It's been pretty hot and miserable here lately, but I've still taken the opportunity to spend some time in the shop.
On Thursday I cored a set of bowls from a blank of spalted sweet gum as practice for a coring demo that I did for our club meeting on Saturday. This set cored very easily and was probably the quickest coring I've done. It still needs a little more sanding and some oil, but it served it's purpose and the demo went well.
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When I got home from the demo on Saturday I just wanted to turn something quick and easy, so I picked up a ratty looking mesquite blank. I just wanted to do a simple form, with no embellishments or fancy details and thought the bark inclusion would give it a little bit of interest.
It's about 8 1/2" x 3" and just has a single coat of Danish oil.
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I recently received an Ashley Isles threading tool from my boyfriend (it's the one that does both the inside and outside threads), so today I decided to try it out and see if I could get anything close to working threads. I cut off a blank from some mesquite to practice on. I know mesquite is not the best wood for threading, but it's relatively hard and it met the prime requirement of being free (the best kind of wood for practice).
I turned a small box so that in addition to getting a feel for cutting the threads, I could also get a feel for sizing the tenon for a proper fit.
I didn't pay attention to form, wall thickness or grain alignment since my focus was simply on making threads, so the box is just a plain little box, but I got the hang of threading pretty quick and with a little more practice, I think I'll have it down pretty good.
It's 2 1/2" x 2" with just a coat of Danish oil.
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Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.