Thread: Been mucking about with multi center turning.

Makes me giddy just looking at them.
Regards

Anne Marie, keep playing. You still have much to learn about cutting air. Watch a few of the JFE DVDs a few times and you will get the hang of it. And, BTW, congrats on your AWTEX results!

Originally Posted by jefferson

Anne Marie, keep playing. You still have much to learn about cutting air. Watch a few of the JFE DVDs a few times and you will get the hang of it. And, BTW, congrats on your AWTEX results!

Ta. How you going anyway? You still cutting wood? Or drinking beer looking of into the middle distance?

Originally Posted by tea lady

Red gum candle holders.

Neat! Fun! I love them!

Looks good. What is your finish.


Dave

The Turning Cowboy

this looks great, can you explain how you did this on the lathe? thanks

Very nice.

Originally Posted by ndp_2010

this looks great, can you explain how you did this on the lathe? thanks

Maybe I'll do a bit of a WIP when get a chance. Flat out till December now though. There are youtubes out there of this type of thing though. Google "multi center turning".

Originally Posted by tea lady

Ta. How you going anyway? You still cutting wood? Or drinking beer looking of into the middle distance?

Still drinking lots of beer TL, have lent my E. chuck to a mate to play with. It's fun.

they look really nice! with the disc bits they could have a cool effect as wax drips down! well done!

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

Looks good. What is your finish.


Dave

The Turning Cowboy

Ah, missed a question. Just finished with Rustin's Danish oil. Will also apply Traditional wax, which makes them a little more shiny.

Thanks guys.

Neat Very 'Dr Suess'

Very well done indeed TL...they look great

Mick!!!

Well, these are worth commenting on.

I haven't seen much of this style of work that I like. Most OC pieces look as though they are the result of someone having bought an off centre chuck and then used it in such a way just to of justifying the expense. They look too contrived and poorly designed with the chuck dictating the form. These pieces are quite the opposite.

I love the designs of the two with the balls the most and particularly the one with the several balls before you introduce a disc. These really are worth pursueing and I hope you do more. I would love to see how you could refine these.

I'm not sure why jefferson was suggesting you need more practise. Perhaps you do and he knows you better than I, but I certainly couldn't judge this based on what I see in these pics. They are very accomplished as far as I can see. My only suggestion would be to finish the top with only one or even no discs but you obviously have a great eye for design so I suggest this with some hesitation.

I know in myself when I see something that works well because I feel the urge to go to the lathe and try it myself. This doesn't happen all that often these days but it did when I saw these. I was thinking pepper grinder in this style.

Congrats AM.