Old Geezers and Others Goblet Contest Entries.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Ah.......but read the original thread......Judging done by SMCers' not just the contestants..........

[Keith Burns]

Hey, since there are no rules, I hereby take Keith's lead and disqualify all entries - except the one that i'll be posting in a day or two.

Good idea Andy ! Now then, if I post my last entry at 11:59 pm on the 15th, then disqualify yours at the last second, maybe I could win. Yeah, that 'il work

[Andy Hoyt]

keith - the race is on. Who can stay up the latest? Cuppa joe?

[Stephen Hibbs]

I posted this a while ago, it was my first cup and second turning, norfolk pine. I don't have it (gifted it off) but I think it was around 6"Tall and maybe 3" wide, pretty thin, you could see light at the lower parts of the walls., these are pretty rough though. I'll have a walnut cup done by friday hopefully, I'll post it when it's done.
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[John Hart]

Ok...I had to do my first Goblet to see what I'm in for. So here it is. I just grabbed a scrap and wailed away at it...not worrying about nuthin'. Somehow, it survived. No sanding, no finish....6" High, 2.75" in diameter and got the wall thickness down to .089. Time to try it for real!

[Keith Burns]

Ok...I had to do my first Goblet to see what I'm in for. So here it is. I just grabbed a scrap and wailed away at it...not worrying about nuthin'. Somehow, it survived. No sanding, no finish....6" High, 2.75" in diameter and got the wall thickness down to .089. Time to try it for real!

FOUL ! FOUL!......That was the design I was going to do !

[Keith Burns]

keith - the race is on. Who can stay up the latest? Cuppa joe?

Let 'er rip tater chip....give it your best shot

[Corey Hallagan]

Question for you goblet turners. I watched a video at woodcraft on turning a goblet. After turning the interior of the goblet, do you stuff it with a rag and bring up the tail piece and finish turning the rest or do you use another method? Thanks,
Corey

[Ernie Nyvall]

Since there are no rules, I claim for myself all entries that will be submitted.

Some nice goblets so far guys.

Ernie

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Corey.....you could do that. I've been practising and haven't used that method yet. I had one launch on me today but it wasn't because I caught a gouge or vibration. There was either a large larve pocket or a rotted knot about 5/8-3/4" in diameter and about 3/4" in length running with the grain ...right in the center. I was roughing down grain from the base to the cup portion using my spindle gouge. I cut through about 75% of this knot/larva hole and the cup portion launched!

I've made 3 goblets so far......I keep my tools sharp and haven't experienced any vibration problems or any breaks until today. This launching was because of the deficit in the wood ....not because of methodology.

These are fun to make. You use a lot of different techniques...end grain...with the grain.....scraping........cutoff.....definitely an educational experience.

Tomorrow I hope to make my first bowl......we'll see.

[Corey Hallagan]

Thanks Ken for the info. Good luck on the bowl!

Corey

[Keith Burns]

Since there are no rules, I claim for myself all entries that will be submitted.

Some nice goblets so far guys.

Ernie

Oh, Ernie that is lower than low

[John Timberlake]

Great goblets, guys. Since I don't think I will have time to turn one any time soon, here a couple that I did two years ago. The pine goblet is about 7 1/2" high. Walnut is 6 1/2".
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[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Well I told you I'd get in here, not much, just about the size for holding an egg...

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Blew up a couple before I got to this level.
Dry soft fir, I think.....

Cheers!

[Jim Dunn]

Stu that is outstanding! Nice looking form and scale. And to think you had trouble gettin that lathe. If it new how good you were it would have come looking for you.