Kathy Marshall
12-26-2010, 1:45 AM
Got my new photo tent on Christmas eve :D and wanted to try it out. I still need to rig something to hold the lights (they're the clamp on type) but pleased with the results anyway.
The bowl is bloodwood and so far this is the only type of wood I've tried that didn't like my easy wood tools, so went to my gouges freshly sharpened and touched up at least 10 times. Sanding was another experience, took alot of sanding but finally got a nice smooth finish. Love the look and feel of the wood. 6"w x 3"t wet sanded with BLO and just has a couple coats of WOP so far.
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The HF is cottonwood. It was dripping wet when I started roughing it and turned ok on the outside, when I started to hollow out the inside it didn't go so well. Even with freshly sharpened tools it was tearing more than cutting and what I was pulling out of it was more like mud than shavings. So I left the walls thick 1+" and tossed it into my DNA bucket, then remembered it about 7 days later, pulled it out, let it dry for a day and finished turning it. Things went much better! No cracking and no movement so far. Finished with DO and has a couple coats of WOP (more coats to come, I think I'll go glossy with this one). The lid was an afterthought and probably wont stay. I just happened to have a scarp of walnut left from turning an ornament and the tenon just happened to be the perfect size for a lid. So I just turned it to match the curve of the neck as best I could and turned the nob.
5"t x 4"w
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These are secret compartment key chains. The wood came from Woodworkers Resource $1 misc bin which contains pieces approx 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 by 8". The wood came from Mexico but none of it is labeled and they didn't know what type any of it was.
The dark one looks and turns very much like wenge and although in the pic it looks black, it's really just a very dark brown with black rings. The lighter one has open pores like oak and the color varies from goldish to orangish, turned and sanded nicely.
175201
Thanks for looking! C&C welcome!
The bowl is bloodwood and so far this is the only type of wood I've tried that didn't like my easy wood tools, so went to my gouges freshly sharpened and touched up at least 10 times. Sanding was another experience, took alot of sanding but finally got a nice smooth finish. Love the look and feel of the wood. 6"w x 3"t wet sanded with BLO and just has a couple coats of WOP so far.
175198
The HF is cottonwood. It was dripping wet when I started roughing it and turned ok on the outside, when I started to hollow out the inside it didn't go so well. Even with freshly sharpened tools it was tearing more than cutting and what I was pulling out of it was more like mud than shavings. So I left the walls thick 1+" and tossed it into my DNA bucket, then remembered it about 7 days later, pulled it out, let it dry for a day and finished turning it. Things went much better! No cracking and no movement so far. Finished with DO and has a couple coats of WOP (more coats to come, I think I'll go glossy with this one). The lid was an afterthought and probably wont stay. I just happened to have a scarp of walnut left from turning an ornament and the tenon just happened to be the perfect size for a lid. So I just turned it to match the curve of the neck as best I could and turned the nob.
5"t x 4"w
175200 175199
These are secret compartment key chains. The wood came from Woodworkers Resource $1 misc bin which contains pieces approx 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 by 8". The wood came from Mexico but none of it is labeled and they didn't know what type any of it was.
The dark one looks and turns very much like wenge and although in the pic it looks black, it's really just a very dark brown with black rings. The lighter one has open pores like oak and the color varies from goldish to orangish, turned and sanded nicely.
175201
Thanks for looking! C&C welcome!