Mark Hubl
01-13-2012, 1:07 AM
There have been some nice what could have beens posted recently. In the spirit of what could have been here is Marilyn. I thought this piece would have made a nice WIP post, but alas it became a “bloody fool turner” post. It has taken me time to get over my grief but I am now ready to move on.
Early in the summer my neighbor harvested some walnut limbs for me. Although most was pretty compromised with rot some was ok. So I turned my first really green wood pieces and stashed them in a bag. Not a big fan of green wood, not a lot of space, not a lot of patience, but I am willing to learn.
So I begin the wait. Take out a couple of them and they did not make it, cracks. But this piece looked pretty good so I re-turned it and got it ready for the next steps. As my ideas for the form came together and I began laying out the curves I began calling it Marilyn.
I knew that this would be a challenge, the slits between the bines were starting out a couple pieces of sandpaper thick. Really had not figured out how I would cut them. Had a few approaches in mind. I got a Rockwell multi tool for Christmas so I thought I would try that. Once the bines were carved in and filed for depth I had a go at it with the Rockwell. Went ok. Got the top cut, did some work and then cut the bottom and started some work on that.
I knew Marilyn's middle curves would be a challenge, and so they were! I got a couple of curves cut and then disaster. The saw bound and took out about 30 percent of her. After a deep breath and a quick karate chop she was gone.
Oh well, if you ain't breakin' something, you ain't tryin! Still developing methods for this type of work. I purchased a nice old fashioned fret saw to use on the next Marilyn, we will see how that goes!
Early in the summer my neighbor harvested some walnut limbs for me. Although most was pretty compromised with rot some was ok. So I turned my first really green wood pieces and stashed them in a bag. Not a big fan of green wood, not a lot of space, not a lot of patience, but I am willing to learn.
So I begin the wait. Take out a couple of them and they did not make it, cracks. But this piece looked pretty good so I re-turned it and got it ready for the next steps. As my ideas for the form came together and I began laying out the curves I began calling it Marilyn.
I knew that this would be a challenge, the slits between the bines were starting out a couple pieces of sandpaper thick. Really had not figured out how I would cut them. Had a few approaches in mind. I got a Rockwell multi tool for Christmas so I thought I would try that. Once the bines were carved in and filed for depth I had a go at it with the Rockwell. Went ok. Got the top cut, did some work and then cut the bottom and started some work on that.
I knew Marilyn's middle curves would be a challenge, and so they were! I got a couple of curves cut and then disaster. The saw bound and took out about 30 percent of her. After a deep breath and a quick karate chop she was gone.
Oh well, if you ain't breakin' something, you ain't tryin! Still developing methods for this type of work. I purchased a nice old fashioned fret saw to use on the next Marilyn, we will see how that goes!