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  1. 3rd October 2008, 08:27 PM #1
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    Talking Fun with Scraps

    No, not Scraps the dog, but scraps of wood. But you knew I meant that, right?

    Anyhoo, one of the things I wanted to do this week is some kind of glue-up turning, any kind, didn't matter what. Naturally when you don't have a plan beyond that initial thought when it comes time to action it gets a little tougher.

    Scouting around the workshop (OK, it's a garage) I found a length of what I think is merbau from when I made a colleague a chopping board once, and another unidentified bit of wood that I got with my original lathe some ten(ish) years ago.

    For lack of any other ideas I just sliced them up on the tablesaw and set about gluing them together. That seemed to go ok, but it looks a little plain. I know, I'll slice it up the middle and reverse it - man I know how to mix it up Hollywood style!

    So did that, waited till the next day for the glue to fully dry, cut it into a rough circle on the bandsaw and mounted it on the lathe. The end result is what you see below, and yeah like my wife has been known to say, "It's kinda small".

    But you know what, it don't matter the size, it's the fun you had using it

    Oh, sanded to about 800grit and hit with a coat or two of Shellawax.
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  3. 3rd October 2008, 08:31 PM #2
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    looks good from here

    so, umm....is it a frisbee
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    interesting
    not sure it's merbau - doesn't appear to have the customary gold/yellow fleck

    I'd show the one I did but got disgusted with it and threw it in the bin
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    Nice design Toasty!
    Cheers,
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  7. 3rd October 2008, 11:32 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Reiss View Post


    Nice design Toasty!
    As above from me too btw any news on the bearing [?] howl cheers WW.Wally
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    Cool frisbee.
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    i like it, the way it is not fully offset (like checkers) makes it a little asymmetrical and i like that sort of thing.

    Nice work.
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    Yeah Toasty, you're my man, I like it all the way to work with scraps of wood.
    Tell your LOML okay it's small but also delicate. For me absolute a little treasure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by woodwork wally View Post
    btw any news on the bearing [?] howl
    Not as yet, but I haven't contacted Trend in the last week or so. For now I have been enjoying the week downstairs so I might give Adrian a bell next week when I am back at work.
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    Toasty your not silly Trend might say send the one you have back first then where would you be

    Nice Bowl of scraps
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    Toasty,
    Beautiful turning work on both
    Also, very nice pics. How do you get the depth of field (focus) so perfect?

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    G'day Gil,
    Quote Originally Posted by Gil Jones View Post
    Also, very nice pics. How do you get the depth of field (focus) so perfect?
    Because this little bowl was so small I was able to use the Macro function on my camera. This blog article gives some tips for taking pictures of small items like pens etc.
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  15. 4th October 2008, 03:00 PM #14
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    Very clean nice work Toasty..
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