What’s On Your Lathe?

[Grandpadave52]

26 minutes ago, lew said:

Odd shape

I really like it. Something unique. Some real purty grain too.

[HandyDan]

Looks good Lew.  Had you taken the flat out you would have lost a lot of that wonderful grain too. 

[forty_caliber]

1 hour ago, lew said:

Still needs the bottom finished out and some wipe on poly. Part of a walnut log. Odd shape but I think it'll be OK. It will be another "friendship bowl" like @Gerald makes. 

 

Nice grain and I like the broken rim design. 

 

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[lew]

6 hours ago, teesquare said:

"Odd shapes" are often my favorites! That is some really good looking walnut.

 Thanks, I appreciate your kind words!

5 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

I really like it. Something unique. Some real purty grain too.

Thank you! I was surprised what was inside the piece.

5 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Looks good Lew.  Had you taken the flat out you would have lost a lot of that wonderful grain too. 

Thanks! I wasn't sure if that was the best path but I'm glad I did leave it.

4 hours ago, forty_caliber said:

Nice grain and I like the broken rim design. 

 

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Thank you! It's kinda growing on me.

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

No words left for me to add to the praises, Lew...just another beautiful piece.

[lew]

5 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

No words left for me to add to the praises, Lew...just another beautiful piece.

Thanks, Fred!

[lew]

Simple medium sized platter. Had it completely done but didn't like the way to crack seemed lackluster. Added the pewa patch. Need to refinish with poly

 

[Grandpadave52]

Some really cool grain. Excellent fix with the patch. Perfect proportion.

[teesquare]

Will be a great looking platter Lew.

[forty_caliber]

Really like the grain in this piece.  What kind of wood is it?

 

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[lew]

6 hours ago, forty_caliber said:

Really like the grain in this piece.  What kind of wood is it?

 

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White oak

[forty_caliber]

49 minutes ago, lew said:

White oak

Love those medullary rays!  Hard to capture and show off.   

 

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[lew]

White oak platter just about done. Waiting for the final coat of wipe on poly to dry then needs name and date engraved. Second one with a dutchman.

Unfinished bottom-

 

Turned and poly

[Gerald]

Nice job Lew. Do you finish on the longworth and if you do how do you account for the clamps?

[lew]

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Nice job Lew. Do you finish on the longworth and if you do how do you account for the clamps?

Usually I finish all of the “front” and pretty much all of the back while the piece is chucked in the mortise on the back. Then reverse it into the Cole jaws to create the foot from the mortise. Sand and finish the mortise area. This platter gave me fits. Could not get a nice finish. I think I mixed the wipe on poly too thin. Ended up sanding off the poly, removed the piece to the work bench. Finished the front lying flat. Dried then did the back the same way. Did put the poly on the foot while on the lathe. Doing it this way, the finish is already complete under the clamps when reverse chucked. 

[kreisdorph]

I can't help myself. I tripped over this piece this morning. My wife had picked up some scraps to burn from the burn pile. Given the way it was cut, I suspect I had cut it to turn, but then it got lost in the brush pile. I'm 80% sure it's hophornbeam.

[Grandpadave52]

Nice Kent. Interesting color and grain pattern. Should really pop with finish.

[lew]

I love the way you left the natural inclusions unfilled. Lovely piece!

 

Never turned hophornbeam, in fact this is the first I've heard of it!

[kreisdorph]

I have a lot of stuff I had never heard of before. Hophornbeam is sometimes called ironwood. It is pretty hard at 1,800 janka hardness and very strong. Some folks use it for making threaded pieces. 

 

I like including the flaws. Here's a little red elm bowl from a couple months back.

[kreisdorph]

On 2/6/2024 at 7:52 PM, lew said:

White oak platter just about done. Waiting for the final coat of wipe on poly to dry then needs name and date engraved. Second one with a dutchman.

Unfinished bottom-

 

Turned and poly

Nice Cole... er "Lew" jaws!