Some of my 2015 Challenges and Churnings.

[Paul.J]

You can never have enoght room Chas
Your shed was chokka last time i saw it,so should think its bursting at the seams now :shock:

 

[CHJ]

Managed enough shed time for another of the same ilk.

Ash, 175mm dia.

 

[Paul.J]

Very nice Chas
Got any tips on sanding Ash Chas,the pieces i've tried lately are taking an age to get the sanding marks out and then i'm not really happy with the finish

 

[CHJ]

I slow speed rotary sand for starters Paul, then finish off sanding with the grain if any hard spots are still carrying any scores.

I'm only sanding down to 240 grit with the above items.
Rotary sanding is done with a slow small Bosch battery drill/driver and with lathe speed down about 500-600 rpm max. or often stationary, letting the abrasive pad follow the grain direction.

Fresh free cutting abrasive seems to be the answer to scratch removal frustration, blunt abrasive only adds time and takes ages to shift the odd scratch.

Try shear scraping with a freshly sharpened bowl gouge before sanding, just take care on approach and don't let the gouge rotate into a catch.

 

[CHJ]

Well what a marathon, eighteen bowls in one session, (hammer)

Mixture of woods, Oak, Walnut, Beech and Ash.

OK, OK just 1/12 scale (30mm) following a request for help with some salad bowls in wood.

 

[Dalboy]

I thought they were on the small size by the grain but not that small. A great job on the bowls. I just wish I could get into the shed getting the veg garden and greenhouse sorted :roll:

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Fabulous Chas.....you did all those in a single session??? How long was it? Also how is she going to use them as salad bowls if they're only 30mm in diameter? Or is that 30mm in height? In which case whats the diameter? Salad for one I presume.

Lovely though whatever the dimensions

Edit: Just visited her website....now I get it....miniature food as an art form...got it

 

[CHJ]

30mm dia. Rob, when you prepare your veg like this you don't need a lot of kitchen cabinet storage room.

In all honesty about 3 mins each for the actual turning, a couple extra to polish, max time consumption was in sorting some wood and setting up to avoid them disappearing amongst the shavings or down the extractor.

 

[CHJ]

Over a month without putting anything up for public display, been a lot going on around the plot in the way of small buildings work/maintenance and gardening and the limited turning front output was not for the public eye.

Anyway back to the mundane for the next half dozen or so pieces to clear the oddments found to be dry enough:-

Yew, 140mm dia.

And then have to get the thinking cap on to use up some garden salvaged specimens that have the figuring but not the bulk.

 

[paulm]

Lovely yew bowl Chas, far from mundane !

Some nice looking pieces on the table too

Cheers, Paul

 

[CHJ]

Lovely yew bowl Chas, far from mundane !

Thanks Paul, perhaps should have said routine but they are what disappear rapidly from the commissioners stock and provide me with a source of fresh wood to play with.

Some nice looking pieces on the table too

Cheers, Paul

Mostly Sumac and some hedgerow Elm that in the main is only really salvageable as thinish slices, trying to devise something that can show the figuring off without resorting to making little rectangular boxes.
Currently thinking laminated lids, too help with warping, and give some depth, possibly on shallow pale wood trinket boxes.

 

[Dalboy]

Chas you certainly lie the natural edge work a nice piece of yew shown off to its best.

Lovely yew bowl Chas, far from mundane !

Some nice looking pieces on the table too

Cheers, Paul

+1 paul. I first thought it was Laburnum on the table

 

[Paul.J]

Lovely work Chas

 

[CHJ]

OK four more of the bits cleared from the bench, to small to do much else with.

Yew, 110 to 117mm dia.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

like café crème Chas....gorgeous

 

[CHJ]

Thanks Bob, did stop for one of these half way through production.

Perhaps it had an influence.

Next three are supposed to come out as pot pourri pots, we'll see if the wood has got the same message, perhaps starting tomorrow.

 

[CHJ]

Well one piece has held together long enough to get some polish on.
Yew, 125mm dia.

 

[CHJ]

Just one more for the day, small diversion, the Boss wanted Her lawn mower blades sharpened so the flow got interrupted.
Yew, 130mm dia.

 

[CHJ]

Last of the batch:-
Yew, 130mm dia.

Next stop sorting out what to do with the bits of Sumac and Elm that have been looking for a home, cluttering up the bench but if I move them into storage they may never see the light of day for some time.

 

[Dalboy]

Out of the last three the last one is for me I am not keen on the two with the beads, none the less they are all well turned and finished.