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Post by Paul @ Home of wood on Jul 18, 2021 8:26:48 GMT
Welcome.
We are pleased you have come to join us.
Here at home of wood we want to see your items that you have created from the wood we have supplied you.
We want you to share your work with us and fellow turners.
Every 2 months we will choose a winner and that winner will receive a selection of woodturning blanks free of charge.
In order to take part the items you post must be from wood that has been purchased from us here at home of wood.
Happy turning
Paul
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Post by pault on Sept 27, 2021 16:37:37 GMT
Hi Paul, I retired a while ago year and my wife and I were all set to roam the world then along came covid and lockdown happened! Long story short, I built a workshop in the back garden and bought a (very cheap and barely functional) lathe. Last January I found your site and bought sack of blanks which I have to say is lovely quality wood that on the whole I have managed to turn into lots of sawdust a lot of butchered wood and a very few bowls of note... I came back to your site today to purchase another bag as I've just run out and I find that you've started this message board  Attached are a couple of bowls that I made from some chestnut blanks...  Inlay Bowl No1 I apologise for photographing this on an oak table  The bowl has an inlay of hornbeam twigs set into a groove I cut in the rim and which I then filled with epoxy resin. I was quite disappointed because the resin was a transparent light-blue but as soon as I poured it in it went almost black because the light doesn't shine through it. If you look carefully you can see the bottom of the groove and the resin does have a blue tinge but you'll have to take my word for it. I was quite happy with that bowl by-and-large so I had another go with the second chestnut blank in the bag (and incidentally my last blank)...   Inlay Bowl No2 This is pretty much the same pattern but instead of using transparent light blue colouring in the resin I used a copper coloured mica powder - it still went very dark but you can see the colouring a little better. The downside is that I was working down the hornbeam branch and I knew the bottom was a little wider so I cut the groove wider too, the problem being that towards the end of the branch/twig the wood was a lot darker which has introduced some discolouration in some of the twigs that I hadn't noticed prior to turning it. Oh well, you live and learn Regards, Paul Tew |
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Post by denzil on Oct 5, 2021 19:44:53 GMT
Like the use of the inlay great idea 👍
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