Thread: Finials.

Eliza, thanks for the support. Such a shame you are so far away.....

I am more thinking of something like petrified wood.

I owe two of my many mentors some practical jokes. I've be pondering on it for a while, but I will get even.

I'm currently thinking of asking them both to put some words together on the impacts of changes to sec. 26(e) of the ITAA in 1986 and asking for a treatise from them both.....

I must fix them. It's a life-long challege now - and I have the bit between the teeth. I am a terrier afterall.

Off for a kip soon and hope that in the meantime that my fellow forumites can help. Don't post any secrets on the Board. Just PM me so I can devise a plan....

Nup, I can't stand the pair of them any longer.

Too smart for my liking. I will get the pair of them and when I do.... You'll all hear about it big-time.

Originally Posted by ElizaLeahy

One of 50 - all the same? ARGH!!!!!!!!!Its actually quite nice doeing lots of one thing. Haven't really done it in wood yet, but use to like making 40 mugs or bowls at once with pottery. You get into a nice rhythm. very meditative.



Jellutong - never heard of it? Meant to say something about the cypress - I like using cypress, I thought it would have gone under the category of "too soft" for finials? Its like natural MDF. Used a lot in model making. As in model making for things to get molded for cars and such.

And Jeffs got his Nickers in a twist. Just because Ken told him to practice!

Jellutong - lovely for carving. Clean, crisp carving. Never though of it to turn . . .

Originally Posted by jefferson

Someone, please send me an inch square of something impossible to turn and we'll see how the Production Turner goes....

The hardest stuff I have is 100 year old fence post of Western Rosewood, black and like rock, makes the ebony seem like butter. But if I can turn it, although with associated difficulty, I'm sure can

Hmmm... I have some petrified wood lying around in the rock pile, but I'll have to resurrect the diamond lap. saw to cut a chunk off it...

Originally Posted by tea lady

And Jeffs got his Nickers in a twist. Just because Ken told him to practice!

Tea Lady, I am practicising! Good days or bad, I always try to turn the lathe on daily, for ten minutes or a few hours. Lately, goopy eye and all.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

The hardest stuff I have is 100 year old fence post of Western Rosewood, black and like rock, makes the ebony seem like butter. But if I can turn it, although with associated difficulty, I'm sure can

cannot turn everything. Surely not! If that ever does occur, I will lose a friendship unfortunately. Showing off is one thing.......

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Hmmm... I have some petrified wood lying around in the rock pile, but I'll have to resurrect the diamond lap. saw to cut a chunk off it...

Now you're talking Andy. Please send me a 2 inch chunk. I'll tell my mentors it's "aged" poplar or something. And I will enjoy the fury.....

Originally Posted by jefferson

I'll tell my mentors it's "aged" poplar or something. And I will enjoy the fury.....

Oh please have a video camera rolling!!!

i've got some inland rosewood. Hard as rock. I'd stick with blackwood or ebony though. Hard wood is one thing but ease of turning is another.

If all else fails I have a metal lathe as well to handle anything I can't turn with a chisel.

Originally Posted by

If all else fails I have a metal lathe as well to handle anything I can't turn with a chisel.

That's it, , you're gone. Ten lathes, a hundred chisels and the skill to use them all.

But wait, there is a glimmer of hope..... the Box Challenge.... And damn you, , I want to see something exquisite.

And I will get the calipers out, so watch it old mate. Plus the magnifiers, just to check your sanding and finish. Same as you do when judging.

So how's the serenity now? Oops, that one is for David AKA Calm, but it's relevant.

As I've said many times, I will get you. Aside from Jim Carroll, no-one is brave enough to stand up to you, but others will if I persuade them gently. Well, if I push and shove.....

Originally Posted by jefferson

The only person I know who calls "Ian" is his good wife Julie. The rest of us are stuck with either , the Axe Wielder or Show Off.

I have a plan brewing.....

I just need some help from the Board. I don't want to re-grind his chisels (to an impossible bevel angle so they won't cut, like he did to me) or alternatively super-glue his banjos.

Where are you Calm and DJ when I need you?

I'm thinking of inviting him up for a week or so and feeding him celery and peas (no meat or tea) for the duration. If I can talk Ern into taking him up to the snow, cross-country style, that would even be better.

Someone, please send me an inch square of something impossible to turn and we'll see how the Production Turner goes....

Got to fix this bugger. One way or the other.

If I could get him drunk, I'd shave half his beard off.....

Yes, my next turning challenge is to ensure the Tooradin Rambler becomes a little more humble. What a task.....

And don't bother ringing me tonight . Little Grasshopper has drunk too much and needs a kip.

But I will fix you and Ken W. as soon as I can. At least the rest of the Vic Chapter on the board treat me more kindly.

If you shave off his beard you will find out the AXE man hath come .
As for the petrified wood skew don't you think with his angle grinder and a diamond blade would turn it DAA!

Now that we've brought it up, I'm thinking about trying to turn some myself...

Gotta work out some way to hollow it though.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Now that we've brought it up, I'm thinking about trying to turn some myself...

Gotta work out some way to hollow it though.

Masonry bit mounted on a shaft. Slow but would probably work.

Originally Posted by

Miniature showing the only tool bar a parting tool to do the whole job.

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What no captive ring shame on you