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    Segmented clock

    Further from my work with segmented rounds, here is a clock I made of rimu and cedar.
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  2. Thread: Plum bowl

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    Plum bowl

    Had a scrappy looking piece of plum

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    First cut on the jig, thought I had enough rimu,...

    First cut on the jig, thought I had enough rimu, but had to use a bit of cedar.
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    Worked out a protoype jig, worked good, made up a...

    Worked out a protoype jig, worked good, made up a bit better one with semi-permanent stops.

    530738 Doing the outer curve.

    530739 Pivot the jig around to do the inner curve.

    530740 And the...
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    Made another jig for the bandsaw, cut heaps of...

    Made another jig for the bandsaw, cut heaps of small sections.
    The segments fitted into a drawn diagram, but when fitted together still had a 1/2 segment gap.
    Moved the sections out like a camera...
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    Photo of the jig, will look at making a metal...

    Photo of the jig, will look at making a metal one.
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    Thanks, just need a some fettling to the...

    Thanks, just need a some fettling to the prototype jig and it should be good.
    Will post a photo tomorrow.
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    Segmented lazy-Susan

    Gidday, made these segments on the bandsaw, supposed to be 12, but had a measurement wrong so made a half-size segment.
    Lost a bit of timber when sanding and some of the curves didn't quite match...
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    Some cuts from the above. 530268

    Some cuts from the above.

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    Curved section jig

    Gidday, had been thinking about making curved sections, like a camera shutter.
    Cogitated for a while, and made this today, for 30 degree sections at 115mm radius.
    Couple of pieces cut from scrap as...
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    Swamp kauri, and olive bowls

    Had some small bits of timber lying around.
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    Swamp Kauri, from the same block of wood.
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    Olive bowls
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  12. Another couple of bowls, silky oak, and pohutukawa

    Found this silky oak bowl I'd started years ago, turned when green and left to dry out, gave it a sand and wax, viola.
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    Also had some pohutukawa drying out.

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    Rata and rimu bowl

    Had some rata lying around, had heard it wouldn't turn well. Tends to split but has a nice grain.
    First two pictures of the first attempt, and last two of a rimu insert I put in after cutting our...
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    Segmented pallet-timber bowl

    Found a post on-line about making the above, so decided to have a go.
    Had some strips of pallet-timber left over so cut to length and what I thought was a 10 degree angle, glued together in a...
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    Yep, here's the tutorial, haven't got around to...

    Yep, here's the tutorial, haven't got around to changing the dimensions yet.

    Trircle Bowls : 8 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables
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    Tassie blackwood bowls

    Found a tutorial on the web for band-sawing tri-angular bowls.
    These are the smaller ones from a set up.
    Tassie blackwood with an oil finish.
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    Olive knife holder

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    Mate asked me to make him a knife holder, olive and purpleheart, end result, only has one slight mistake.
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    Went and saw the installed unit today.505563

    Went and saw the installed unit today.505563
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    Got it sorted, think there had been a gum build...

    Got it sorted, think there had been a gum build up in the bushes on the rollers due t to dust getting in, causing the chain to break. There's only a bush in each end. the mounting block is wider on...
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    Well, got the carriage with motor, cutter, and...

    Well, got the carriage with motor, cutter, and rollers off. The chain drive from the motor to the feed rollers was broken, have a suspicion the bearings in the feed rollers are knackered, when the...
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    Thanks aldav, will have a look in the morning....

    Thanks aldav, will have a look in the morning. Was wondering how the feed is geared to be different from the cutter head, if any? Disregard that last bit, found out about the gearbox.
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    Tooline 300 thicknesser not feeding

    Arvo all, my thicknesser has stopped feeding timber through. Is there a woodruff key somewhere that might have sheared? Or does anyone have a diagram?
    The rollers turn in unison by hand but not...
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    I'm in
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    Refurbished kauri bowl

    Got asked to have a look at a bowl that needed some work, wasn't as bad as I expected. Sanded the old finish off and waxed it.

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    Puriri vanity top

    Hi all, repurposing a coffee table into a vanity top from puriri. The table was pretty warped and twisted, also 10mm difference in thickness from one side to the other. Used a routing sled to level...
  26. Thread: Olive bowl

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    Olive bowl

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    Bit of olive lying around, one coat of Danish oil so far.
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    Kauri root object

    Didn't want to try to get any thinner, wax finish.

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    Purpleheart bowl

    Thought I had better get back into things again, had a length of purpleheart so cut and glued into a suitable piece.501437
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    Finished with Danish oil. the pallet wood one...

    Finished with Danish oil. the pallet wood one should be ok for pizzas, hopefully be cut when on the tray.
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    Platter selection

    Finally got my a into g again. Was asked to make a platter for pizzas but got carried away.
    Pallet timber, purpleheart and plane tree, and NZ native timbers with a bit of purpleheart in.
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    Purpleheart thing

    Got given a piece of purpleheart last year, worked it shape and left it to dry out, sanded it up today and put a coat of acrylic on.
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    Do all mine outside, dust everywhere.

    Do all mine outside, dust everywhere.
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    Hi, these were all power-carved out with King...

    Hi, these were all power-carved out with King Arthur Galahad disc.
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    Assorted carved bowls

    Here's a selection of bowls, mainly carved out of irregular shaped bits of wood.
    Includes plum, silky oak, pohutukawa and olive woods.

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  36. Thread: Plum bowl

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    Most of the other ones I've turned green have had...

    Most of the other ones I've turned green have had an even edge around the lip, I could get the walls a bit thinner, not the best idea on something like these.
  37. Thread: Plum bowl

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    Plum bowl

    Hi all, got back on the tools again this week, another plum bowl, turned dampish so will be interesting to see how it comes out. Wondering if sealing the surfaces will slow the drying out down.
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    Thanks, think the timber came from Asia...

    Thanks, think the timber came from Asia somewhere, nice smelling stuff. The legs are inspired by the piers for the clip-ons on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
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    Pallet coffee table

    Had a few bits of hardwood timber from some pallets taking up space in the shop, so thought I'd make a table. Finished in Danish oil, the bowl is plum wood.

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    Timber id please

    Could one of you knowledgeable people have an idea what sort of timber this is? Pretty sure it's an Oz import to NZ, nice tight grain as per picture and has smaller branches shooting off the sides of...
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    I've only been turning for a couple of years now,...

    I've only been turning for a couple of years now, and found that turning the green timber easier than dry.
    I turn the walls down to about 6mm and let the bowls dry. The top edges warp a bit but...
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    Picked it up on the weekend, more accessories...

    Picked it up on the weekend, more accessories than one could shake a stick at, Nova chucks, with 4sets of jaws, Sorby chisels, about 10 or so, sanding discs, rests, and other stuff i haven't worked...
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    Thanks Colin and Jerry.

    Thanks Colin and Jerry.
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    Think the swing is about 350mm. There's aheap of...

    Think the swing is about 350mm. There's aheap of accessories in the bench as well.

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    Have found out they were a variant of a...

    Have found out they were a variant of a Rockwell/Delta model.
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    Tauco 38" lathe

    Gidday all, I've been offered one of the above, with chisels and chucks, etc. Single phase 3/4 hp motor.
    Anyone here had experience with them and have idea on value?
    Think it needs a tidy up, the...
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    Black wattle vase

    Turned this green, interesting to see how the shape changes when drying. Acrylic finish on outside.
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  48. Thread: Plum bowl

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    Plum bowl

    Another plum bowl, acrylic finish.
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    ust to stop it rolling off the platform. J

    ust to stop it rolling off the platform.
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    Thought that the OP's question re 8 a quarter,...

    Thought that the OP's question re 8 a quarter, etc, meant 8.25.
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