Kind of successful weekend at Phillip Island Turnaround.

**tea lady** · 10th September 2012, 07:13 PM

After a late start on Friday for me, owing to the fact I couldn't leave the small child home alone till his dad turned up, I managed to get my old Golding Lathe assembled around 10 pm. Everyone else had started soon after lunch.

Just to get going, I turned a couple of mallets for my sculpture friend. One before I decided I should prolly go to bed and do more on Saturday. So on Saturday I turned the other one.
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Then couple of bowls in Blackwood and Sassafras for a friend of my Dad's. Every time I went to my parents place he'd ask me If I'd done them yet. So that should get him off my back.
bowls.jpg bowls2.jpg
Then I moved on to those thread chasers. I had managed to chase an inside and outside thread, but not make them fit together yet. So after wasting a bit more mulga, I did manage it. Happy dance all round. :happydance:
chased threads.jpg
Then I farted about with a finial or 2. Used a bit of the Norfolk Island Hibiscus that TTit had sent me. Not sure it really goes with the maple box. Might stain the maple some bizarre colour.
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Also turned a lump of Red gum burl. decided it was going to be a little chunky box(Cos of the huge split ) with a long line finial on a sassafras lid. Half done cos then we had to all pack up.

The old Golding is now reassembled in the "shed" again. And I need a little lie down.

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Seems these weekends have been happening for 16 years. A great weekend. A friend asked me if I went to the beach. "Um! No. Saw the water as I went round the round about though."

**powderpost** · 10th September 2012, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by tea lady

Then I moved on to those thread chasers. I had managed to chase an inside and outside thread, but not make them fit together yet. So after wasting a bit more mulga, I did manage it. Happy dance all round. :happydance:

chased threads.jpg
The box looks good AM. Threads look nice and clean,

I make the threads about 2 or 3 threads long, not so much a pain to get the lid off. Easy enough to cut some of the male thread until the grain lines up again.
Jim

**tea lady** · 10th September 2012, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by powderpost

chased threads.jpg
The box looks good AM. Threads look nice and clean,

I make the threads about 2 or 3 threads long, not so much a pain to get the lid off. Easy enough to cut some of the male thread until the grain lines up again.
Jim

Yes people have been saying.

I guess I got a little carried away.Its my first after all.

Now I have to do it again to prove it wasn't a fluke.

**bench1holio** · 11th September 2012, 05:30 PM

some nice peices TL

sounds like a busy w'end.

what thread chasers did you use on the mulga?

**tea lady** · 11th September 2012, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by bench1holio

some nice peices TL

sounds like a busy w'end.

what thread chasers did you use on the mulga?

I used Robert Sorby thread chasers. 20 TPI.

**NeilS** · 12th September 2012, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by tea lady

Also turned a lump of Red gum burl.

Chunky works....

**issatree** · 12th September 2012, 06:00 PM

Hi All,
As TL said it was a great Weekend. Quite a few Forums People there. Shocking Weather, but that didn't worry us as we were all inside the BIG Gym.
As a matter of Interest to some, there were 114 People? 74 Lathes & 30 of those were the Yellow Woodfast, a few Stubby's.
The Silent Auction was a sight to behold.
There was some Beautiful Work done, & We will be there next Year.

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