In the immortal words of Jim McKay, "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition... This is "ABC's Wide World of Sports!"

 

Hate to see that beautiful work blow up on you. 

 

 

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Edited September 23, 20232 yr by forty_caliber

Jim MaCay I remember him well watched every week .

To  stack a pun on top of a pun I should have known better this bowl was going down hill fast from the jump . 

calabrese55

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.  

 

Edited September 23, 20232 yr by lew

Ok not on the lathe but just taken off and sealed ends. Sweet gum  . Still have about 5 foot of this log left .

Edited October 10, 20232 yr by Gerald

28 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Ok not on the lathe but just taken off and sealed ends. Sweet gum  . Still have about 5 foot of this log left .

Nice shape and interesting grain. 

47 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Ok not on the lathe but just taken off and sealed ends. Sweet gum  . Still have about 5 foot of this log left

Looking forward to seeing this one upon completion.

That one is beautiful @RustyFN. Amazing spalting.

Wow Rusty.  Nice bowl and nice piece of wood too.

Not on the lathe yet but glued up dome box blanks yesterday 

 

and this is the first fire of the year

 

On a cool, cloudy day that looks so inviting 

3 hours ago, Gerald said:

Not on the lathe yet but glued up dome box blanks yesterday 

 

and this is the first fire of the year

 

 

Lets not get too comfortable there are projects to be discovered.

calabrese55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXR69hMJjFw&t=6s

 

5 hours ago, Gerald said:

and this is the first fire of the year

Oh my, that looks like nap time to me.

Trying to save this piece as it does have some cracks. Hope to get this ready inn45 days but that may have to be as an iou. 

 

40 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Trying to save this piece as it does have some cracks. Hope to get this ready inn45 days but that may have to be as an iou. 

 

Some pretty red streaks in there!

Cherry bowl

27 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

Cherry bowl...

 

Beautiful Rusty. Happy you're getting some fun time in the new shop.

Love the colors in that Rusty.  Nicely done.

Not on the lathe yet but headed there......... 

My first attempt at tapered stave construction for a vase.

Curly maple staves shown dry fitted to check the initial fit, ( the stave flat picture has only 11 shown ) 

The saw blade angle was 15 degrees, the miter angle is 4 degrees, stave length is 5.75 inches and will be the lower partion of the vase. Plane is for a feature ring on top of the base  and a domed cap to top all off.

The planning was kind of challenging to figure out the jigs / fixtures . As usual I started out over thinking everything and after two days  reverted to a couple of quite simple setups  . The first 4 degree angle was cut with the taper jig and the second added with the cross cut sled set up. In both cases the blade was at 15 degrees. 

Not sure how this will go but excited about the opportunity to try something new to me.

Ask any questions.

calabrese55

4 hours ago, RustyFN said:

Cherry bowl

 Gorgeous, Rusty!

 

3 hours ago, calabrese55 said:

Not on the lathe yet but headed there......... 

My first attempt at tapered stave construction for a vase.

Curly maple staves shown dry fitted to check the initial fit, ( the stave flat picture has only 11 shown ) 

The saw blade angle was 15 degrees, the miter angle is 4 degrees, stave length is 5.75 inches and will be the lower partion of the vase. Plane is for a feature ring on top of the base  and a domed cap to top all off.

The planning was kind of challenging to figure out the jigs / fixtures . As usual I started out over thinking everything and after two days  reverted to a couple of quite simple setups  . The first 4 degree angle was cut with the taper jig and the second added with the cross cut sled set up. In both cases the blade was at 15 degrees. 

Not sure how this will go but excited about the opportunity to try something new to me.

Ask any questions.

calabrese55

Nice fit on those staves!