Thread: Finials

Originally Posted by dai sensei

A good free video of Cindy doing finials is from her finial box demo under AAW here (scroll to the left, it is under AAW, then down a few, the finial is turned near the end)
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Or to the right, as needed, depending on where the site opens.

Cheers,
Joe

Originally Posted by tea lady

So, finial challenge this month is it.

This is the piece that Jeff wanted me to post, I call it "Spirit Temple". I will make it my entry in the challenge.

Holy crap Ken, amazing work

TL ... I think Ken just won the finial challange

awsome piece Ken

Originally Posted by Ed Reiss

TL ... I think Ken just won the finial challange

Well! We can't all be crazy.

Amazing piece Ken.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Holy crap Ken, amazing work

What he said . Too gobsmacked to come up with anything myself

Originally Posted by KenW

This is the piece that Jeff wanted me to post, I call it "Spirit Temple". I will make it my entry in the challenge.

Mind boggling, Ken. I withdraw from the challenge, before I start...... well almost.

Just finished making something from the piece of Black Oak (Casuarina pauper) that Bruce brought down from Broken Hill and which he kindly gave to me at the Horsham YouTurn. Pic 1. Nice bit of wood, Bruce.

Then I thought it might look good with a lid.... and become a box. Pic 2. BTW, Pics 1&2 taken on a mirror. Thought I should mention that in case anyone got the impression that I had done anything as clever as a double winged bowl....

Then the rot really set in and I started to think that maybe it needed a finial.

Both the lid and finial are Inland Rosewood (Acacia rhodoxylon), which I recently brought back with me from Qld. Seemed to work well on the finial.

Completed box with finial, Pic 3.

Oh well, if it qualifies, this is my entry. Otherwise, I think I have retired from finials.

If a name is needed, what about 'Pagoda Space Station'.

Thanks again, Bruce. You sure have some nice dense woods up your way, and, as indicated by Ken, many of them are suitable for finials and lots of other lovely stuff.

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Alright, so the next challenge is on..... This time, can we make it for more than a month?

Will create a new folder????

Neil, a nice entry too.

I wouldn't be too worried about the Weird and Wonderful. Next time he wants to turn a decent finial piece, he's got to do better than the Temple.

I'd be in for a finial challenge - gives and excuse to continue improving boxes as well!

Gadzook T.L., that's an amazing spikey thingy (box?). Lack the words to comment on Ken's temple. Was contemplating what to turn tomorrow morning, and y'all got me fired up to do finial practice.