Project by Jason | posted 07-26-2017 11:50 PM | 1147 views | 0 times favorited | 4 comments | ![]() |
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Finished my first turning project since I was a kid, a simple poplar honey dipper. Why poplar, you ask? I tried my hand with expensive woodcraft turning blank, and it snapped on me. Wife said, let’s buy cheaper woodchips. I said Poplar.
This was also my first attempt at beeswax and mineral oil. Love it, even in a mason jar double boiler.
-- --Jason
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Jeremymcon
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#1 posted 07-27-2017 03:47 AM
Looks like fun! Who needs fancy (I’m assuming exotic?) prepared turning blanks anyway! I love domestic hardwoods, and for a project like this a chunk of maple, cherry, poplar, apple, or birch firewood would have served admirably.
John
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#2 posted 07-27-2017 03:53 PM
How do you like getting back on the lathe? The dipper looks great!
-- John, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada.
Jason
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#3 posted 07-27-2017 03:58 PM
I was all smiles. Working on my wife’s grandfather’s Shopsmith 10ER, with my grandfather’s turning tools. I forgot how much I enjoyed it. I think I was more afraid of it as a kid, now with more experience I’m still respectful, but I can enjoy it more.
-- --Jason
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#4 posted 07-27-2017 04:25 PM
You did a very nice job on this dipper.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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