First piece, some chisels and a demo piece for interest

[xc-mtbr]

Hi all right finally got some chisels Robert Sorby set pictured below, very happy!!

Also pictured is a coconut turned goblet thingy which i watched at a demo from my local woodturning group, very interesting and something i'd love to do once proficient.

Now i have chisels the other two pics are of the first things i have ever turned, fabulous experience and my alarm is set for 6 tomorrow to get cracking!! So adicitve, the piece isn't anything specific just practising beads,v'd and curves etc etc

Thanks for looking Tony

 

[Bodrighy]

Are you saying that that is the first thing you have ever turned?If so it is bloody marvelous. Where is the end grain tear out, where are the tool marks, where is the sanding rings? It looks like oak which just adds insult to injury as it is not the easiest of woods to get a good finish on. Next step hollow forms and trembleurs? I am sorry but this is not good enough. Please show us the tatty pieces that the rest of us turned out when we started

Pete

 

[big soft moose]

Nice - for a first go

put a recess in the top and you've made a candle stick - then the challenge is to make a matching one

( I recognise that wood )

 

[skeetoids]

Seriously well done.

Excellent practice piece and as BSM says, make a candleabra!

Good choice on the tools BTW, my first set too and I love 'em :wink:

 

[xc-mtbr]

Thanks thats really nice of you guys, wood wise, im unsure, it came from an old church pew but was not thick enough alone, so i glued two pieces together to turn and practice on thats the line you can see on the left.
Tools are fab i'm so happy its untrue, most of this was done with the skew chisel i found this easiest to handle.

 

[big soft moose]

with the skew chisel i found this easiest to handle.

now we really hate you :lol:

you are clearly a natural, as most turners (me included) find the skew the hardest thing to pick up.

 

[Bodrighy]

I was impressed with a first turning, if you did it with a skew I think you are a ringer.

pete

 

[xc-mtbr]

lol, beginners luck, rest will be pony you watch

 

[Bodrighy]

We're watching believe it. There have been a rash of 'gifted newbies' lately so expect feedback.

pete