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[Lefley]

Made 3 more Laurel bells yesterday, they're averaging around an hour each start to finish, these 3 have Ash clappers and yes I know the handles are a little wonky
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Wonky is good, it gives the illusion of it being used or ringing. I love it.

 

[akirk]

Playing with bowls for Christmas presents… padauk

 

[clogs]

stunning......

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Cleaned up all the red dust yet, have you?

 

[Jonzjob]

Definitely a one off! Featured in another thread

Stabilising a banana covered pottery vase?​

And if you can give any advise on that theme I would be VERY grateful

 

[Blister]

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Classic design, Looks to be well turned and finished , Lovely.

 

[sneggysteve]

Bit of forestry work for Xmas

 

[akirk]

Cleaned up all the red dust yet, have you?

Not sure it ever really goes but the whole workshop had a clean this morning and yes there is still dust there!

 

[benitod]

Made 3 more Laurel bells yesterday, they're averaging around an hour each start to finish, these 3 have Ash clappers and yes I know the handles are a little wonky
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They are cute

 

[scooby]

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That really is lovely. Whoever is the recipient, subtly advise them not to put it in a place where it’s not going to get blasted by the sun. I turned a load of apples and a bowlfor my mum. Theyve been exposed to sunlight constantly for a couple of years and the padauk and purple heart ones have gone not a no so nice shade of brown.

 

[scooby]

First go using ebonising lacquer and gilt cream on ash. Not super happy about the shape, in my mind it’s got a ’genie in a lamp’ vibe going on. Quite pleased with the finish though.

 

[alex robinson]

Some bowls (apologies for the non turned tables!) for a work craft fair

 

[Stigmorgan]

So I've used up what Laurel I have that's big enough for the bells, think I have 9 or 10, yesterday and today I started using some Hawthorn, made 5 bodies yesterday and another 5 today, managing to get them so thin that I can apply the wax on the inside and buff it off of the outside saturating with wax seems to be preventing them from warping. Tomorrow I'll make the handles and clappers for them, still trying to work out what to price them at for the Xmas fair next week, I'm thinking between £10 and £15 each

 

[Lefley]

Boy, I'm going to have to see if ive got some extra yellow cedar burl to send your way, they are looking awesome!

 

[CliveB]

Just finished a yarn bowl made from cherry, it's 7" diameter by 4" tall. My wife designed the slot.

Clive

 

[Stigmorgan]

Boy, I'm going to have to see if ive got some extra yellow cedar burl to send your way, they are looking awesome!

That would make gorgeous bells I start off with a piece around 2inch diameter and 3inches long, straight into the chuck and it just about gives me enough room to use the gouge at the top of the bell without constantly hitting the chuck, I can then make the ball/clapper with what's left once I part the bell off
I'm going to use some of the magogony/iroko I have to make the handles, I like the contrast, the last 4 Laurel bells I made have cherry handles and the colours are similar and they don't look as good as the first ones I did with darker handles.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Here's the finished bells, 10 Hawthorn bells with mahogany/iroko handles, most of the clappers are the same material, a few are from scraps of the Hawthorn. Absolutely in love with these, they haven't warped much and the grain is simple but stunning.

 

[scooby]

A few more gonks for christmas. Didn’t notice the centre dimple in the nose at first (it was the end of a long day at work). Combined tiredness/laziness didn’t fancy turning another so I’m calling it a ‘feature’. Some of the bobbles aren’t great either

 

[scooby]

Stig, those bells are really nice. Well done.

 

[Lefley]

A few more gonks for christmas. Didn’t notice the centre dimple in the nose at first (it was the end of a long day at work). Combined tiredness/laziness didn’t fancy turning another so I’m calling it a ‘feature’. Some of the bobbles aren’t great either

I love them