24-05-2011, 04:53 PM
Hi,
It would have been terrible to throw this bit of Yew away and what a splendid little dish you've turned it into David; the finish is in the detail and the detail around the rim takes it from plain to something special. Your turning is always done to a very high standard and a joy to see. I would be interested to see such an item with a wire burned ring added to compare it with such rings on spindle work. Anyone attempting to add such a ring must never ever wrap the wire around a finger to hold it or it will only be a matter of time before losing the finger.
I was taught how to use an engineering lathe but am fully self taught on a wood turning lathe and agree with you when you say tuition makes a lot of difference; a lump of wood revolving at 1,000 revs is easily detached from the lathe by a nasty tool dig in and such dig ins occur frequently for a complete novice; I've been smacked under the chin by a coffee table leg that ran up my arm after such a dig in and after making friends with my chin settled eventually in the corner of the garage. A skew chisel is a fearsome tool for a novice to use whilst spindle turning. Normally a mistake is made only once but it's amazing how many times the same mistake is made whilst wood turning.
Bron and I used to visit Townley Hall in Burnley and on one such visit we struck up a conversation with an old gentleman walking his dog; he not only told us about a Yew tree that was over 300 years old but took us to see it; it wasn't what I would call a big tree by any standards given its age but then Yew is very slow growing.
The only problem with tidying up is that it creates space for yet more junk. I like to tidy up as work progresses and find the small plastic dustpan sets sold by Poundland to be invaluable for removing wood shavings and swarf from my lathes. For heavy wood machining I hook up my home made 3 phase dust extractor which makes a tremendous difference removing the fog I used to work in.
Keep up the good work and please keep sharing; I bet your next piece is already spinning around in your head.
Kind regards, Col.
It would have been terrible to throw this bit of Yew away and what a splendid little dish you've turned it into David; the finish is in the detail and the detail around the rim takes it from plain to something special. Your turning is always done to a very high standard and a joy to see. I would be interested to see such an item with a wire burned ring added to compare it with such rings on spindle work. Anyone attempting to add such a ring must never ever wrap the wire around a finger to hold it or it will only be a matter of time before losing the finger.
I was taught how to use an engineering lathe but am fully self taught on a wood turning lathe and agree with you when you say tuition makes a lot of difference; a lump of wood revolving at 1,000 revs is easily detached from the lathe by a nasty tool dig in and such dig ins occur frequently for a complete novice; I've been smacked under the chin by a coffee table leg that ran up my arm after such a dig in and after making friends with my chin settled eventually in the corner of the garage. A skew chisel is a fearsome tool for a novice to use whilst spindle turning. Normally a mistake is made only once but it's amazing how many times the same mistake is made whilst wood turning.
Bron and I used to visit Townley Hall in Burnley and on one such visit we struck up a conversation with an old gentleman walking his dog; he not only told us about a Yew tree that was over 300 years old but took us to see it; it wasn't what I would call a big tree by any standards given its age but then Yew is very slow growing.
The only problem with tidying up is that it creates space for yet more junk. I like to tidy up as work progresses and find the small plastic dustpan sets sold by Poundland to be invaluable for removing wood shavings and swarf from my lathes. For heavy wood machining I hook up my home made 3 phase dust extractor which makes a tremendous difference removing the fog I used to work in.
Keep up the good work and please keep sharing; I bet your next piece is already spinning around in your head.
Kind regards, Col.
