A week long little project

[Dick Parr]

Well it is done. I have been working on this little project for over a week and a half. I just wanted to see if I could do it and I did and to give my lovely wife a valentines day present. But will more then likely never do it again now that I have done it once. Way to much work.

Since I was planning a little walnut for this project I thought I might as well plan some more to have on hand. I ended up planning 100 bf by the time I was done, and then I was done for 2 days:( Couldn't move except to get in and out of the hot tub with George.:D (George Dickel that is;) )

I didn't have clamps big enough for this project so I used what was on hand. In the ammo box is close to 30#s of staples. In the other picture you can't see the ammo box for the forest and nails and everything else that had any weight to it.:D

I was able to reverse turn this platter/wall hanger on the vacuum chuck, it worked great at 22lbs. I did find that there is a Lot of flex out the outside of a turning this big and there was no way to stop it even using one hand to hold the gouge and one hand to steady the other side of the wood. I turned it between 180 rpm and 370 rpm and sanded it at 100 rpm ( a day and half of sanding:( ).

As you can see in the last pictures that Mickey is happy and so I am happy. It finished out at 26-3/8" x 2-5/8". Now to add a room onto the house to display it.:o

I forgot, it is curly cherry and walnut.

Thanks for looking.

[Dick Parr]

some more pics

[Quinn McCarthy]

Way Cool!!! Dick

[Jim Ketron]

Nice pictorial of how you did it Dick!
Nice project and looks like the recipient is very happy with her Valentines Day gift!
Great Job!

[Keith Burns]

Wow Dick, that is a great piece. :) :) Next time, though, why don't you make it little bigger?:D

[Steve Knowlton]

Dick I Love The Size Of That Platter. Great Job

[Andy Hoyt]

The piece aint bad; but that clamp is to die for!

What'ditcost? Where'djagetit? Howmuchitweigh? Diditcomewithclamppads? Howmuchtorqueitgot? Isitsafeinearthquakecountry?

[John Hart]

Totally Cool Dick!!!!! Just beautiful too! Thanks for your stack-em-up-as-high-as-you-can pics!:)

[Tyler Howell]

Awesome Dick Nice doings

[Bill Stevener]

Arent em big round things fun to turn. :eek:
One very nice looking platter Dick, love your clamps, that's how Dad would have done it.
Thanks for the nice presentation and the showing of a nice turning,

Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)

[Ed Scolforo]

Beautiful work, Dick. Gotta love that DVR!
Ed

[Mark Cothren]

Okay, somebody has gotta say it... Dick, you're way too ugly for a pretty wife like that... :D I can, however, relate...;)

Great work on the platter! Nice creativity on the clamping.

Thanks for the pictures!

[Jim Dunn]

Okay, somebody has gotta say it... Dick, you're way too ugly for a pretty wife like that... :D I can, however, relate...;)

Great work on the platter! Nice creativity on the clamping.

Thanks for the pictures!

I echo the above comments with the following statement added: I like your little smock;):p

Nice work on such a big project, really pretty piece of work.

Jim

[Glenn Clabo]

Very ... Very... Very Nice Dick. So that's what the DVR looks like with a biggin on it?

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful Dick. Looks like that DVR's a working for you.

[Glenn Hodges]

Thanks for letting us see this beautiful piece.

[Bob Noles]

Dick,

That thing is certainly on the large side. Beautiful piece, beautiful wife and beautiful lathe..... what more could a guy ask for :D

[Travis Stinson]

Awesome wall hanging Dick. Great job! Next one even bigger?:D

[Dennis Peacock]

Most Excellent Dick!!!!!!!!!!!! Very pretty and LARGE piece. Way to go and a very smooth execution on a turning that large. Congrats Buddy!!!!

[Corey Hallagan]

Beautiful Dick! Awesome work!

corey

[Dick Parr]

Thanks for the nice comment everyone.;) This was a challenge.

Looks like I forgot to mention that it is finished to 600 grit, with 2 coats of wipe on poly and Renaissance wax.

[Sparky Paessler]

looks great Dick! Man that is large! Love the Cherry and walnut together.

[Barry Stratton]

Incredible, huge and awesome! Thanks for all the pictures as well.

[Karl Laustrup]

Nice platter, Dick. The contrasts of wood are great.

I would like to know if you ran out of blanks or ladder to stack on top of the pre platter while the pieces were drying? :confused: ;) :eek:

Karl

[Mike Ramsey]

Really nice & really big!! Turn 3 more of those and build a covered
wagon to put them on ;) .

[Chris Barton]

Very cool Dick! That's the largest platter I have seen!

[John Miliunas]

That is just way neat, Dick!!! Your bride certainly appears to be happy with it, as well! :) Only other thing I can say is, I'm wondering how long it'll be before you turn the coffee cup for that little saucer??? :D :cool:

[Ernie Nyvall]

Wow Dick that is wonderful and apparently you made someone very happy.

So, Keith is seeing aliens in his work and Dick is making flying saucers.:eek:

Ernie