Project by Dave Polaschek | posted 04-18-2021 09:13 PM | 961 views | 0 times favorited | 40 comments | ![]() |
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Playing with shape on this one, I turned a few beads. Or flutes. The grain on the bottom turned out to be one sort of spectacular, and then the grain on the lid went a totally different direction, so I’m not sure they fit well together, but my sweetie likes the look of them, so there it is. Friction finish of BLO and shellac applied on the lathe. I turned away the tenon on the bottom before I completely finished the inside, so the inside doesn’t look as nice as the outside.
This claro walnut comes from Cook Woods so wet that I feel like I should be wearing a raincoat when I turn it, but it doesn’t seem to check much as it dries out. Fun! Also, I had forgotten to smooth the inside of the lid before I turned the handle, and then didn’t have a chuck to hold the handle, so I needed to order a set of 35mm jaws for my Nova chuck before I could finish the lid. Oh darn!
About 4 inches diameter for the base, the lid was turned from a 6 inch square blank so I could get the overhang I wanted on the lid. The base is about 3.5 inches tall, and the lid is another 2 inches total, including the handle.
-- Dave - Santa Fe
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MrWolfe
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#1 posted 04-18-2021 09:25 PM
Sweet Dave!
Looks like you’ve found your groove.
Looks Great!
therealSteveN
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#2 posted 04-18-2021 09:39 PM
WOW and a fitted lid too. Getting it going Dave, not to mention beautiful wood.
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#3 posted 04-18-2021 09:55 PM
This is fast catching the #21 bowl
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Oldtool
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#4 posted 04-18-2021 09:58 PM
Very nice & unique, well done. Appears you’re getting pretty adept at the lathe.
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#5 posted 04-18-2021 10:20 PM
Love the timber and the finish.
At first glance I thought you’d done a screw thread shape on the outside.
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sras
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#6 posted 04-18-2021 10:25 PM
Another beautiful piece!
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#7 posted 04-18-2021 11:08 PM
At this rate you will have more bowls and such than bookcases. :+)
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Eric
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#8 posted 04-18-2021 11:35 PM
Another nice turning, the lid is great.
Pretty soon you will have one for each bookcase.
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pottz
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#9 posted 04-19-2021 12:21 AM
man it’s gorgeous,i dont know what your talking about, im with sweetie,it’s beautiful dave.i know what you mean about the rain coat,when i did that one bowl i felt cold and damp.
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#10 posted 04-19-2021 12:34 AM
Very nice work! Your lathe must be smoking with all the turnings your doing.
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#11 posted 04-19-2021 01:05 AM
Nice new additions to your collection!...
This Claro is my favorite, wood wise and shape wise…
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Dave Polaschek
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#12 posted 04-19-2021 01:39 AM
Thanks, Jon!
Thanks, SteveN!
Thanks, Dick!
Thanks, Tom! I’m feeling competent. Some days.
Thanks, Peter! I’m still a ways from trying threads, I think.
Thanks, Steve!
Still another couple dozen to go for that, Earl. Thanks!
Thanks, Eric!
Thanks, Pottz! The lid doesn’t fit as tightly as I’d like.
Thanks, Woodmaster! The wet from the wood cools it off.
Thanks, Jack! I like it a lot too. I’m hoping it doesn’t age to a uniformly dark brown.
-- Dave - Santa Fe
pottz
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#13 posted 04-19-2021 01:47 AM
personally i wouldn’t want it too snug,with changes in humidity it could be too tight or way to loose.
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Dave Polaschek
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#14 posted 04-19-2021 01:57 AM
Pottz, it should grow and shrink at about the same rate as the bottom, so pretty snug should be fine.
-- Dave - Santa Fe
pottz
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#15 posted 04-19-2021 02:03 AM
let me know because swmbo wants a salt a pepper bowl that i plan on making from that claro walnut we have.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
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