Woodturning photos

Dodgy Loner · May 08, 2007, 04:54:17 PM

As per WDH's request, I decided to post some photos of some of the objects I've turned. I've been turning for a year and a half now, and I've found that it's a great stress-reliever at the end of the day. Hope y'all enjoy!

These are some of the smaller bowls I've turned, ranging in diameter from 3-6". Clockwise from the front left, they are black cherry, walnut crotch, spalted waxmyrtle, walnut crotch, and cocobolo. They're sitting on a black walnut and sycamore box with hand-cut dovetails.

These large bowls are about 10-12" in diameter. Clockwise from the bottom left, they are red oak crotch, black cherry burl, spalted winged elm, and sugarberry.

These are three of the black cherry vases I've turned. The one in the front is the third object I ever turned. I recently sold the one on the right for $45.

beenthere · May 08, 2007, 06:21:23 PM

They are pretty awesome. Thanks for posting.

tomboysawyer · May 08, 2007, 06:29:44 PM

Awesome.

Do you treat the wood? If so when? And with what?

Dodgy Loner · May 08, 2007, 08:12:07 PM

Nope, I didn't treat the wood. The bowls I rough-turned to 1/2" to 3/4" thick and allowed them to dry at least six months. The cherry burls for the vases were dried for at least 2 years before I turned them.

WDH · May 08, 2007, 10:54:45 PM

That cocobolo bowl you turned for me is fine ;). Those are some exquisite pieces. You must have a mind for it :D.

getoverit · May 09, 2007, 01:09:46 AM

the bowls are beautiful, but the box they are sitting on really catches my eye!

metalspinner · May 09, 2007, 09:48:40 AM

Very nice. I, too, want to check out that box.

Dodgy Loner · May 10, 2007, 01:23:56 PM

Thanks, I started dovetailing by hand about six months ago, because I'm way to poor to buy a decent router jig. The nice thing about cutting them by hand is that there's no size limit, the spacing is infinitely variable, and the width of the pins is not limited by the width of the dovetailing bit (it's limited by the width of my smallest chisel, which is 1/4" :D). I'll try to post some better pics of the walnut and sycamore box in the pictures, as well as the cedar chest that the rest of the items are sitting on top of (it's one of my favorite pieces).

limbrat · May 12, 2007, 01:14:14 AM

Waxmyrtle idhave never guessed. I am going to look at them smelly things different now.

turningfool · May 12, 2007, 10:16:51 AM

excellent turnings..i myself use pentacryl on my turnings when preturned they dry more rapidly and have lost zero to checks..sure..they still have to re-trued,and finished but that only means you get to turn that marvelous piece of wood again ;D

highpockets · May 12, 2007, 01:38:57 PM

That is some nice looking stuff. I am actually cleaning up an almost completely ruined Craftsman lathe right now. I was wonder how to attach the wood to the face plate? I think I had glued wood with a piece of paper in between before but it has been thirty years.

Tom · May 12, 2007, 03:54:11 PM

The faceplates have holes in them and you can put wood screws through them and the block of turning wood for bowl turning.

Dodgy Loner · May 12, 2007, 03:56:36 PM

Highpockets, when I first started, I just screwed my bowl blanks onto the faceplate, I've never used glue to do that. Now I use a Oneway chuck with a worm screw to mount my bowl blanks. Many woodworking suppliers set chucks, but my favorite place is packardwoodworks.com.

Turningfool, I've never tried pentacryl, mostly because it's expensive and I'm poor...especially after buying the lathe, turning tools, chucks, and a bandsaw ;D. I've only lost a few blanks to checks, though, because I store my rough-turned bowls in a cool, dark closet. Wood that are prone to severe checking, like oak, I freeze-dry. Just pop 'em in the freezer and take them out to let them dry after someone yells at you one too many times. Works like a charm 8)

WDH · May 12, 2007, 08:31:59 PM

What works like a charm? Miss Mona yelling or the freezing?

Dodgy Loner · May 14, 2007, 03:06:32 PM

They're both pretty effective

WDH · May 14, 2007, 06:34:53 PM

It is easy to imagine Miss Mona's freezer full of wood :D. Wait till I see her again and hear all the stories ;D.

Dodgy Loner · May 16, 2007, 05:53:58 PM

I know one thing that will provoke more ire than wood in the freezer. When I first got my lathe, our workshop wasn't finished, so it stayed under the carport beside the freezer. As the deep freeze was occupying the only easily accessible outlet, I would unplug the freezer whenever I was turning...which wouldn't have been a problem, if I had remembered to plug it back in...which I did not...on 5 or 6 occasions

. She should be counting her blessings that the worst she has to deal with now is wood in the freezer, rather than many pounds of spoiled venison. ;)

SwampDonkey · May 16, 2007, 06:29:43 PM

Quote from: WDH on May 14, 2007, 06:34:53 PM
It is easy to imagine Miss Mona's freezer full of wood :D. Wait till I see her again and hear all the stories ;D.

:D :D :D

Reminds me of the time I uprooted some strawberry plants from the garden and bound them up and put them into plastic bags. I set them into the freezer , as I was experimenting, and was going to transplant them next year in the garden. :

I forgot all about them Dang things for about 5 years in the basement freezer. ;D :D :D I took them out and planted them one spring and be Danged if those things were still viable and grew as good as anything you'd get from a nursery. I was impressed to say the least. And, oh ya, that was about the time we decided we had one too many freezers and were cleaning it out to dispose of it. ;D 8)

Nice bowl turnings, btw. Lovely wood as well. I turn mostly legs and such for my occasional piece of furniture. I've got mostly white woods and some butternut and cherry to work with. In the right market those burl turnings can fetch a good dollar, but I've never really looked into it much.