Abbreviated session in the shop this morning, but the chunk of Russian olive I was working on yesterday only took an additional 1.5cc of epoxy to finish filling the crack. That’s about what I had hoped. The leftover epoxy is getting dumped in a mold for a future project.
Finished finishing this Russian olive bowl the other day. Finally brought it inside today to take some pictures of it. I think it came out decent, but there are things I’ll try to do better next time. #woodturning
This morning in the shop, pushed a few projects forward, including finishing shaping on this bowl made from a chunk of Russian olive. I sanded with 60 grit to finish the shaping, then used about ¼ ounce (7ml) of CA glue to firm things up and repair cracks. Then hit the bowl with a heavy coat of tung oil, which will get overnight to cure before I pick up finish sanding with 120 grit. I will also need to take a photo that shows how the inside is undercut. #woodturning
Every year my workplace does a charity auction where people donate their skills or experience and people bid on it. All proceeds go to cancer foundation and local hospital engaged in cancer research or treatment. I won catered dinner generously donated by my coworker who used to be a chef in her country before she came to Canada. I just finished turning this set of measuring spoons as thank you gift for her when I go pickup the food tomorrow.
I think next year I am going to make something to donate for that auction. Suddenly finding out that your childhood friend is in last stages of cancer and having to say goodbye via whatsapp because of pandemic puts things in different perspective.
Anybody have experience with off-center turning on heavily glued pieces? I'm thinking of laminating together a bunch of fairly thin (~1/4") sheets and then I kind of want to turn them off center so we get the weird shapes with the multicolored "grain". But, I'm not sure how well it'll hold up. I'm wondering if my regular spindle chisels will get the job done or if the grain is off-center enough that I need to use something else. 🤔
yo! it's done! it came out kinda huge and I had to do some manual sanding/fixing up on the tool end but I'm OK with it. I know what I'd do differently next time.
Good progress on the Christmas-present lamp the past couple days. Metal has been transformed into wood, and now I just need a 2.5 inch forstner bit to arrive (it’s already been ordered) so I can hollow out the space in the base for the batteries and do the make-pretty. Woods are oak & walnut.
In a somewhat rare occurrence, this was already on my to-do list, but my sweetie didn’t figure she’d see it until next summer or so. Completing a project early is… kinda weird.
A pretty large 15.5 inch by 8.5 inch (39 cm x 21.5 cm) spalted maple holiday bowl. Each snowflake is different. Solid green wood stain and boiled linseed oil and natural shellac finish.
My wife, Kalia Kliban, is an expert and devoted woodturner. Her brand-new web site has just gone live. It doesn't have a vast amount of content yet, but there are a lot of pictures of her work.
Managed to finish presents just in time. Now I can relax..
I made 2 x measuring spoon sets and 3 x rollerball pens. In rush, I messed up a salt and pepper shaker set by pressing parts in wrong order. Oh well... time to pack the bags
did my monthly trip to LV since I needed some finishing supplies. Thankfully managed to not get distracted and walked away with only the things I went in to buy.
Thin CA glue for finishing small turnings as well as EEE Ultra Shine & Shellawax which I have not tried before.
Heading to Atlanta for my BIL's 60th. Thanks to procrastination and craziness at work, I am just getting around to making some presents. 3 pens have been turned, 2 sets of measuring spoons have been turned and pepper grinder is ready for lathe. My flight is on Monday morning. That should be enough time to finish everything.... or so I hope.