Finally got some time to play at the lathe. made a few pepper mills that I've had the supplies on hand since spring. these turned out so nice my wife went ahead and ordered another 10 blanks and hardware

 

WOW!!!!  

 

AWESOME!!!!

 

Those are fantastic!

The "Wow" just popped out of my mouth when I saw these.  Beyond words.

 

Great to see you posting again.  

I still have a lot of learning to do. but isn't that the reason we work wood?

 

Yes.  The bigger part of the fun.  

Nice turning!!

Wow, super nice John.

Most excellent work

..What everyone else said X2. 

John, I am not too knowledgeable with the turning composites and ways to color turnings, how'd ya get those colors in there?

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

John, I am not too knowledgeable with the turning composites and ways to color turnings, how'd ya get those colors in there?

John here is a look the US manufacturer and an explanation of manufacture.

https://patents.google.com/patent/JP2009241571A/en

 

https://chromaply.com/

 

 

Very nice. I love that wood. I used to make pens with it. Looks great as a pepper mill.

On 12/22/2020 at 10:13 PM, John Hechel said:

these turned out so nice my wife went ahead and ordered another 10 blanks and hardware

Those are very nice and full of color. Your "Playing with the lathe" title pretty well sums up my activities.