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[paulrbarnard]

Something simple and quick for me today. My daughter wanted a shelf and hanging rail in her bedroom. Spurned the offer of a full built in, just wanted the rail…
Anyway bit of left over 12mm ply later

Once that was done I was then informed there were three blinds to go up as well. I only took tools for the shelf so finished u cutting the blinds to length with the track saw. It was surprisingly successful. I wrapped tape around the blind where I needed to cut and plunged through the blind material and the metal core. Cleanest cut I’ve ever managed on a blind…

 

[mwinfrance]

I only took tools for the shelf so finished u cutting the blinds to length with the track saw. It was surprisingly successful. I wrapped tape around the blind where I needed to cut and plunged through the blind material and the metal core. Cleanest cut I’ve ever managed on a blind…

Useful to know.

 

[Dan James]

Total novice, I've just finished my first ever project which is a set of nesting trays. Handles didn't turn out too great on 2 of 3 but I'm getting a bit more used th the router now and successfully made a decent template for the next time.

 

[danst96]

Coffee table in Myrtle and Black walnut

Now that's a river table I can get onboard with!

That is some fine woodworking sir.

 

[aet1]

There is always a back-story about my work. This one begins with my wife ( who was 14 at the time and living in a squat) rummaging through a skip when her parents threw out all her grandparent's stuff. One of the things she collected was this table, which means a lot to her.

You will notice the Bakelite cups under the legs. Her grandfather decided it was too tall to reach his teacup from his chair - so he cut the legs to length leaving a sawn end (I think he did it as a joke for his wife, probably a response to her repeatedly telling him to do it). My wife asked me to sort out watermarks and stains on the top - and get rid of the Bakelite cups.

So it then looked like this:

Still needing some feet I made 4 of these from the leftovers of stair handrails:

Now I ask leniency from the woodturners, I last did some turning when I was 14, that's 60 years ago.

Not only that I don't have a lathe - so rummaged around for a toy one I picked up at a garage sale to give to a grandchild:

which is why I had to bevel the corners of the feet - to make them fit on the lathe!

As she wanted the barley twist parts and frame to keep their worn look the table is now almost like this because I'm darned if I can work out how to take a picture with the legs looking perpendicular, and cleaning the lens might have helped a bit too.

 

[pat from Marck]

So whilst moving bits around in the makerspace I found a piece of spalted Sycamore I forgot I had so I mounted it and produced this ...
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Took inspiration from you as its nugget day here in France their equivalent to our may day steph wanted a vase for one of her friends so turned this one out

 

[mwinfrance]

pat from Marck

Took inspiration from you as its nugget day here in France their equivalent to our may day steph wanted a vase for one of her friends so turned this one out

"nugget day"
Muguet ( moo gay ) ( lilly of the valley, which BTW is poisonous ) is what the french give each other on the 1st of May..1er Mai ( prem ee ay may ).

 

[Stigmorgan]

Took inspiration from you as its nugget day here in France their equivalent to our may day steph wanted a vase for one of her friends so turned this one out

That's gorgeous

 

[Hornbeam]

It is quite impressive how much grain can recover with a gentle V hot water / steam. Ian

 

[Stigmorgan]

Our head teacher mentioned a while ago that he and his husband had a wedding goblet with 2 captive rings but it got broken so yesterday I mounted a piece of oak and started removing wood, got it turned ok, the rings aren't perfect with some tear out but it can't really be seen unless you look for it.

 

[Fred48]

Our head teacher mentioned a while ago that he and his husband had a wedding goblet with 2 captive rings but it got broken so yesterday I mounted a piece of oak and started removing wood, got it turned ok, the rings aren't perfect with some tear out but it can't really be seen unless you look for it.
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@Stigmorgan
Beautifully proportioned and executed. Love it.
Fred

 

[Stigmorgan]

@Stigmorgan
Beautifully proportioned and executed. Love it.
Fred

Got lucky with the two tone heartwood on this one

 

[Fred48]

Got lucky with the two tone heartwood on this one

I've never seen that before. A beautiful feature.

 

[Lefley]

So a colleague is leaving and I was asked if I could turn something as a leaving gift for him, so I decided to use the opportunity to do somethi g I've wanted to try for a long time now, a captured ring goblet, I'm super happy with the goblet, the ring is not perfect but considering I only had my bowl gouge, skew and narrow parting tool it's pretty good. Used a piece of the red conifer I got from my arborist and sanded it to 500G, sanding the ring was not fun.
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I love your skill on captive rings. I saw this piece today, I did not make it. A take off on the ring idea. I find the rounded lid rim causes my eye to stop at it. which I find a bad thing, but I love the concept. I think if the lid was mor less chunky it would be a better piece in my eyes. I think when you look at really good piece it should be flowing, your eye should go up and down it without abruptly stopping at a certain element, I found when I started making multi element pieces I got better at an accelerated rate. It makes you think how each piece affects the whole in relation to size and shape. Just something to think about. When I look at your glass above it is very pleasing to the eye. Keep up the good work.

 

[Stigmorgan]

I love your skill on captive rings. I saw this piece today, I did not make it. A take off on the ring idea. I find the rounded lid rim causes my eye to stop at it. which I find a bad thing, but I love the concept. I think if the lid was mor less chunky it would be a better piece in my eyes. I think when you look at really good piece it should be flowing, your eye should go up and down it without abruptly stopping at a certain element, I found when I started making multi element pieces I got better at an accelerated rate. It makes you think how each piece affects the whole in relation to size and shape. Just something to think about. When I look at your glass above it is very pleasing to the eye. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Glen, I agree with you, the lid on that piece would have been better if was flush with the form rather than overhanging. My next piece is likely going to be a bowl then possibly a few more captive ring items then I want to start looking into hollow forms once I can save up to get a hollowing tool (although choosing one may be almost as hard as saving up for it)

 

[Lefley]

Thanks Glen, I agree with you, the lid on that piece would have been better if was flush with the form rather than overhanging. My next piece is likely going to be a bowl then possibly a few more captive ring items then I want to start looking into hollow forms once I can save up to get a hollowing tool (although choosing one may be almost as hard as saving up for it)

Thanks Glen, I agree with you, the lid on that piece would have been better if was flush with the form rather than overhanging. My next piece is likely going to be a bowl then possibly a few more captive ring items then I want to start looking into hollow forms once I can save up to get a hollowing tool (although choosing one may be almost as hard as saving up for it)

I took another look at this. See if you agree . When I take the top away it does not look that bad. I think it might be how the lid is constructed.

 

[Stigmorgan]

I took another look at this. See if you agree . When I take the top away it does not look that bad. I think it might be how the lid is constructed.

Agreed, I can see why they did it, trying to tie the lid into the stand, as you say removing the top bit completely and just curving it over would look good, personally though I'd still remove the overhang too.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Well ladies and gents I think I may have outdone myself on this one, the shape and finish are, to my eye at least, almost perfect, of all the pieces I've ever made I'm most in love with this one, I can't stop picking it up and looking at it, will be keeping this one for a while before listing it for sale.
The pictures dont do it justice but here you go, Oak bowl, 8.5inches at the rim, cracks filled with gold glitter and CA, sanded to 320g then abrasive paste and wax finish

 

[Jameshow]

Well ladies and gents I think I may have outdone myself on this one, the shape and finish are, to my eye at least, almost perfect, of all the pieces I've ever made I'm most in love with this one, I can't stop picking it up and looking at it, will be keeping this one for a while before listing it for sale.
The pictures dont do it justice but here you go, Oak bowl, 8.5inches at the rim, cracks filled with gold glitter and CA, sanded to 320g then abrasive paste and wax finish
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Lovely, I feel completely inadequate!!!

 

[mwinfrance]

Superb, now take it back in before those clouds rain on it.