Penguins

[alexf]

I have been asked to make some penguins. I presume it would be better to glue some light and dark wood together for this. Does anyone have a picture of a turned one so that I can steal their design.

 

[henton49er]

I have been asked to make some penguins. I presume it would be better to glue some light and dark wood together for this. Does anyone have a picture of a turned one so that I can steal their design.

Do you mean the birds or the chocolate biscuits? :wink: :wink:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&si ... Na9Bizm_zw

 

[nev]

http://twentytwentyone.com/product/re-turned-penguin
the series of images will give you an idea of construction.

 

[thomvic]

£60!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They're comedians not penguins. £60 retail, less £10 VAT, less 33% margin £17, less delivery to retailer say £3 for ease of reckoning = £30 to supplier. I reckon that, after getting a method sorted any half decent turner could make at least 20 of these a day. £600 a day less a few quid for materials - say £50 still leaves £2750 per week! I'd come out of retirement for that - if only I could find a way into the market.

Richard

 

[monkeybiter]

£60!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They're comedians not penguins. £60 retail, less £10 VAT, less 33% margin £17, less delivery to retailer say £3 for ease of reckoning = £30 to supplier. I reckon that, after getting a method sorted any half decent turner could make at least 20 of these a day. £600 a day less a few quid for materials - say £50 still leaves £2750 per week! I'd come out of retirement for that - if only I could find a way into the market.

Richard

And it's recycled wood !

Having said/agreed with that, could you [anybody :roll: ] sell 100/week ?

 

[monkeybiter]

I must firstly apologise for deviating from the topic but I just looked deeper into that site linked by Nev and I was transported into an alternate reality where the decimal point appears to live one digit to the right
http://twentytwentyone.com/products/gifts-and-accessories/objects

A concrete bowl for £240, coloured bottles for a grand !

As they said in MontyPython; fornicate the penguins, just put an insane price on anything ordinary and you'll be set.

 

[marcros]

in fairness though.

You are thinking that a bowl made from the same stuff that you put a shed base down with isnt good value at £240. The person looking to buy it has probably never put a shed base down and wants something unusual and "arty" and sees it as the going rate for such a bowl.

Likewise, a turned piece of scrap at £60 is a lot, but to somebody with no knowledge or tools to produce it- an unusual decorative object is probably not bad value at that. Each to their own.

The manufacturers of TV's are probably killing themselves at what we pay for them, knowing how little they cost to make. But most of us dont have the means/tools/knowledge to make our own.

 

[darkness]

These are the way i make them

 

[marcros]

These are the way i make them

Yew?

 

[nev]

Like Mr Darkness' but with a different shaped body, you can have male and female birds (google Kristian Vedel)

 

[alexf]

Well I managed the penguins. However I have now been asked to make owls. Has anyone made any?. I will probably need to carve the face.

 

[nev]

Well I managed the penguins. However I have now been asked to make owls. Has anyone made any?. I will probably need to carve the face.

I reckon shorter and fatter, smaller beak and flat drill bit to make the face/ eyes and you're away

 

[alexf]

Here is my first attempt

 

[Vic Perrin]

I liked the Penguins so I thought I would have a go.

 

[John51]

Putting 'reclaimed' in the description seems to move the decimal point to the left. I've seen corner blocks from pallets with a few holes for pencils @ £27.50 on etsy. Any buyers must have no idea what chemicals a pallet can be exposed to.

Over a decade ago, when the 'reclaimed' fad was gathering momentum, I saw a TV show featuring a guy that made video cabinets from old doors. £1k a pop and ugly as sin.

 

[marcros]

Putting 'reclaimed' in the description seems to move the decimal point to the left. I've seen corner blocks from pallets with a few holes for pencils @ £27.50 on etsy. Any buyers must have no idea what chemicals a pallet can be exposed to.

Over a decade ago, when the 'reclaimed' fad was gathering momentum, I saw a TV show featuring a guy that made video cabinets from old doors. £1k a pop and ugly as sin.

I agree with you, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and don't let us devalue work to te cost of the material that goes into it!

 

[Bodrighy]

If people are prepared to pay silly money then good luck to the sellers. It's no different to some of the designer furniture and accessories out there that cost up to 5 figures and are not any better than stuff you get in a reasonable high street store. My personal gripe is more against those who make things then sell them for the cost of the wood or sometimes less.

Pete

 

[Doris]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. But how does one create the laminates effectively with the breasts. I've done laminations before, but not so the shape curves.

 

[alexf]

Just glue the light and dark pieces together then turn the shape.
I have some to make so I will try to take some photos as I go along. It maybe Monday before I get to it SWIMBO has plans for me this weekend.

 

[Doris]

Excellent. Thank you.