allen levine
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Im not supposed to be in the shop working, I have a bad cold and my ear is getting involved, but boredom, oh boy.
so after elen went to class this morning, I went out turn a vase for her out of my firepit wood.
I glued up some pieces of Spanish cedar, which I discovered didn't turn well on the edge grain the long way.
It broke apart and I ended up with a much smaller vase not the shape I wanted.
live and learn.
then I whipped out the drawknife, she spokeshave, the planes, tried to make some kind of flower, ended up looking on the internet and decided to use the plane and hot glue together shavings to make wooden roses.
me using a Clifton #4 to make shavings is like giving a 16 y/o pizza delivery kid a Maserati to make deliveries.
I even broke out the water stones and did a bit of sharpening.
the pictures show the end results of yesterday afternoon and today till 12:30, when the paint dries better Ill respray and glue the roses on the sticks.
you can make fun of it if you want, you wont hurt my feelings.
oh, Ive never hollowed out a narrow piece before, impossible with the tools I have. I put a drill chuck in the lathe and used a 1 inch bit to drill out the inside, then rounded out the top area with a chisel.
so after elen went to class this morning, I went out turn a vase for her out of my firepit wood.
I glued up some pieces of Spanish cedar, which I discovered didn't turn well on the edge grain the long way.
It broke apart and I ended up with a much smaller vase not the shape I wanted.
live and learn.
then I whipped out the drawknife, she spokeshave, the planes, tried to make some kind of flower, ended up looking on the internet and decided to use the plane and hot glue together shavings to make wooden roses.
me using a Clifton #4 to make shavings is like giving a 16 y/o pizza delivery kid a Maserati to make deliveries.
I even broke out the water stones and did a bit of sharpening.
the pictures show the end results of yesterday afternoon and today till 12:30, when the paint dries better Ill respray and glue the roses on the sticks.
you can make fun of it if you want, you wont hurt my feelings.
oh, Ive never hollowed out a narrow piece before, impossible with the tools I have. I put a drill chuck in the lathe and used a 1 inch bit to drill out the inside, then rounded out the top area with a chisel.
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