Okay I just had to stop what I was doing outside and try one of those long router bits.

Just so you guys know I did not start with anything on paper.. No patterns no guessing on paper..What ever comes out sometimes I do like and other times I have to tell a big- un like sure

I like it..

 This I like and I'm not this good... It takes the right tools and the Legacy Mill will make anyone look like he has been in a wood shop before..

 I haven't had time to erase the pencil marks yet.

 Did I say I'm leaving the bad places in the wood cause I've never built something and leave a big gap in the wood on purpose???

  You got to be very careful when you are cutting something on the side of an object for you have to have a flat place for the bearing to run or else garbage can...

    I still have the attachments on the top and bottom of the tall tea pot.. That's in case I decide to change things. Slip it right back in the lathe and go at it again..

   Got to think more before the trigger finger gets itchee....

They are sure coming out Purrty,like a king and a queen.

Herb

Patch, these may be the best you've done.

My wife just saw these pictures and said, "Now making those would take some time. Do they actually hold tea?"

No mam, I didn't hollow them out. I don't own any tools for inside work.. Can't even get the lids off...Just like a new dress, for show only...

  But I am designing a new machine that will enter through the spout and I will be able to direct to all areas inside and grind away making it hollow. So far I only have the on off switch and am trying to out source the rest of the components.

  Dave, the yard needs mowing!!! Just forget about fixin the truck??

1 hour ago, Smallpatch said:

Dave, the yard needs mowing!!! Just forget about fixin the truck??

You are right, the yard does need mowing again especially after 4"+ of rain and heavy dew/fog the last two mornings.

Well as for the truck, while it's home temporarily until the 1 of 5 in the world throttle actuators arrives to replace the new one from last week, it threw another hissy this AM...Code(s) tell me I need to replace #3 cylinder COP (coil on plug)....was sure I had previously replaced that one, but no paint markings on top with date indicating I did...I couldn't have forgotten to mark it could I?

Added a little carving.

Jesse, you are one patient and talented guy. They both look fantastic.

4 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Jesse, you are one patient and talented guy. They both look fantastic.

What Gene said! +1

Thanks guys. I'm seeing a small crack down the middle from top to bottom so before I glue the spout and handle on I will use that area to drill some long dowel holes crisscrossing through the crack.

  Final got the last piece to the puzzle made today and now ready to smear on some stuff. Maybe a little too tall but hey.

  I finally took off the brackets that holds it in the lathe so I guess I'm through except for the finish.

8 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

I'm seeing a small crack down the middle from top to bottom so before I glue the spout and handle on I will use that area to drill some long dowel holes crisscrossing through the crack.

Ah, the old "pinning a crack in a cylinder head trick" huh?

Good idea...if you have the time, might post some progression pictures of the technique...might help others learning this trick.

Dave I had a 52 Ford for about 2 years. It had a flat head V8. 54 was when the new V8's came out. The valve seats was bad about cracking and that meant dead cylinders. And the valve seats were in the block and not the heads like the later V8's. Nobody could repair those problems back then but they still charged for ???...This kind of stayed in my mind for the next 45 years or more. 

   I think I bought the 52 in the end of 53 and the next Ford I bought was a new F 150 in 98 and it is sitting in the garage now.

  Not a lot to show how I pinned the cracks in the tea pot.. I took advantage of the areas I hollowed out for the spout and handle and drilled angling holes as deep as the 3/8" drill bit was long. All the holes got past the middle where the crack is. I did use the next size drill up from the 3/8 cause that deep of hole and a tight fitting dowel with glue all over it would have to be hammered in and for sure I didn't want to push the crack wider was the reason for the next size hole and with glue on both surfaces I worked the dowel back and forth pushing in as I went..If you get the right amount of glue when the dowel bottoms a small amount of glue will be pushed out at the top at the same time as the dowel hits bottom...This learning is lots of years in a shop. Anyone with lots of woodworking knowledge had to have lots of years in the shop..for a person does not  do the same kind of work every day. The next time I might have to do the dowel thing might years down the road. 

 

After I took the lathe attachment off after dressing up the top of the pot for a finalieee I then had to make a finalieeee then to do some scribbling on it to match the other items..

  Your comment  about fixin the cracks, If I had have waited till the 54's came out I might have been a Ford person, that is until the 55 Chevy's came out with their 8's. 

  I did in 1956 order a new 2 door hard top from my uncle and ask for the biggest motor chevy had to offer. First and almost last new car I ever had for there was a marriage with children in there in the middle that changed the wants to needs...

 The uncle at chevy called and said the exact color came in but only had a small V8. Without thinking I said I'll take it...Probably the best thing that could have happened at that time..Upset yes cause I could not race anyone but in the long run of things my car sat while I rode in the fast cars,, My pay check back then could only pay the payments and buy gas. And a 20 cent hamburger ever once in a while.

I didn't have rich parents like some. My dad had died in 1951 so maybe my uncle was smart and only ordered the 56 with a small motor on purpose!!!! He probably knew how much I made and was putting me in something that would not get broken many times while racing..

 And I did get it paid off before getting drafted in 58...Remember back then car payment were only set up for a 2 year pay out....and I might add at 78.00 bucks a month.

Edited June 17, 20187 yr by Smallpatch

Dave I had a 52 Ford for about 2 years. The valve seats was bad about cracking and that meant dead cylinders. And the valve seats were in the block and not the heads like the later V8's. Nobody could repair those problems back then but they still charged for ???...This kind of stayed in my mind for the next 45 years or more. 

   I think I bought the 52 in the end of 53 and the next Ford I bought was a new F 150 in 98 and it is sitting in the garage now.

  Not a lot to show how I pinned the cracks in the tea pot.. I took advantage of the areas I hollowed out for the spout and handle and drilled angling holes as deep as the 3/8" drill bit was long. All the holes got past the middle where the crack is. I did use the next size drill up from the 3/8 cause that deep of hole and a tight fitting dowel with glue all over it would have to be hammered in and for sure I didn't want to push the crack wider was the reason for the next size hole and with glue on both surfaces I worked the dowel back and forth pushing in as I went..If you get the right amount of glue when the dowel bottoms a small amount of glue will be pushed out at the top at the same time as the dowel hits bottom...This learning is lots of years in a shop. Anyone with lots of woodworking knowledge had to have lots of years in the shop..for a person does not  do the same kind of work every day. The next time I might have to do the dowel thing might years down the road. 

Finally a finish to get er finished.

I did this about a couple hours ago but when I tried to post it , the last post I typed and posted kept coming back up and I posted it again and not this one of the finish to get er finished..So I'll try again. 

  I also decided the one on the right is from a plum tree that started dying and the one on the left is some variety of oak for there are 7 or 8 different oaks with different leaves on this property and only the live oak , the bur oak and red oak and pin oak is about all I know for sure. I started to add the pinyon but then as I was telling about the only pine tree with edible nuts I thought well duh, it ain't ever a oak tree.

  No extra stain or color was added to either wood, just 100% tung oil before the clear lacquer after a few days for the tung oil to dry before the lacquer. 

Somehow I missed this episode Patch...Holy cow, those are spectacular. The variations within the grain and the way it absorbed the finish is fantastic.

You out did yourself on these two. Looking forward to the grand finale sort of...kind of not too...really have enjoyed following this along.

Edited June 28, 20187 yr by Grandpadave52

8 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Somehow I missed this episode Patch

Ya got to keep up Dave... or else you get left in the (saw)dust!

Dave this is what 100% tung oil will do to wood. Its much harder to work with since I use lacquer as my top coats...

    I'm all through with the pieces. All I have left is gluing them together. Can't seem to get in a hurry for I would just have to start on something else....Yard work is taking most of my time and even though my shops air conditioner is doing great my drive to get back in there seems to have changed.

2 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

Yard work is taking most of my time and even though my shops air conditioner is doing great my drive to get back in there seems to have changed.

Fully understand the yard work challenge...just finish mowing so it can start raining again, then once the rain finally quits and everything dries out, start the cycle over.

My "shop's A/C" is generally 240 & sometimes 440...either two doors open or two doors & two windows with two or four fans blowing...so far this summer we've had two types of days...hot & rain, or hotter and more humid...

My whining aside, this teapot series has been great...appreciate all of your effort to create and all the pictures and the stories. Just sent in my subscription for the next series.

5 hours ago, Cal said:

Ya got to keep up Dave... or else you get left in the (saw)dust!

Story of my life Cal..."day late & a dollar short!"

I finally brought these things in to the house so I guess that means the only thing left is to give them a good shinning with the Johnson's paste wax and some 0000 steel wool. But better do that out on the deck for maw might throw a shoe if she caught me..

 As I was taking the black handle pot in after the last coat of lacquer I tipped it over and caught it before it hit the ground and do have some marks to smooth over and thats the side with the best looking wood grain..I have up to 10 coats of lacquer on these. Usually about 3 or 4 coats each day and most of the re-coating was done about every 30 minutes. I then let it sit over night then start spraying again the next day. Sometimes using 0000 steel wool each morning before I start spraying depending on how hard the wind was blowing. Summer time I always do my spraying outside. I keep the piece so I can highlight the spray as it is being applied. On large items I use an extension cord with a reflector and light bulb to make sure I don't get any runs...

  Kinda tall for tea pots at 12 and 14" but hey I already have some small ones!!

I now think both tea pots would have looked better with the handles switched but that was after I cut the slots and did all the finishing so it was too late. The black on the red was to me much better.. Now if I can just remember for the next time!

 Almost ready to start gathering dust......Did I mention the sand blows in Texas.

Those look fabulous Jess.