Thread: Malley burl bowls- WIP.

Looking good so far, look forward to the finished piece

Originally Posted by tea lady

Lots of hand sanding required cos as I say, its mostly not there. A little hard on the fingers.

That's where the velcro-backed 2" sanding discs in a drill come in really handy.

Lots of cups of tea and gazing for the next one now.

This, I can totally relate to!

Many a good find in the firewood pile . Looking good so far, are you going to turn the outside too, or is that it?

Reminds me of this one I did from a piece I found buried in my mum's garden (see here post #39: https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...69#post1384769)

Hi Ann Marie

Could I suggest that you use some of the proceeds from this job to purchase some larger jaws for your chuck?

That's a rather small spigot for a large hard lumpy Mallee stump.

I look forward to seeing the finished Job.

It did remind me of a wedding gift I made for a family member 20 years ago.

They wanted a large bowl and I suggested Red gum.

They said no, Mallee Burl please.

Thinking this would change their mind I said "you find the Burl".

They did. They turned up with a 70KG stump strapped into the back seat of their little Ford Laser.

It had root spikes 2 feet long sticking out of it.

I trimmed it to 35KG before mounting it onto the lathe for turning.

I did see the bowl recently. It survived a divorce and a second marriage and still held pride of place in one house.

Cheers

Tim

Hi TL,
Looking good , how does the red malee remind them
of home?
How do you turn the base or are you leaving it flat ?
Just watch your fingers too!
Great job so far, well done
Cheers smiife

that looks fun to be turning! maybe I should drink more to get the imagination working with all the lumps of timber I have?!
can't wait to see the end result!

Originally Posted by Tim the Timber Turner

Hi Ann Marie

Could I suggest that you use some of the proceeds from this job to purchase some larger jaws for your chuck?

That's a rather small spigot for a large hard lumpy Mallee stump.

I look forward to seeing the finished Job.



Tim

I am turning this an Knox Wood workers on the big vicmark lathe. My lathes are to small. Although this little one only missed out by 10 mm on one point fitting on my Jet middy lathe. There are big chucks at Knox so no worries holding the bigger pieces.

I will try the 75mm velcro sandpaper on the drill thanks Skew. I have been inventing in my mind a mini ROS about that big with a curved face. How to make curved sand paper could be tricky.

Tea Lady,

You are doing a wonderful variety of turnings. I am most impressed with your design & workwomanship.

As to sanding, one of these:


Or these with bristles cut off and double sided foam tape applied:


will save fingers. More Variations:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ml%3B200%3B200

I found myself wondering if I could stick sand paper to a vibrator. Would the bloke in the sex shop believe my excuse?

Originally Posted by tea lady

I found myself wondering if I could stick sand paper to a vibrator.

I'd start off small and work up in size.

Like I mean, you wouldn't want a large vibrator to get loose in the workshop would you?

I'd start off with a battery operated toothbrush and work up from there.

Cheers

Tim

coveting one of these now. Can't see them in Australian suppliers. Air tool so I'd need a compressor too. Which I can use at Knox Woodworkers until I get my own. Have a few things I could use it on. ( I know where you get the little round spongy pads on sticks now. ) http://vinceswoodnwonders.com/drills...ders/#comments If I ship one in who else would like one?

[QUOTEwwwIady;1766236]coveting one of these now. Can't see them in Australian suppliers. Air tool so I'd need a compressor too. Which I can use at Knox Woodworkers until I get my own. Have a few things I could use it on. ( I know where you get the little round spongy pads on sticks now. ) http://vinceswoodnwonders.com/drills...ders/#comments If I ship one in who else would like one?

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Hi tl,
Not sure if you are interested but you might want
to try www.ultimatetools.com , look in sanders
there is a 3" mini sander, which looks similar and
they are in aussie, hope this helps
cheers smiife

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Hi tl,
Not sure if you are interested but you might want
to try www.ultimatetools.com , look in sanders
there is a 3" mini sander, which looks similar and
they are in aussie, hope this helps
cheers smiife[/QUOTE]

link not going to right place smifie

OR you could go to ALDI Saturday https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-b...ir-sander-kit/

I don't think those sanders are Random orbital. Also the Grex one has 1 inch pads as well, and extension bars. And an angled handle so the air hose isn't in you way.