Todays output!

[Jeff Nicol]

Well today was a little day, meaning miniatures! Here are the 4 I finished today. A hard maple goblet w/captured ring, Prickly ash natural edge HF, Lilac vase and a hard maple nat edge bowl. I need to list on e-bay so these will go on tomorrow.

Jeff

[Ron Lynch]

Holy cow! Those are tiny, is that hollow form really hollow?

[Jeff Nicol]

Ron thanks for the question. I try to hollow mini that I make just as I would a full size piece. I have made a lot of super small tools to get inside the tiny HF's. My favorite one is made from an old dental tool! I have sold hundreds of them and I just love to test my self at how small a hole I can leave in the top and still hollow it out!


Thanks and more to come!

Jeff

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are some cool looking turnings. Really nice. To small for my old eyes.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work Jeff! Have to agree with Bernie - that while I can appreciate what you do - it is way to small for me to even try! Glad you are having success with your miniatures!

[Jeff Nicol]

Steve, I never thought in a million years that I would be where I am today! I love the fact that some of the smallest chunks of wood have some of the most beautiful grain and fugure! I have boxes and boxes and a whole rolling tool box full of miniature wood to turn! If I started today and worked 10 hour days I would never finish in a lifetime! But they are a labor of love and someday my eyes and hands will give up on me and then I will have to quit the little gems. Sometimes the little ones are easier than the big ones because the mass is small and when I get a catch it is more forgiving. Thanks for the kind words and I have some bigger ones that I buffed out that I will post later. The LOML if going out of town for 4-5 days so I will have time to get some more things done! We tend to like to sit and talk a lot when we are home together, so the shop gets neglected!

Thanks again,
Jeff

[Larry Marley]

These are really cool Jeff!

Where did you find such a huge dime?


;)

[Gary Max]

Don't let him kid you----gaint Dime bought at Big Lots---- :)
Nice work and wish you luck on Ebay.

[Mitchell Cholewinski]

Jeff Nichol
Jeff, super nice job you did on these little buggers. I especially like the last ne bowl on the right but they are great. Now I see why you like making small tools. Good Luck Mitch