CHJ
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Consider me a total novice at wood turning, variable speed lathe, centres,(revolving/hollow tail) faceplate, and basic Supa Nova chuck,
Can make tool handles and a few knobs and get on OK with external forming. Having difficulty mastering hollowing bowls etc. (only practiced with wood from garden tree felling so far, soft pine/fir and a few bits of harder cotoneaster, beech etc. and still prone to digs. Am due for some one to one tuition offered by gifted amateur soon but I think he wants to see how I tackle these pieces to give him some measure of potential.
Have been presented with these two logs, Laburnum and Yew, both long term stored, hard enough to give my plane a hard time trying to clean up end grain. (rule is 150mm, didn't notice scale not showing until posted)
Laburnum has some small radial cracks apparent in core wood (not from centre), Yew has larger radial crack one end going about 50-60 mm into log as far as I can tell.
Any advice on how to tackle making something without producing just a pile of shavings.
Thoughts so far are:
One big item such as vase from each,
Cut into discs and produce shallow dishes,
Cut in half lengthwise and make small bowls,
I would like to make the most of colour contrasts.
Can make tool handles and a few knobs and get on OK with external forming. Having difficulty mastering hollowing bowls etc. (only practiced with wood from garden tree felling so far, soft pine/fir and a few bits of harder cotoneaster, beech etc. and still prone to digs. Am due for some one to one tuition offered by gifted amateur soon but I think he wants to see how I tackle these pieces to give him some measure of potential.
Have been presented with these two logs, Laburnum and Yew, both long term stored, hard enough to give my plane a hard time trying to clean up end grain. (rule is 150mm, didn't notice scale not showing until posted)
Laburnum has some small radial cracks apparent in core wood (not from centre), Yew has larger radial crack one end going about 50-60 mm into log as far as I can tell.
Any advice on how to tackle making something without producing just a pile of shavings.
Thoughts so far are:
One big item such as vase from each,
Cut into discs and produce shallow dishes,
Cut in half lengthwise and make small bowls,
I would like to make the most of colour contrasts.