along the shore while fishing on a lake last summer. It had obviously been exposed for a long time and had originally grown in an area where there was a lot of peat (which makes the soil quite acedic and generally causes the buried wood to be brown/red). Decided to bring some of the root branches home and think about what to do with them.
Friday I decided to try my first egg. simple enough project but I think it turned out OK. Will now consider some goblets or whatever. Don't want to rush into these things.

Hi oldiephred,

You know, until recently, with my pen blanks making, the only use I had for small pieces of timber, was making wooden eggs. I did found that I could use lots of good pieces and timbers that either don't grow to big tree size or branches that are too small in diameter to do much else. I also found that egg making is fun and easy with the help of a simple home made jig, they are also excellent to make as timber samples, giving a very good idea of the timber qualities, colours, workability, texture and finish, before you do anything else major (bigger) with that timber(s).

Very decorative and pleasant to the eye, making a good item to collect.

I have just recently finished 150 wooden eggs made out of only 2 species, Malaleuca and Knotty Pine (Easter Time, people requirements). One of them, made of something that I've picked-up from somewhere (the different one), is going to my personal collection as a one off type thing.

I'm sorry to disagree with you bluegum30, but I find that the simple shape/form of an egg, is a very good option for making use of a small piece of timber, but many other options are equally acceptable, obviously...!

Cheers
RBTCO

Well done !! Thanks to TTIT I love making eggs.
Regards,
Shirley

Very good looking eggs all around.
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