Thread: Large fruit bowl++Bluegum box

Yeah, I'm trying boxes for a while, I'm also doing large natural edge bowls, put some up in the next few days,

Joash

Joash... bit of advice?

Go get mehov's imageresizer please! its free and some of us are still on dialup... putting bloody great pics in a post not only blows the thread out to buggary but also slows everything down
So if you can please get that program its small its easy to use and its free... oh and when you resize the jpegs resize them to 440 okay (its automatically set at 660 but thats too big for the upload limit)

Anyway as always great work.

I found out today why one really shouldnt finish turn something that is green mmm beautiful plum bowl very very slight crack mark at the end of lathe work not something Id usually be bothered about and wasnt in this insteance either.. that was made 2 days ago... today well that tiny sliver of a crack is BLOODY HUGE!!! opened right up it did

HEY!! geeeez could be an interesting thing at the Brunswick show on Saturday eh? Missus put one of those plum bowls into the show!! Imagine that if it blows out during the judging oh well hopefully it will last until the judgings over and 1st prize is mine eh yeah right

HEY!! And I made my first ever goblet this morning!! WHAHOOOO!!! missus was stoked and thought it was an egg cup :eek: while the eldest daughter nicked it as she left for her place bloody egg cup indeed! flamin woman! :P

Hi, sorry about the download time, I'll get that program. I have never attached pictures like that before, so I was just having fun

Yeah, the Jarrah is dry, If you turn it green, rough turn it, stick it in the freezer for 1-5 days, depending on sizer and thickness, and then let it thatw out, and then stick it in the fridge, weigh it everyday, and then when it stops losing weight, stick it on the lathe and finish it. I've done this heaps of times--30-40 times, still havent lost one yet.

Congradulations on your first goblet?? egg-cup??

So what is this brunswick show?

Joash

Very nice work, Joash, and a fine surface!! Well done.
Microsoft Photo Editor (which is usually a part of the Windows OS,
or I could email a copy to you) is an easy way to crop and/or resize photos.

Ok, I've got a few programs, I'll just see what I can do with them,

Thanks for the comments, and the greenies,

Joash

Good stuff, Joash... How do you have so much time to turn? Don't you kids ever go to school? Nice work... though, surely is!
Guess I'm just a little curious... even being retired, I still can't get enough time at the lathe. Too much other stuff going on... Kids, Grandkids, Great Grandkids, etc.
You stick with it, youngun, you're doing very well. ) We olduns like to watch you and Stirlo grow.

Been through this before. I am a homeschooler, and am having a 20 minute break. 2 minutes up, going back in 18 mins.

Algerbra
Physical science
Music
World History
Missions
Succesful living
Musical instrument
etc:

Thanks for the comments

This is where I do my school.



One of the other benifits of home-schooling. Not too many other kids that go to school each day, and have a desk like this put to their disposal Of course it's not as good as Danita's desk, but I'm thinking of making something along those lines.

Joash