My first projects

[Michael Tucker]

Howdy all,

I wanted to thank everyone for helping me out with my turning questions both directly answered and answered through doing post searches. Anyway here are my first projects. They are all out of kiln dried maple and the finish is Seal-A-Cell as an undercoat and then 4 coats of Arm-R-Seal as the top coat (the peppermill on the right though still needs 2 more top coats and then the peppermill mechanism glued in). The peppermill mechanisms are Crush Grind. What a ton of fun!

Take care,
Mke

[John Keeton]

Mike, you certainly did some fine work for your first projects! Beautifully done, actually. Congrats!

[Mike Peace]

Very nice! Much nicer than my first projects.

[Bill Hensley]

You set the bar kind of high for your first projects and you did a fine job on your finish too. Nicely done!

[Bob Borzelleri]

Well done, Mike. And they look right at home with the kitchen in the background.

[Harry Robinette]

Mike
Nicely done,mine was a dogwood bowl about 3"in Dia. and looked like I did it with an axe.Your's are all very well done.
Harry

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really some nice turnings. Nicely done.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Michael - very nice work on these turnings! Most folks - when starting off - have a hard time getting a final surface that is smooth and without tearout. You did good on that! Nice forms on everything also! Nice flowing curves!

Looking forward to seeing what you turn next!

[Dan Forman]

Well done with pleasing forms - good job!

[Michael Tucker]

Thanks very much for the nice comments! To be honest, fortunately the designs are pretty forgiving. Near the neck of the right confetti lamp is thin enough that you can see light through it and the top of the left peppermill was intended to have a groove in it rather than a dip... the spindle gouge did just that and I took quite a chunk out of the shoulder of the groove thus it is now a dip! Oh well, I learned a lot in the process. Turning big stuff is certainly different than turning pens.

Thanks again for the nice comments,
Mike

[Scott Hackler]

Very nice Mike. Keep 'em coming.

[steven carter]

Very nice job on the lamps and pepper mills! The more you do, the more you learn, and you are well on your way.

[Rob Cunningham]

Really nice work Mike, good forms and smooth finish.

[Baxter Smith]

Good work! Form and finish look great!