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    Default 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.

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    Hey man, what dust you been snorting.....
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by rwbuild View Post
    Hey man, what dust you been snorting.....
    Now that raises the question....would you get high turning wood from a coca tree...they boil down the leaves to make cocaine, would there be enough active ingredient in the wood to cause a positive indication on a road side drug test

    cheers
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Claw Hama View Post
    You've lost it Soundman, too many high frequency vibrations will do that to you

    Ha, eat the chocolate and turn some more wood
    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.

    cheers
    Any 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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    Here's an idea

    Try turning a politician into a normal persont.....that's never been done
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

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    Dai Sensai has turned dog poop into a pen, nothing unusual here
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    Hey SM, put the lid back on the glue & open a window for a couple of minutes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    Hey SM, put the lid back on the glue & open a window for a couple of minutes.
    ......bit like the Telstra sock Muppet, needs to get an oxygen mask
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

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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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    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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    That was pretty cool Ray.
    Thanks for putting that on the board.

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    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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    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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    Too late to invent ice turning.

    Ice Lathe

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