Gord Rock
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Had to try these things!
The bodies are all of birch.
The first one has a walnut finial & basket.
The second has a purpleheart finial & basket.
The third, I used bloodwood.
The one in the middle here I tried something different. I made the basket much deeper and smaller in diameter. In fact, I made it too small and the angle to put the toothpicks in is so tight that I had to cut the toothpicks shorter just to get them in. A little more learning to go. I made the finial & basket of walnut and turned the post from a piece of cedar just to see how it would work out.
These things are a lot of fun to turn and I like trying different designs. May have to try a few more when I get the time. I envy you guys who seem to have something new to show every day.
Thanks for looking. Any comments or criticisms are appeciated.
.....Gord
Oh, yeah, sorry about the poor photography again!
The bodies are all of birch.
The first one has a walnut finial & basket.
The second has a purpleheart finial & basket.
The third, I used bloodwood.
The one in the middle here I tried something different. I made the basket much deeper and smaller in diameter. In fact, I made it too small and the angle to put the toothpicks in is so tight that I had to cut the toothpicks shorter just to get them in. A little more learning to go. I made the finial & basket of walnut and turned the post from a piece of cedar just to see how it would work out.
These things are a lot of fun to turn and I like trying different designs. May have to try a few more when I get the time. I envy you guys who seem to have something new to show every day.
Thanks for looking. Any comments or criticisms are appeciated.
.....Gord
Oh, yeah, sorry about the poor photography again!