Another platter

[Steve Krumanaker]

 

 

I've been wanting to add some color to some of my turnings and posted a little about that earlier. At the time I was working on another decorative platter and have just put the sealer coat on it. Probably should've waited and taken better pictures but I wanted to share and got impatient.

 

 

The platter is soft maple, turned to about 1/8" thick and about 12" diameter. My original thought for the center motif was to use water color paint. After several practice pieces I just wasn't getting the "pop" I was after and decided to use aniline dye. It is definitely a more robust color. The sky, the tree, the animals, and the bottom are pyrography.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The underside

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was excited about doing this piece there are several things I really like about it. Even so, I'm just not sure it "works".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Chips N Dust]

Incredible!

[lew]

What Kelly said  and MORE!!

[Gerald]

Wow. Looks like a rattan platter. How thin is it?

[Cal]

It works for me Steve.  A breautiful piece!

Cal

[HandyDan]

Another great piece Steve.  I thought about you today.  I was in a consignment store today and there was a small work bench and a Foredom motor and rotary tool was mounted to it.  I thought they were out of line on price at $140.00.

 

[Jim L]

12 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

Even so, I'm just not sure it "works".

Steve....  let me just say this.    IT WORKS!  Holy Cow, IT WORKS!

Crazy skills...  can't say enough, this just blows me away.

[Ron Dudelston]

Very nice Steve, very very nice.

[Grandpadave52]

Incredible Steve. The choice to go with the aniline dye for the color was the right decision. The color is spectacular.

Your artistic talent amazes me!

[Steve Krumanaker]

On 7/26/2017 at 11:30 PM, HandyDan said:

Another great piece Steve.  I thought about you today.  I was in a consignment store today and there was a small work bench and a Foredom motor and rotary tool was mounted to it.  I thought they were out of line on price at $140.00.

 

 

 

Hi Dan, Thanks! Depending on the model, that probably wasn't a bad price, especially if it had any bits with it.

 

Steve

[Steve Krumanaker]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the comments.

On 7/26/2017 at 9:22 PM, Gerald said:

Wow. Looks like a rattan platter. How thin is it?

 

 

Hi Gerald. It's about 1/8" thick. It's patterned after a Polynesian style vessel. According to what I read, the weave is normally done with water hyacinth reed and the splines are metal.

 

 

Steve

[Steve Krumanaker]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the very nice comments.

 

Steve

[Gerald]

Steve are you using power carver ? If so what bit did you use to get the sharp corners?

[Steve Krumanaker]

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Steve are you using power carver ? If so what bit did you use to get the sharp corners?

 

Gerald, there isn't really any carving except for the pierced areas. For that I use a cheap knock off dental hand piece from Ebay. A person can buy one for less than 15 bucks. Do an Ebay search for NSK Pana Max 4 hole. The burs I get from http://bursforcarving.com/ 

I think they about 9. mil in diameter. After  I get done with the piercing there is a fair bit exacto knife and needle file work to clean up the edges.

 

Steve

[Grandpadave52]

6 minutes ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

After  I get done with the piercing there is a fair bit exacto knife and needle file work to clean up the edges.

and don't forget the most important tool...LOTS of painstaking PATIENCE!

[Steve Krumanaker]

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

and don't forget the most important tool...LOTS of painstaking PATIENCE!

 

There IS some of that but I have found a way to cope

 

 

 

Steve

[Grandpadave52]

2 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

There IS some of that but I have found a way to cope

...Well. there is that tool too!