Gavels...let's see them....

[Steve Ash]

I tried doing a search and came up empty handed so...if ya'll don't mind and you got some pics, can you put them here? I need to get some ideas for a gavel for lodge.
As always,... Thanks.

[Pete Jordan]

I thought you were starting another contest. \

Pete

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Yup...........I smell a gavel turning contest coming on!

[Bob Noles]

Yup...........I smell a gavel turning contest coming on!

I thought the "Bonker" contest was over :D

[Corey Hallagan]

Yeah, Gary Max turned a couple REAL NICE Gavels that are in the Bonker contest thread!

Corey

[Bill Grumbine]

Hi Steve

Here is one I made back in '97 I think, maybe '96. It was for the Lafayette College student government. Sorry for the picture quality, it was a long time ago.

<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/gavel1.jpg">

Gavel and box and striker all made from the same cherry boards.

Bill

[Christopher K. Hartley]

http://www.turnedtreasures.com/project.html/gavel_turning/gavel.html
http://www.georgeglazer.com/decarts/objects/gavels/aboutgavels.html
http://www.forcounsel.com/productListing_c.asp?catID=1

Hope these help Steve.

[Bart Leetch]

The head is turned out of Purple Heart & the handle is Maple the Gavel plate is Madrona. The finish is several coats of wax rubbed in at smokin high speed .

[Lars Thomas]

Bill, I remember when you first posted that on back in the pond days. Wow, almost 10 years ago already. Lars

[Jim Becker]

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=26857&d=1133622099 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=26857&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1133622099)

Thread: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=27087

[Cody Colston]

Here's one I made about a year ago out of some Bois d' Arc that I cut down on my back property fence line.

[Pat Salter]

and another
http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turning/Turning_projects.html#gavel

[Steve Ash]

Thanks for the pictures as well as the links. What I also find interesting is that Mr. Grumbine has done some "flatwork" and it looks mighty darn impressive.

[Kurt Aebi]

Hey Steve,

The latest issue of Woodworkers Journal has an article in it on making Gavels.

It shows Beyy S. turning one

[Steve Ash]

Thanks Kurt, I'll swing by the local magazine shop and check it out.

[Jim Becker]

What I also find interesting is that Mr. Grumbine has done some "flatwork" and it looks mighty darn impressive.

Mr. Grumbine does a lot of flat work...he makes his living from woodworking and recently added a Mini Max combo machine to his arsenal.

[Ed Breen]

Hey Steve, Your question is real timely for me. Believe it or not I sat in a lodge which was not my own last night and the gavel I used was home turned. I looked at it long and hard, and will probably turn one for my home lodge since we have one that constantly looses its head
Ed

[Bill Grumbine]

Thanks for the pictures as well as the links. What I also find interesting is that Mr. Grumbine has done some "flatwork" and it looks mighty darn impressive.

Hi Steve

What Jim said. I actually bought my first lathe so I could turn all sorts of table legs and chair legs for all the furniture I would be building when I started my business back in 1993. Little did I know what was waiting for me! I still build furniture, but the lathe keeps taking more and more of the business time. I've upgraded all my tools at least once or twice, but I have gone through 10 lathes since I started! :eek:

Bill