Thanks for allowing me here.  I’m a disabled Vietnam vet.  I served just shy of three tours in the central highlands of Vietnam.  Came home with some problems and began woodworking, which I’ve always had an interest in.  It has proven to be great therapy for me.  I’ve since began woodturning.  I think a good woodworker should learn as many aspects as possible, like turning, building, carving, etc....not that I’m proficient in all aspects,  it I usually make an attempt to try things I haven’t done.  Here is a photo of a cherry Shaker Wall Clock.  I made several of these and donated them for silent auctions and money donated to veteran charities.  The second photo is a bowl with a carving of a flower in celebration of spring.  This is from hard maple and is approximately 10 1/2 inches wide.

 

 

Super looking projects!

 

Love the turned bowl! Watch for our "Wednesday's WIsdom For Woodturners" and please jump in and give us your thoughts!!!

Welcome from another Vietnam vet.  Sailor on carrier.  I love that bowl.  Is that stain?  How is it finished?

19 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

Welcome from another Vietnam vet.  Sailor on carrier.  I love that bowl.  Is that stain?  How is it finished?

Welcome home, brother...I seldom ever use a stain.  I like to let the beauty of the wood come through.  I sanded that bowl to about 12000 grit then I use a product called Aussie Oil for the finish.  I used a small trim router to carve the flower on the bottom of the bowl and then turn until it comes through on the other side.  The clear resin is colored with a green tint for the leaves and a red for the flower itself.

26 minutes ago, lew said:

Super looking projects!

 

Love the turned bowl! Watch for our "Wednesday's WIsdom For Woodturners" and please jump in and give us your thoughts!!!

Thank you for the kind words...

Wow!  That is impressive.  How thin is the wood after routing?  

Just now, FlGatorwood said:

Wow!  That is impressive.  How thin is the wood after routing?  

When I carve the bottom, I make it about 1/2 inch deep.  So once I’m done scraping the bottom, then sanding, it gets to be about 3/8 to 7/16.  

Thank you, Pauley.  Great information and welcome here and back home.  So glad you made it.  

8 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

Thank you, Pauley.  Great information and welcome here and back home.  So glad you made it.  

Thank you.  I’m always willing to help another with some of this stuff.

Welcome to TPW.  Pull up a chair, sit by the fire, have some donuts.  Maybe tell us a joke or two.

 

 

Welcome to the crew. You have some fine works going on . Glad you finally made it , see you in the woodturning form

10 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Welcome to TPW.  Pull up a chair, sit by the fire, have some donuts.  Maybe tell us a joke or two.

 

 

Thanks...

7 hours ago, Gerald said:

Welcome to the crew. You have some fine works going on . Glad you finally made it , see you in the woodturning form

 

7 hours ago, Gerald said:

Welcome to the crew. You have some fine works going on . Glad you finally made it , see you in the woodturning form

Thank you...

Howdy and welcome, nice work.

34 minutes ago, Artie said:

Howdy and welcome, nice work.

Thanks for the welcome and kind words.

First, thank you for your service. Your clock and bowl both show your talent. Beautifully done. Hope to see more of your work.

12 hours ago, Al B said:

First, thank you for your service. Your clock and bowl both show your talent. Beautifully done. Hope to see more of your work.

Thank you so much for the kind words...

Paul, I just noticed you're from New Hampshire. Not many of us New Englanders  here. Where in NH ? I'm located in MA, just over the border from NH in Salisbury. Artie is a  little further west in Pepperell MA.

4 minutes ago, Al B said:

Paul, I just noticed you're from New Hampshire. Not many of us New Englanders  here. Where in NH ? I'm located in MA, just over the border from NH in Salisbury. Artie is a  little further west in Pepperell MA.

Hi Al.  I live in Derry, NH.  Not that far from Salisbury. Originally, I’m from Southie, but my wife and I moved up here to be closer to the grandkids.

Edited June 13, 20196 yr by Pauley

1 hour ago, Pauley said:

Hi Al.  I live in Derry, NH.  Not that far from Salisbury. Originally, I’m from Southie, but my wife and I moved up here to be closer to the grandkids.

So if my simple mind is still working, that’s 3 from Mass JimmieM, AlB, and meself, and 1 expatriate from Mass, now a New Hampshirite Pauley. Al, we’re gonna need a booth for our next TPW NE edition luncheon.