Pete Moe
01-06-2015, 4:28 PM
Thanks everyone for posting your projects. It's really interested and inspirational to see your work. Here are a couple of pieces that I cranked out right before Christmas, to give as gifts. The first is a small goblet for my Nephew, who frequents Renaissance Faires, made from a branch of purple-leaf plum that I harvested from the back yard a couple of years ago. It was really a test piece to give him an idea of what kind of piece I could make him as a custom piece to his specification. It's finished with natural Danish Oil on the outside to just below the rim, and the inside with mineral oil. It wasn't designed as a user, so I didn't make it totally food-safe, but I knew he would immediately pour some beer in it, which he did...:o. The grain of the plum is nice and tight and it works and finishes beautifully.
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The second piece is just a simple bowl I made for my Mother. I started working the piece and watching the grain pattern to see what I wanted to do with it. The outside curve worked to feature the grain pattern, but when I started to hollow it out, I feel that turning a rather steep wall would feature the grain a little better than following he curve of the outside. It's finished just with mineral oil. This piece came from a slab of wood I got from a retiring wood shop owner. Neither he nor his shop mate could identify the wood. It's dense and tightly grained, like a fruit or nut tree. It works and finishes well. I have the rest of the slab to work with - can you ID the species for me?
303591
C & C always welcome.
Cheers!
303590
The second piece is just a simple bowl I made for my Mother. I started working the piece and watching the grain pattern to see what I wanted to do with it. The outside curve worked to feature the grain pattern, but when I started to hollow it out, I feel that turning a rather steep wall would feature the grain a little better than following he curve of the outside. It's finished just with mineral oil. This piece came from a slab of wood I got from a retiring wood shop owner. Neither he nor his shop mate could identify the wood. It's dense and tightly grained, like a fruit or nut tree. It works and finishes well. I have the rest of the slab to work with - can you ID the species for me?
303591
C & C always welcome.
Cheers!