Popular Post Mark J Posted March 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 I finally finished with this project. The top is made from a single piece of butternut and the bottom is made from a block of wood that was labelled English walnut, but turned out to be teak. This was the blank I asked about in the Wood section and @phinds was kind enough to evaluate. @Chestnut, I know you particularly wanted to see the figure, but after turning and sculpting there's almost nothing left of the indented grain pattern. There is a little visible in the right hand pillar of the first two photo's. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 As usual, you knocked it out of the park! Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 That is really neat looking. Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 That is really freaking cool! Very nicely done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Awesome! That had to be incredibly scary on the lathe! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 WOW! That's beautiful Mark. And I assume you still have all your fingers, else you would have mentioned it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Last pic, had it been me, I would have made the support angles on the bottom piece, match the top piece. But gosh, it it looks so much more intricate as it is. Beautiful job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, phinds said: I assume you still have all your fingers, 2 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: That had to be incredibly scary on the lathe! Well a few scratchs seems to be the norm, but not really as scary to do as the final form suggests. For example the corners of the top piece look very sharp now, but when they are first turned they are 90* corners. Then the sides get sculpted and the corners get more acute. After that they get sanded to a point. And the sanding is done at 50-100 RPM or with the motor off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, Coop said: Last pic, had it been me, I would have made the support angles on the bottom piece, match the top piece. If you mean to have the pillars of the base piece curve into and run parellel to the wings of the top piece, then I actually sketched that idea out when I was planning this piece. I decided against it as I felt the level of precision required was more than I could achieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Very nicely done. Always enjoy your projects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDi Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Wow! That''s a piece of art. Beautiful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Stunning. I've read through your journal on how you do these multiple times. Still flabbergasted... Is the intent supposed to be a water drop? Another idea that would be cool is to do a turning of how physics visualize gravity and have a planet or sphere in the bottom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Damn young'un. I've met you, and it's no surprise that you're so talented. Absolutely beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Wonderful piece. You have such a fun approach to turning. Creative ideas and nice execution. Thanks for sharing this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 That's very cool. Makes me realize how far I'll never get in my lathe and turning abilities. Takes more than skill, takes imagination and talent. I have the former, but not the latter two 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 3 hours ago, RichardA said: Damn young'un. I've met you, and it's no surprise that you're so talented. Absolutely beautiful. OK, I admit it! Some of your talents rubbed off on me when we shook hands. Chip, don't sell yourself short. I can't do string inlay, and I couldn't make a dovetail joint with or without a jig. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 11 hours ago, Chestnut said: Is the intent supposed to be a water drop? Another idea that would be cool is to do a turning of how physics visualize gravity and have a planet or sphere in the bottom. It was supposed to be a droplet of water, but now I tell people it's honey (higher viscosity ). I didn't get the contours of the droplet quite the way I intended--it's only my second finial, so I'm cutting myself some slack. I also was a little off on the outer curve of the base component, and the droplet isn't dropped as far as I would have liked. Here are a couple of 3D drawings showing the goal, but if you excuse the pun, with a lathe things don't always turn out the way you were planning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Mark J said: ...but if you excuse the pun, with a lathe things don't always turn out the way you were planning. Boy ain't that the truth! That said, if you're a newbie with it, I see great things in your future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, Chip Sawdust said: Boy ain't that the truth! That said, if you're a newbie with it, I see great things in your future You really think a newbie did that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 hours ago, phinds said: You really think a newbie did that? He just "seems" young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 I sent a couple of pics of the finished product to a turner friend of mine. I know nothing about turning but he said in the three years that he’s been turning and a member of a club that invites turners from around the country, this is the most amazing project he’s ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 Just beautiful. I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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