Thread: Silly materials to turn.

I am surprised how well the cauiflower stayed together.

That being the case a realy tight drum head cabage should be viable.

It occurs to me a good hard cheese should turn very well.

Don't know about the watermellon..that would be like trying to tie a load of em onto a tray back truck with ropes....but some muppet tried it and got zipped for his foolishness.

Pumpkin though I recon would be a goer.....it would be possible to make a nice centrepiece of a buffet.

If its a real stunt you are after...how about a complete minature winsor chair out of carrots.....the chair bottom would probaly have to be a slab of pumpkin or a slice out of a big sweed.

On the subject of sweeds......now there is a realy viable item.....they can come pretty big and fat and they are quite firm.

Its the sort of thing heston blumenthal would try.......I'll have to see if I can find an email address.

cheers

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Do I see the next "turning challenge" on the horizon?

I think Cindy Drozda also turned a Khol Rabi on youTube.

Best I can manage is wine into water. Piece of pi**. Well enough of that!

got myself a gobstopper lolly , gunna give a go a a shot glass

Now I'm gunna have to let a few carrots go in the garden and see how big and woodie I can get them......without splits. While on the thoughts of ice, my thoughts strayed to mythbusters and their frozen mince bullet. How bout a frozen lamb roast bowl, or a t-bone plate?

Back in the olden days we used a lot of fertiliser which came in heavy sheet plastic bags. Us kids would light the bottom corner of a bag and let the drops of molten plastic drip into a bottle or jar. After it cooled, we'd break the bottle and have a solid lump of black plastic. We once took a specimen to school to try turning it but the party pooping teacher thought this an inappropriate act. If it wasn't so atmosphere polluting to do the burning, it might be interesting to revisit the idea.

Ok I did manage to turn and make the shotglass unsanded finished as want it to be edible
Cant post pic as on mb

Originally Posted by mkypenturner

Ok I did manage to turn and make the shotglass unsanded finished as want it to be edible
Cant post pic as on mb

I don't have a lathe. YET. but a beetroot shotglass filled with beetroot juice and Bourbon sounds good. The other interesting thought would be to epoxy circuit boards together.

Originally Posted by jamarpa

a beetroot shotglass filled with beetroot juice and Bourbon sounds good

And saves on the washing up if you eat it afterwards!

Originally Posted by dr4g0nfly

And saves on the washing up if you eat it afterwards!

Yeh but think about getting the stains out of the table cloth

cheers

Originally Posted by mkypenturner

Ok I did manage to turn and make the shotglass unsanded finished as want it to be edible
Cant post pic as on mb

could you use a wet cloth to polish it and then it would still be edible ?