Popular Post Bombarde16 Posted February 18, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Some of my friends are big gamers: Pandemic, Dead of Winter, Imperial Assault, etc...All wonderfully complex and enjoyable games which involve covering the dining table with a billion little bits and figurines. (God help you if you have an inquisitive cat!) This will be a set of stackable dishes to help bring some measure of order to the chaos. Material comes from the ugliest 2x10 I have ever seen. Cavernous knots everywhere that have shattered and disintegrated. Jigsaw a bunch of little circles. Attach to a faceplate and turn them round. I wanted a small cove around the belly of each dish and each dish gets a different color. Easy to get a clean line when painting, as the cove is turned and painted before the rest of the outside. Then shape the outside and everyone thinks you're a master painter because the line is perfectly crisp. The foot is sized to match the jaws on my chuck, so reversing and hollowing is the next step. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-MattK- Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 looking good! I've never turned pine, but it looks like you're getting a nice finish on those bowls! I can imagine that could be challenging with a softwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 cool project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombarde16 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 looking good! I've never turned pine, but it looks like you're getting a nice finish on those bowls! I can imagine that could be challenging with a softwood. Face work can be, what with the end grain and all. If you've ever cut dovetails with softwood and sighed in frustration while chiseling the waste, you know how conifer end grain just loves to tear and squish. A sharp scraper will clean up most of the mess. Then expect to spend a while at 120 grit to get the rest. Once that's done, I take it up to 180 grit, douse it with as much shellac as it'll drink, and finally burnish with paste wax and steel wool. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bombarde16 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Finished one set. Not so happy with what I came up with for the lid, but not unhappy enough to want to make another for this set. Things to keep in mind for the next set. Right now, we've got a game of Pandemic to get to. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 That is too cool! Really nice addition to your game play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Lid looks very ergonomic , sometimes that clashes with esthetic . Perfection dances on a knife edge between them. Your lid looks very functional and it's far from ugly so call it a win. Beautiful and non functional is an absolute failure in my opinion. i really do appreciate the excellent results you get from simple materials in very basic shop conditions . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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