Thread: Unexpected

Nice piece Joe not to sure if i like the white tape though might be the lights/flash in the pick but the finished pic the foot looks as though to much spray finish heavy gloss, might be wrong and its just the lighting but if not i would cut back a little and wax. Hopefully its just he pic, Oh change the white tape as well to a see through type will look better Lb.

Great job but I have to agree with LB.

Joe, you really don't miss the higher wall as I can see on the last pic.
Well this unexpected came out very well, no doubt.
You created a very fine turning, looks very good.
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Very elegant lines i like it lots.

Thank ya kindly. mates. Mostly lighting, I think: natural light outdoors on the North side of the house ('twould be South if it was in Oz), or shaded by the umbrella. A bounce card might help to light the profile and base better. Very difficult to achieve an even coating on the shape though, so you're probably at least partially right, LB and artme.

Joe

LB said it all Joe

I like it shame about the other bits shame they couldn't be reattached they look good

I agree with LB about the spraying maybe to heavy handed with the coats spray cans are hard to adjust tho for light coats with a spray can (not sure how close you spray) usually I pull back a bit and light spray allow a few moments between coats depending on type of spray being used this can be 20 mins or so.

Joe do you use the handle type attachement to spray with or straight off the can.

Joe,

nice save, stuff'n up is easy. save'm takes imagination and skill.

No regrets about the wall, Ray. The shape would've been nice, a little like a compote, but the colour distribution didn't seem very handsome.

I aimed for an interval of about 20 minutes between coats, but working on other things boosted it to about 35 minutes average (still within the 2-hour window to avoid sanding). At 5.5 rpm (about 11 seconds each revolution), I gave it about 3 shots (in different regions) in about 1/2 minute, so straight from the can wasn't too tedious. In something larger, such as a car door, I'd use a handle attachment or a regular spray gun.

Thanks again.

Joe

Looks good, Often happens that way, you start off making something and eventually turns into someting else! Let the wood decide what it wants to be!!!!

A suggestion about finish! I assume you didn't want to use a friction polish like shellawax. If you have your own spraygun, why not try lacquer. It dries much more quickly and less likely to get bugs and dust in it.

If you don't, try hand rubbed polyurethane,,, much better control, you can do it right on the lathe. There is a product made by minwax (seen it at bunnings) or you could just dilute regular polyurethane down by 25%. It is simply applied with a clean lint free cloth (piece of old singlet etc) Between coats (or 2 coats) cut back with 400 or 600 wet and dry paper. Finish off with a good wax.

Keep turning!

Chipman

G'Day Joe

Really nice piece, look nice with a big sponge cake sitting on it, yum. That steady rest is excellent consider the design stolen, hope you don't mind.

Cheers
Bernie

Thanks, Chipman. I really need to do more planning for my finishing. I've found spray-can lacquer at auto parts suppliers, but only used it once. And it would have worked better with initial sanding sealer. I have another rotisserie motor with opposite rotation as an auxiliary drive on the lathe, so low speed for coating and higher speed for rubbing is available. (Outboard spindle is LH thread.)

And thanks to you too, Bernie. If you want to steal the steady rest design, you might as well do it right. Here 'tis: http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=68735

Joe

Nice one Joe. I've yet to acquire/construct a steady rest so I'm not really ready to have a shot at some of these longer vessels you guys do. I'll have a close look at the link you've provided above - many thanks.

I haven't yet tried a polyurethane finish on any lathe work either - been happy to stick with the Shellawax etc so far. Although, as Chipman has said I've seen some "Wipe on Poly" here at Bunnings - both in the Semi and Glass versions. Maybe I'll give that a shot and see how it goes.

I like the finished shape, even if it wasn't your original plan. I never seem to have a final design in mind for my stuff so the finished product is always in accordance with my expectations.

Wayne

For those who are intrested, here is a pic of bowl I turned up at Easter time as a present (originally full of chocolate Lindt balls!)

It is made from Nuginea Rosewood and finished with satin wipe on ployurethane

Chipman

Looks good, Chipman. Although I'd be more drawn to it full of the candy.

I usually favour satin or semi-gloss for better presentation of the wood. The gloss finish on the raised dish was sort of experimental.

Joe