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  1. 17th July 2014, 09:26 PM #1
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    Default Purple gidgee box

    Some time back I was given what I thought was waddy wood. I had never worked with waddy wood so could not really confirm that it was really waddy wood. Since then I have found out it was really pink gidgee. At that time I remembered I had some purple gidgee some where in the shed. Well I found the purple gidgee today and turned a small threaded box from it. The piece I found was from the side of the tree so I had to make the box from "plank" grain instead of from a short section of branch material. It cut a magnificent thread and I don't think the grain orientation will make any difference, or I hope it won't.
    The piece I had was acquired from a wood turner in Canberra about 25 or 30 years ago, so I think it is well seasoned. It turned well, better in scraping mode than cutting mode.
    The box is 55mm diameter and 50mm high. I taken a photo of the shavings from both pink gidgee and purple gidgee. The pink gidgee shavings are more of a greenish yellow colour.

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    Nice one Jim, and the texturing on the lid really sets it off. Yet another thing I haven't tried.
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    Is that a glue line I can see?
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    Who says you're never to old to learn? Or that real turners don't scrape!

    Nice work Jim first class threading.
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    Looks really nice there Jim. Colour is amazing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    Is that a glue line I can see?
    Actually Cliff, there is a glue line on the bottom. There was a split that I filled with glue and shavings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    Who says you're never to old to learn? Or that real turners don't scrape!

    Nice work Jim first class threading.
    Bill Jones, probably the last old English bone and hardwood turners made the statement in his book that he didn't "scrape" he turned. If that was good enough for him, it is good enough for me. These hard woods I have been using lately produce a nice shaving using a "scraping" technique. In fact some of these shavings can be seen in the photo of the piles of waste.

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    I was in Mareeba today, nearly made it out to your place with some more Western Qld hardwood but I ran out of time.
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    That is a beautiful box. I love everything about, species, design, decorative cuts, threaded lid. Awesome!
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    I could be bribed into letting a little bit of my stash go if you turn up with your threading tools in hand .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    I could be bribed into letting a little bit of my stash go if you turn up with your threading tools in hand .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    I was in Mareeba today, nearly made it out to your place with some more Western Qld hardwood but I ran out of time.
    I knew girls like that when I was 18, they were often referred to as teasers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by powderpost View Post
    I knew girls like that when I was 18, they were often referred to as teasers.
    I still know girls like that.
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    nice job there Jim
    the master has not lost his touch of solid wood turning
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