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4th September 2019, 10:10 PM #1
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A wing and a prayer
Ive had the idea for a winged vase but have been waiting for a suitable piece of timber. This branch came from hacking the dead wood out of one of the garden shrubs, one of the Hakea's. This is what I started with.
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After some careful and gentle turning this is what I came up with.
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Was rather nervous as I started turning but the piece felt quite solid once in the chuck. The branch was still partly green and turned quite easily and fortunately it didn't demand a blood sacrifice. The piece of wood isn't brilliant but is growing on us now that it has been finished. Basically just tried this out of interest .
C&C welcome
TonyYou can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Oscar Wilde
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4th September 2019, 10:17 PM #2
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well I,ll be buggered never dreamed of doing that, how did you chuck it
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5th September 2019, 02:34 AM #3
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5th September 2019, 08:45 AM #4
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I would have to take a few 'brave pills' before attempting something like that Tony. I am glad you have completed it without any physical dramas. Now that I know it can be done I will store the image in the back of my mind just in case I get the urge to experiment.
Hakea is a nice timber to turn, I have made a few tool handles out of it over the years.
Alan...
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5th September 2019, 11:58 AM #5
I would expect you did quite a bit of air turning followed by will this now shatter.
Fantastic effort an I can see quite a bit of skill involved.
Cheers Matt
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5th September 2019, 01:37 PM #6
Brava, Sir, Brava! Well done, I say.
Appropriately named, too.
In a way it's a pity you showed it to us here, now. That would rank very highly in the Australian Woodturning Exhibition; it'd blitz the score-cards in form and difficulty of turning.
Care to push your luck and try for another one?
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5th September 2019, 04:46 PM #7
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Fantastic piece .
What size is it ?
Ted
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5th September 2019, 08:33 PM #8
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Senbloodysational, absolutely gob smacked.
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5th September 2019, 08:39 PM #9
Well done Tony , very brave effort , 10 out 10 for difficulty
Cheers smiife
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5th September 2019, 09:43 PM #10
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Thank you all for your comments guys, glad you liked it.
Alan, I mounted the piece between centres and turned a tenon then mounted in the chuck. Despite the appearance of the base the tenon was quite solid.
Matt, I was extremely cautious to start but it soon became apparent (after a little catch) that it was reasonably solid. I did stop and check for movement/weakness regularly.
Thanks Skew, Ill see how I go with another. I have learnt a bit from this piece and have a good idea what sort of wood I would want if trying again. In my mind this one isn't quite good enough to enter in a competition. A couple of little imperfections that have been strategically hidden from the camera.
Ted, the piece is 250 mm tall by 180 wide.
Hi smiife, As I said above, once i got into it it wasnt as scary as I first thought. But it was up there on the difficulty scale. Had a couple of little catches and they both took a bit of bark off the edge.
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8th September 2019, 08:22 PM #11
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An interesting and bold piece of turning (almost sculptural), well done.
Saw an image on tv last night that reminded me of the form.
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8th September 2019, 09:35 PM #12
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Thanks AB, sometimes an idea works, sometimes its firewood. As your image shows, there is not much that hasn't been done before.
TonyYou can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Oscar Wilde
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9th September 2019, 09:46 PM #13
Tony, how did you stop the "wings" from flexing?
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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9th September 2019, 10:24 PM #14
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G'day Jim. I turned the outside first then turned the inside in small steps taking each step to final thickness before moving on.
TonyYou can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Oscar Wilde
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9th September 2019, 11:37 PM #15
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holy crap, that is a work of art. The more I look at it the more I luv it.
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