For those who recall this thread with the first turned component, I finally got around to finishing the handle and the soundblock. This is my first gavel, and it was a fun project. This style is really more of a speaker's gavel, and I will likely make a few more as gifts to colleagues. This one is solid cherry, as is the sound block. Thanks for looking.
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I meant to include dimensions - so here they are: 10.5 inches in total length (head + handle); head length - 3.5 inches; head diameter - 2 inches; soundblock diameter - 3.5 inches.Bill in Buena Park -
nice looking work. Sure to make some judge or speaker happy.Loring in Katy, TX USA
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Loring, Richard, thanks for your kind words.
Richard, I used BLO to try to bring some grain out of this otherwise grainless cherry, and enhance the contrast between heartwood/sapwood on the head, then finished with shellac.
The project also got me to use the jumbo face jaws that came with my PSI economy chuck, to produce a little hollow underneath the soundblock (like a little platter), which is supposed to enhance the sound quality. I liked the jaws, and will likely use them more often for bowls and such instead of just my screw chuck and dovetail jaws.Bill in Buena ParkComment
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Very nice, I think on of those might get our 2 year old granddaughter attention. Then again attention and listening are two very different things.
Mike
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