Bois D'Arc plate. 

 

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Very nice @forty_caliber

49 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

Lookin' Good @RustyFN

41 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

Sweet!

Swivel head sure looks like a nice option.

44 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

Swivel head sure looks like a nice option.

It is awesome. I couldn’t turn as long without it.

Scorched embellished ash.

 

 

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2 hours ago, RustyFN said:

It is awesome. I couldn’t turn as long without it.

 

I have a lathe that does that but I redid the drive and the spindle to correct a factory flaw and didn't attach the drive to the swivel like I should have and can't swivel without losing the belt.

 

Spent a couple days doing household chores and yard work but finding time to make some of these too.

 

  

 

 

Edited April 7, 20233 yr by HandyDan

I forgot to mention the rabbits are easy to make.  The body and head are egg shaped.  I turned the tail as part of the body instead of turning it and gluing it on.

It looks like the ears may have been turned (and then sawed in 1/2)...is that the way you did them? They are cool.

Finish dried on the mystery wood bowl. I believe @Gerald's comment on it being ash is correct. 

 

 

 

The second little piece of elm came out of the soak today and went into the drying box

 

 

The previous blank did have a small split that opened on the second day of drying. Put some CA on it and it hasn't gotten any worse-

 

The original big piece of elm had end cracked badly and I tried to cut the blanks around the worst of the flaws. Apparently this one wasn't removed. I didn't notice it before it went into the soak. Some of it may turn away as the bowl is finished. Notice how the color has lightened as it slowly dried. It has been in the dryer for about 3 days and there's still a little way to go to reach equilibrium.

 

 

40 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

It looks like the ears may have been turned (and then sawed in 1/2)...is that the way you did them? They are cool.

 

I did Fred.  Surprising how well that works.  There is a video in Lew's Wednesday's Wisdom for Woodturners post on March 15.

Rough turned 10x6 pecan.  1st test of the knottec filler system we discussed a while back. Will be interesting to see how it moves with the wood as it dries. 

 

 

 

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Hope it stays tight @forty_caliber

One pecan calabash to the kiln...

 

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Yet another pecan calabash in the kiln...

 

 

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6 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

Yet another pecan calabash in the kiln...

 

 

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Nice shape