John K Jordan
01-09-2018, 11:20 PM
I posted earlier about a new turner who turned her first wand after her third time at the lathe: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?260728-Her-third-lesson-her-first-wand
Her friend Kristina was there at the time and decided she wanted to try one. This was Kristina's fourth project at the lathe. She too quickly learned the one-handed skew technique with the left-hand steady rest. This was her first try, made from cherry. Her design has four "distressed" texture areas, made by stabbing at the spinning wood with a sharp point tool, each outlined with a v-groove with a friction-burned line.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=375926&d=1515557267
She was excited to finish it and immediately stated trying to cast spells on me, probably intended to do bodily harm - fortunately she is learning woodturning faster than spell casting! :) Now she wants to come back and make another one for a gift. Then she wants to learn to make a lidded box, then a hand-bell ornament, then a...
BTW, Kristina said the skew chisel was a lot easier to use than the spindle gouge.
JKJ
Her friend Kristina was there at the time and decided she wanted to try one. This was Kristina's fourth project at the lathe. She too quickly learned the one-handed skew technique with the left-hand steady rest. This was her first try, made from cherry. Her design has four "distressed" texture areas, made by stabbing at the spinning wood with a sharp point tool, each outlined with a v-groove with a friction-burned line.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=375926&d=1515557267
She was excited to finish it and immediately stated trying to cast spells on me, probably intended to do bodily harm - fortunately she is learning woodturning faster than spell casting! :) Now she wants to come back and make another one for a gift. Then she wants to learn to make a lidded box, then a hand-bell ornament, then a...
BTW, Kristina said the skew chisel was a lot easier to use than the spindle gouge.
JKJ