Little Introduction

[bryan stanley]

I have been lurking herefor a spell,and have seen many nice turnings,works of art. I have been very impressed. Figured I would share a few game calls that I have made recently. This will bethe start ofmy3rdyear spinning n grinning. Everything you see belowwas made on my rikon or nova lathe. Includeing the brass and aluminum work.

Bryan

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/SanctuaryCalls/SnakeYelp004.jpg
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/SanctuaryCalls/EastRoseWood005.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/SanctuaryCalls/URN001.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/SanctuaryCalls/AluminumPotCall001.jpg

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bryan - Welcome to the Creek! Very nice work! Looking forward to seeing more!

[gary Zimmel]

Welcome to the Creek Bryan. Good to have you aboard.
Looking forward to more of your work..

[John Keeton]

"Spinnin' and Grinnin'" I like that!!:D

Welcome, Bryan! Some nice work on the calls. What finish are you using?

[Bernie Weishapl]

Welcome Bryan to SMC. Really nice looking work.

[Roland Martin]

Very nice work on the calls Bryan. Welcome to the Creek and looking forward to more posts.

[Allen Neighbors]

Bryan, Welcome; This is the place to be!! Nice calls... Love that shine, and the wood is beautiful!!

[Karl Card]

Nice calls. To nice to use in my opinion... lol..

[Mark Burge]

Welcome to the Creek. Nice work. I like that you went right on turning into the metal! How did you do the spiral cuts on the third one?

[Jeff Willard]

Hmmm, ssssnakewood. Has it gone cracky yet?

[David E Keller]

Welcome, Bryan. Nice collection of calls you made. Hope to see more of your spinnings.

[bryan stanley]

For the most partI use velvet oil and wetsand the slurry back intot he grain at low speed. I let is set overnight or in a toaster oven at 120 degrees for a bit. The I either use shellawax or ren waxfor the shine. The snake wood already cracked when making that call.Ended up laminateing some amboyna burl to make upthe difference. Quickie fix but works. Ended up selling that call for 45.00 yesterday. For the spiral cuts I made a jig that clamps onto my tool post,just a right angle type with a fence and used a rigid laminate trimmer with a ball nose cutter. Turning the metalcame real easy as I am a machinist for 20 yrs now. Made my own lathe tools with carbide inserts designed for cutting aluminum type metals
. Cant see paying x amount of bucks for some tool that I can make on myown. Most of the time I use a pair of vise grips and a carbide insert.......much better control for detail work
bryan

[bryan stanley]

couple more recent calls.

Corian and aluminum
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/bryanstanley/coriantriple004.jpg
Show Me the money
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/bryanstanley/newstuff002.jpg
Custom Lathe tool handle
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/bryanstanley/lathetool001.jpg
My favorite, made this for kid rock. Asian watersnake skin recasted into clear acrylic, with spirals filled with black inlace.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/bryanstanley/kid4.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/bryanstanley/kid3.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/bryanstanley/kid2.jpg

[John Keeton]

Bryan, those certainly are some interesting materials - and, the end results are striking!

[John Hart]

Very impressive work Bryan! Welcome to the abyss! :)

[Tony De Masi]

Welcome to the Creek Bryan and some very nice work there.

Well done.

Tony