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Just a few turnings... *pic heavy post*
« on: January 22, 2011, 11:14:28 AM »
I've been asked to share some of my turnings, and I managed to find a few images to share with the class. Unfortunately, I didn't think about taking too many pictures over the years unless it was to post a question or answer at one of the woodturning forums I frequent, consequently, my pictures are not really representative of my body of work as a whole, and they suck since most of them were just snapped on-the-fly with very little setup involved. I plan on working on photography and documentation of my adventures in turning a little more this year. Anyway, this pretty much covers the "types" of turning I do.

This is just a collection of "stuff" I put together one day when I was actually practicing on my photography... it still didn't work out so hot. I'll also add that I did not turn the round decorative piece... that was a gift from a friend and sits on our entertainment center.


This is a little walnut box... 2.5” tall and 2.75” wide


A sycamore candy dish... This one is 3-1/4" wide at the rim, 4-1/2" at it's widest point and about 2-1/2" tall... sanded to 400, buffed with OOOO steel wool and finished with boiled linseed oil


A sycamore bowl... before and after... It's 5-3/4" wide at the rim, 2" deep, and a consistent 3/8" thick... sanded to 800 grit and no finish yet.



Another sycamore bowl... if you hadn't noticed yet, I love me some sycamore...


A couple of turned and carved whistles from way back... and a long time before I discovered the macro setting....


Back when Harry potter was popular I made a bunch of wands for the kiddies...


A goblet turned from some wood that I can't remember what it was...


I will chuck up about anything I get my hands on... this was some experimentation I did with bowling pins...


No... that's not a giant quarter replica...


And I never throw anything away... this little white oak bowl tore its self apart while the roughout was drying, and I stuffed the cracks full of coffee grounds and CA and finished it anyway...


I also go out through the woods searching out interesting chunks-O-wood and come up with some decent stuff from time to time... these are some oak finds...





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Re: Just a few turnings... *pic heavy post*
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 11:23:47 AM »
Great looking pieces. I have only turned a few pieces other than calls. I tried bowls twice. Both times they came flying off and the second time just missed my head. I quickly decided I needed more knowledge before trying that again. Love your goblets too, those are great. Heck, it's all great. Nice work and thanks for posting the pictures.
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Re: Just a few turnings... *pic heavy post*
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2011, 11:36:25 AM »
Braz...

I had several IFO's when I first started spinning bowls. Over time I developed a light touch and I don't ever "hog" off material anymore. I finally realized that I'm not a production turner, so time isn't of any consequence to me. When someone asks me how long something will take me to finish I just tell them It'll be done when it's done.
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Re: Just a few turnings... *pic heavy post*
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2011, 11:52:48 AM »
Very nice work Donnie. By the looks of the wands you turned you should have a good start on your strikers. The figure in that oak is just amazing and I can almost picture what it would have looked like on the bottom of a pot call. I have turned a few bowls with a little success but nothing like what you have shown here.
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Re: Just a few turnings... *pic heavy post*
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2011, 12:10:45 PM »
woodwzrd...

I can't wait to get that oak sawn so I can see what it's gonna look like after it's blanked out. I just hope that the swirls and curls are deep enough into the wood that it'll still have some drama left when I'm done with it. We had a tornado come through here several years ago and there are a lot of trees in the woods around here that were badly damaged and have since either died or are in the process of dieing... especially a lot of tall oaks.
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Re: Just a few turnings... *pic heavy post*
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 05:48:03 PM »
Nice work ya got there. That little goblet is amazing
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Re: Just a few turnings... *pic heavy post*
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2011, 10:41:37 PM »
Great looking stuff there I just like to try every thing out you never know till you try sometimes we need to try more than once but I think in the end it makes you a better turner to learn the different ways to make things
If you don't learn something new every day your not paying attention!!
Hey that was pretty good!!
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