Ash Castle Box

[John Timberlake]

The turning demo scheduled this weekend with Jimmy Clewes at my turning club got cancelled. Something about his tools not showing up in Las Vegas. So with time on my hands Sunday afternoon, I decided to turn something. Looked in my woodpile (firewood that is) and pulled out this piece of ash. And here is what I found inside. Nothing special, just a fun project. Used a spindle rough gouge to get it round, 3/4" spindle for the outside finish, and scrapers on the inside. Overall dimension are 8-1/2" tall by 3-1/2" diameter. Bottom is hollowed out to 4-1/2" deep. Lines were put on with a wire (horizontal) and wood burner (vertical). As I was turning this, thought the form would work well for lighthouses too. Criticism welcome.
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[Jim Becker]

'Amazing what you can find inside of the firewood pile, eh?? Nice job!

[David Fried]

Or how about yard chess?

Very nice - I think lighthouses are a great idea!

[Keith Burns]

Cool idea and nice execution ! Looks good:) :)

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

That's great, John! I really like the shape and execution.

[Mark Cothren]

Great idea! Very creative! Looks great!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful John. I like the form and execution to. Nice job.

[Doug Thompson]

I like this turning... very unique and creative.

Good job John

[Michael Stafford]

Definitely unique! Definitely creative! How did you hollow so deeply? Heavy scraper? Nice work!

[Dick Parr]

Very nice John, looks like fun.

[Ernie Nyvall]

Really cool John. Nice job.

Ernie

[Corey Hallagan]

Pretty cool, never seen anything like that before. Nice work!

Corey

[John Timberlake]

Definitely unique! Definitely creative! How did you hollow so deeply? Heavy scraper? Nice work!

I used a combination of three Sorby scrapers - one of the replaceable tip scrapers for most of the work, a 1/2" round scraper for the bottom corner, and a large scraper for the sides. Could not sand to the bottom, so it is still a little rough.

[Tim Beauregard]

Rooks good to me.:D

Regards,
Tim B.

[Scott Donley]

This is what's called " thinking outside the BOX" great job John !

[Terry Quiram]

I wish I had an imagination like some of you guys and gals. Great piece, love the uniqueness.

Terry

[Barry Stratton]

Pretty neat piece for messing round! Very creative.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Rooks good to me.:D

Regards,
Tim B. Way to pawn off a punchline, Tim. :p

BTW, nice piece, John. Very creative use of firewood indeed.

- Vaughn