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Thread: Silly materials to turn.
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3rd September 2012, 11:39 PM #1
Silly materials to turn.
I know damn well that there are people on this forum that will tray and stabilise or cast just about anything that doesn't move with resin of some sort.
But that is hardly sporting.
I've been amusing my self with the prospect of turning unlikly things.
The first thing that came to mind was chocloate.
I think it would be dooable, it would probaly need freezing and it would need to be worked in a cool room, but hey what a stunt.
keeping with the confectionary theme....how about hard sugar lollies...ya know boiled sweets ...I recon you could cast the stuff like acrilic resin.
how about pen blanks made of sugar.
Ice sculpture is a big thing in high end catering....turning ice should be relativly trivial and thus almost anything that could be frozen.
How abour vegetables.......I've heard of vegetable carving, I wonder if vegitable turning would be viable.
Carots and parsnips would probably work.
Do ya recon you could fix a pumpkin to a face plate and have at it with a vegetable gouge.
Just some twisted thaughts...anybody game.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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3rd September 2012, 11:48 PM #2
Hey man, what dust you been snorting.....
The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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3rd September 2012, 11:56 PM #3
You've lost it Soundman, too many high frequency vibrations will do that to you
Ha, eat the chocolate and turn some more wood
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4th September 2012, 12:02 AM #4Any thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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4th September 2012, 12:14 AM #5
Oh come on man it aint that weird
people turn nuts, bones, antler, jaws from a crocodile...hell I even heard some dude stabilised a dog #### and made a pen out of it, just to prove it could be done.....probably truth is it was a drunken dare.
somebody has to have turned something truly weird.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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4th September 2012, 12:19 AM #6
Here's an idea
Try turning a politician into a normal persont.....that's never been doneThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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4th September 2012, 08:36 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Dai Sensai has turned dog poop into a pen, nothing unusual here
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4th September 2012, 09:03 AM #8
Hey SM, put the lid back on the glue & open a window for a couple of minutes.
Cliff.
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4th September 2012, 11:16 AM #9
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4th September 2012, 02:00 PM #10Senior Member
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I'll play Soundman.
Somewhere on the internet I recently saw a watermelon mounted between centres.
The late Russ Fairfield, a respected turner here in the states published an article in the AAW's journal American Woodturner & illustrated skew technique using carrots (and if memory serves correctly potatoes too).
I'll try finding the hard copy and confirm.
I think the idea being that vegetables were more expendable than timber and perhaps
if a piece flew off the machine it might do less damage.
If one tries this at home of course, protecting your metal & electric components would
be wise.
It sort of puts a different spin on food processing when a bench mounted power tool
is involved.
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4th September 2012, 02:48 PM #11
Saw potataos being turned and as said above water melon.
Chocolate is scrapped and sculpted by chefs etc why not turned
which forum member turned a #### pen for Niel?
Cindy Droza and a cauliflower
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guClqaO57yU]Cindy Drozda turns a salad bowl from a Romanesco Cauliflower - YouTube[/ame]
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4th September 2012, 05:30 PM #12Senior Member
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That was pretty cool Ray.
Thanks for putting that on the board.
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4th September 2012, 06:03 PM #13
I'm not sure how serious you are but I have often looked at the patterns in carrots once peeled and thought it could make for a nice pen if the colour and structure could be retained while drying out.
It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.
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4th September 2012, 06:45 PM #14Intermediate Member
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Gobstoppers look pretty impressive. I remember looking up a bunch of videos a while ago (also search 'jawbreaker'). A quick search came up with these:
Watch An Everlasting Gobstopper Get Turned Into A Shot Glass | TopsyTasty
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hm-f7ATVzA]jawbreaker turning - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UoxJubwVYI]new jawbreaker video - YouTube[/ame]
Not sure how to put a vid in properly.
And of course there's stone. I remember seeing something about an egyptian who turned big stone hollow forms - scared the daylight out of me, though.
EDIT: Turns out the forum knows how to put videos in properly
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4th September 2012, 07:03 PM #15
Too late to invent ice turning.
Ice Lathe
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