Another collection of joined up wood bits.

[CHJ]

Ash and Walnut 250mm diam. (and a few bits of brass)

In Flat Pack form.

 

[procell]

Very nice. just wondering if it will pick up sky channels

 

[Silverbirch]

Simple lines and very elegant.
Very nice!

Ian

 

[Dalboy]

Very nice. What are the connectors from.

 

[CHJ]

... What are the connectors from.

Custom turned brass studs and nut bushes.

 

[tekno.mage]

Very nice. just wondering if it will pick up sky channels

Obviously not, it's pointing the wrong way

Really, it's a very nice cake stand. I like the threaded connectors.

 

[CHJ]

..... I like the threaded connectors.

They are something you could do on a wood lathe with a little care, the knurling would be a problem but a series of skew chisel grooves and some coarse sandpaper should do to increase the grip.

These are for the three in work at the moment.

 

[Dalboy]

They are something you could do on a wood lathe with a little care, the knurling would be a problem but a series of skew chisel grooves and some coarse sandpaper should do to increase the grip.

I wonder if the Robert Sorby spiralling tool would do the trick.

 

[gregmcateer]

Very nice, Chas.
Your patience and obvious skill never cease to amaze me
Greg

 

[CHJ]

Very nice, Chas.
Your patience and obvious skill never cease to amaze me
Greg

Not a lot of patience these days I'm afraid, skill? mostly down to nearly 40 years working in a research environment that helps think outside the box and find easy routes to most tasks, often eliminating the need to spend time perfecting hand and craft skills.

Sample:-- needed to bore some 8mm holes on size and true in the walnut connecting pieces above and the Plates.
Used an engineering Centre Drill, not influenced by grain etc. rather than a standard twist drill. Avoided any chance of oversize and reduced care and attention needed.

Think about Work Flow, complete tasks in an economical fashion that avoids repeated chuck & tool changing then there's less chance of getting bored with a project because it's taking a long time to complete.

 

[CHJ]

A few more to add to the collection.

 

[EnErY]

Another awesome piece chas you never mess up :lol: :lol: :lol:
Regards
Bill

 

[CHJ]

Came across one being prepared for use over the holidays.

 

[Grahamshed]

As Silverbirch said. Very elegant. Looks really classy.

 

[MMUK]

Came across one being prepared for use over the holidays.

Reading the thread I was going to say that something was missing then I saw this post :mrgreen:

 

[monkeybiter]

Apart from the obvious quality of work I like the combination of Walnut and Ash. I'm not a fan of Ash [is there something wrong with me?] but I think in this piece it looks just right in contrast with the Walnut.

If I may be so bold I think the central spindles could benefit from more of a continuous curve crossing the platters than is obvious from the photo's, suggestive of piercing the platters. It could just be the point of view though.

 

[CHJ]

......If I may be so bold I think the central spindles could benefit from more of a continuous curve crossing the platters than is obvious from the photo's, suggestive of piercing the platters. It could just be the point of view though.

I can see what you mean and did sketch it out as 'lighthouse curve' but it ended up too large a diameter at base or too fragile at top.

 

[woodfarmer]

Really clean lines and form.
a question? How do you find working with Walnut? It so happens I have access to a walnut tree trunk, is 250 mile trip so debating on it. size is known and there should be at least three metres of more than 12" diameter trunk.

 

[CHJ]

.... How do you find working with Walnut? ...

I think it must be my all time wood of choice for ease of machining and finishing.