New photograph added to gallery

[Cutting Crew]

Hi All,

I have added another piece to the gallery, this done as part of the article on texturing as was the platter Char-Grilled, the texturing on this new piece A Taste Of The Orient, was mainly done using a Foredom unit from the US.

Just click on the link A Taste Of The Orient

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[Alf]

Incredible! :shock: How long did it take you? (to the nearest year... :wink: )

Cheers, Alf

 

[Cutting Crew]

Hi Alf,

Thanks, roughly thirty minutes to turn the box and lid, the texturing about an hour and a half. The two tone finish and lacquering stretched out over a few days due to drying and curing times but probably only a few hours work in all.

Believe it or not I enjoyed just sitting there at the lathe with the Foredom carving merrily away.

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[DaveL]

I must admit to being intrigued by the carving on this piece, any chance of a picture of the tool used to do it?

 

[Cutting Crew]

Hi Dave,

The Foredom is basically an expensive Dremel, the flexible shaft motor driven type where the motor hangs suspended from a support arm.

The cutters used are the same as most dentists use during their normal work, I would imagine the Dremel type cutters would do the job as well.

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[DaveL]

CC,

You have more patience than me if you sat and cut each of those little holes one at a time :shock: