Chunky's big wood thread.

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chunkymunky

chunkymunky

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Good day fine fellows and ladyfolks's.

I am learning to woodturn in the old Clarke lathe I found in our shed. So far I have made a nice bowl out of some walnut I ordered online.

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Finished article

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I am currently making what will now be an egg cup having begun much bigger 😳 out of spalt beech.

I am going to a rural sale where turning blanks, chisels, gouges will be for sale.
Really loving it. Very relaxing.

I have some newly cut cherry to season coming tomorrow. Any tips? I know it's nice wood once turned.

Also there is a cypriot pine. Not familiar with that wood.
 
My mate turned an egg cup out of box wood once . Looked good. :)
Nice bowl mate. How bout some wooden mushrooms?
 
lilman said:
My mate turned an egg cup out of box wood once . Looked good. :)
Nice bowl mate. How bout some wooden mushrooms?
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Wellllllllll.

Some time ago I did about 50 big mushrooms with chainsaw in our woods and left them to weather and moss up. Got one at home which parents like. Will take a pic when me, daylight and mushroom meet again lol.

Was thinking of offering them to local garden centres. Once they are mossy and cracked etc they will fight right into a garden.
 
I turn wood.. I have a pole lathe for doing green wood and a powered lathe for the seasoned stuff. Cherry can be an unpredictable wood.. Its very nice to work and it looks good, but it can split in weird ways on some bits and be completely stable on other bits. I usually use food grade linseed oil for finishing..

Rubbing old yoghurt or milk into your mushrooms will speed the the "aging" process chap
 
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I had my kids down here the past few days and had them making stuff on the lathe (we couldn't go out much cos of the crap weather)
I was really pleased with how well they done making their own knife fork n spoon handles to fit on old cutlery.

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JonnyP said:
I turn wood.. I have a pole lathe for doing green wood and a powered lathe for the seasoned stuff. Cherry can be an unpredictable wood.. Its very nice to work and it looks good, but it can split in weird ways on some bits and be completely stable on other bits. I usually use food grade linseed oil for finishing..

Rubbing old yoghurt or milk into your mushrooms will speed the the "aging" process chap
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Ah cheers. Yeah the cherry is pretty nice but will have loads to season :)
 
JonnyP said:
I had my kids down here the past few days and had them making stuff on the lathe (we couldn't go out much cos of the crap weather)
I was really pleased with how well they done making their own knife fork n spoon handles to fit on old cutlery.

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Excellent! I need more chisels and to get them sharper but pretty happy. Going on a woodland course in April for a week ;)
 
very nice to turn wood I guess, but never done it meself.
strangely I love the smell of wood, wood cutting, and drying wood.

was glad to see the youngsters having a go too, getting the feel of working tools

I spent far too many years smelling of machine coolant turning/milling anything ferrous / non ferrous / and horribly hard stuff.

spose I like the wood smell coz its the opposite of mettalic stuff..

so, big thumbs up from me.
 
easye1 said:
very nice to turn wood I guess, but never done it meself.
strangely I love the smell of wood, wood cutting, and drying wood.

was glad to see the youngsters having a go too, getting the feel of working tools

I spent far too many years smelling of machine coolant turning/milling anything ferrous / non ferrous / and horribly hard stuff.

spose I like the wood smell coz its the opposite of mettalic stuff..

so, big thumbs up from me.
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No harm in giving it a go mate. Lathes are often cheap on eBay.
 
chunkymunky said:
No harm in giving it a go mate. Lathes are often cheap on eBay.
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:)
indeed they are my friend.

when I retired, I said I`d never get an old lathe or milling machine.

I spose having a 10 year gap "year"
I still get itchy fingers.

maybe I`ll look fer a wood lathe locally..
but need to put up a garage/workshop before I buy anything,
thats also another thing I said I`d never want again too.
but as my shed is like the tardis, its fuller inside then the outside size...lol
 
Haha.

I actually do mine at work. There's a brick lean to. Boss put a socket in for me. Dry as a bone.

I always fancied learning how to do work on metal lathe.
 
chunkymunky said:
Haha.

I actually do mine at work. There's a brick lean to. Boss put a socket in for me. Dry as a bone.

I always fancied learning how to do work on metal lathe.
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its simular, slower, then much slower still depending on hard your metals are.
cutting tools are fixed but moved by the machine (on lathes)
but spin and move along with the metals on a milling machine.
just to make it more difficault,
(here we go)
3 axis & 5 axis milling means its moves in all them axis at the same time making weired & wonderfull shapes..

ok so far,
then looky look at this..
It`ll make DR E looky look too...
Matsuura Maxia: V8 Engine Block Machined From Solid - YouTube
you can bop along to the muzac too...

all of it is good but at 7.0 mins in its really showing off its 5 axis movements,
but fooking clever..

I think its brillient, but simuler to my main job I retired from..
 
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