My wife wanted a pumpkin to hold large mason jar style candles. I turned this for her out of a piece of walnut. She was going to paint it but said she likes it better without paint.

Great decision not to paint it. It's perfect as is.

No ! No paint !!

Edited September 27, 20232 yr by Al B

I like it.  Where's the scary face?

Really Neat, Rusty! How did you create the "ribs"?

31 minutes ago, lew said:

Really Neat, Rusty! How did you create the "ribs"?

I made an indexing wheel for my lathe. I set it up for 20 lines. After they were marked I cut them with an angle grinder and 40 grit flapper wheel.

46 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

I like it.  Where's the scary face?

She said she wanted it plain.

Thanks Rusty!

That's a neat project. I agree about no paint!

 

Yep no paint on walnut it would be sacrilege. You might want to look into creating a router jig for the cuts . It is much easier to control. Don't think I could do it with a grinder.

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Yep no paint on walnut it would be sacrilege. You might want to look into creating a router jig for the cuts . It is much easier to control. Don't think I could do it with a grinder.

I didn’t want it to look too perfect. I purposely made them a little off with extra marks here and there.

For whatever my two cents are worth, I agree with the consensus, It looks great as is.