Some turnings from today

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  • Bill in Buena Park
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 1865
    • Buena Park, CA
    • CM 21829

    Some turnings from today

    I haven't had much productive shop time lately (I did finally install a HF airhose reel, but no product has resulted yet from that ). Today I decided to try to turn a pen from an old ficus branch. Drilled out the pith for the tubes, BLO/CA finish, and the pen in the pictures below is the result. Also hadn't turned a bowl in a while, so took a chunk of spalted maple and made the one in the pictures below, finish is just turner's wax. Forgot how hard and slow old maple is to turn... Thanks for looking.
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    Last edited by Bill in Buena Park; 11-01-2014, 09:27 PM.
    Bill in Buena Park
  • Black wallnut
    cycling to health
    • Jan 2003
    • 4715
    • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
    • BT3k 1999

    #2
    Nice looking stuff!
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    • Richard in Smithville
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      • Oct 2006
      • 3014
      • On the TARDIS
      • BT 3100

      #3
      Beautiful work Bill.
      From the "deep south" part of Canada

      Richard in Smithville

      http://richardspensandthings.blogspot.com/

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      • Two Much
        Established Member
        • Mar 2003
        • 365
        • Long Island, NY
        • (two) Ryobe BT-3's

        #4
        That is so nice. The bowl is so pretty.
        I wish I could turn like that .

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        • gerti
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          • Dec 2003
          • 2233
          • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
          • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

          #5
          Nice job on the bowl! Ficus? Interesting, how did that turn and finish?

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          • Bill in Buena Park
            Veteran Member
            • Nov 2007
            • 1865
            • Buena Park, CA
            • CM 21829

            #6
            Thanks all for the kind comments.

            Gerti, the ficus was soft, and turned very easily. I'm wondering if too soft to make a durable pen for any length of time, but I'm not enamored yet of the spiral-cut grain look to it - it reminds me of plywood.

            And to be more accurate about the spalted maple I used for the bowl, it is more properly "ambrosia" maple. Here is a slightly smaller bowl I turned from another chunk of it. This one had BLO applied, then the turner's wax.
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            Bill in Buena Park

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            • gerti
              Veteran Member
              • Dec 2003
              • 2233
              • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
              • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

              #7
              Thanks for the info on the ficus. Nice job on the other bowl too!

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              • lrr
                Established Member
                • Apr 2006
                • 380
                • Fort Collins, Colorado
                • Ryobi BT-3100

                #8
                Maple bowls are very nice. I've mostly turned "spindle" stuff --pens, tool handles, wine stoppers, and a couple peppermills. I did buy a bowl gouge about 6 months ago. Need to turn a handle for it, and then maybe I can consider bowls and other "non-spindle" projects.
                Lee

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                • atgcpaul
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                  • Aug 2003
                  • 4055
                  • Maryland
                  • Grizzly 1023SLX

                  #9
                  Bill, nice work. How big is that bowl?

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                  • Bill in Buena Park
                    Veteran Member
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 1865
                    • Buena Park, CA
                    • CM 21829

                    #10
                    Thanks Lee & Paul. The bowl from the first post is a 6inch bowl, and the second one is a 5 inch bowl.
                    Bill in Buena Park

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