Kathy Marshall
05-15-2011, 1:29 AM
I finally came up with a pedestal/base combination that I'm happy with.
The pedestal is walnut and the base is another piece of olive burl from the same log as the cup. The cup got its final coat of WOP today and just needs some steel wool and buffing. The pedestal and base have a coat of DO and the 1st coat of WOP. 14" tall x 6" at the widest point of the cup. I went will a taller pedestal and made it and the base a little on the heavy side. The cup is pretty big and not delicate by any means, so I thought the bigger pedestal and base would balance it better. The pedestal is pretty basic so the focus is more on the cup (and I just really wanted to get a workable one finished).
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Close up of the base.
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Last weekend my mom asked me if I would turn her a bracelet stand. Today, after I turned the base on the olive goblet, there was still enough of the blank left to turn another base so I thought it would be a good start on the bracelet stand. Then went out and found a small 4-5" diameter olive branch and cut out a spindle blank. Turned it round then cut a long tenon in the center, then parted it off there so I was left with 2 spindles, each with a tenon and oriented as they would be on the final piece. Then found a walnut spindle blank and turned the stand. It's a little on the clunky side, but I wanted it to be heavy enough to stand up to use and survive being knocked over. Hopefully mom will like it, but I can always come up with another if she doesn't. If I remember correctly, its about 6" tall x 6 1/2" wide finished with DO and just the 1st coat of WOP.
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I'm considering switching the bases. The color and grain of the bracelet tree base are a better match for the goblet and the goblet base is a better match for the bracelet tree, but the goblet base has a taller transition which I like better for the goblet. Any opinions?
Thanks for looking!
As always critiques and comments are welcome.
The pedestal is walnut and the base is another piece of olive burl from the same log as the cup. The cup got its final coat of WOP today and just needs some steel wool and buffing. The pedestal and base have a coat of DO and the 1st coat of WOP. 14" tall x 6" at the widest point of the cup. I went will a taller pedestal and made it and the base a little on the heavy side. The cup is pretty big and not delicate by any means, so I thought the bigger pedestal and base would balance it better. The pedestal is pretty basic so the focus is more on the cup (and I just really wanted to get a workable one finished).
194671
Close up of the base.
194669
Last weekend my mom asked me if I would turn her a bracelet stand. Today, after I turned the base on the olive goblet, there was still enough of the blank left to turn another base so I thought it would be a good start on the bracelet stand. Then went out and found a small 4-5" diameter olive branch and cut out a spindle blank. Turned it round then cut a long tenon in the center, then parted it off there so I was left with 2 spindles, each with a tenon and oriented as they would be on the final piece. Then found a walnut spindle blank and turned the stand. It's a little on the clunky side, but I wanted it to be heavy enough to stand up to use and survive being knocked over. Hopefully mom will like it, but I can always come up with another if she doesn't. If I remember correctly, its about 6" tall x 6 1/2" wide finished with DO and just the 1st coat of WOP.
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I'm considering switching the bases. The color and grain of the bracelet tree base are a better match for the goblet and the goblet base is a better match for the bracelet tree, but the goblet base has a taller transition which I like better for the goblet. Any opinions?
Thanks for looking!
As always critiques and comments are welcome.