Artistic Woodturning - St Francis of Asisi 10/03/14

[grizz]

Bought a bunch of half price and full price jewelery at Primark as mentioned, to use as decoration on some of the stuff I may end up making.



Today this came in the post.

Made by Shep in Basingstoke, it is a negative of a GRIZZ brand, and once silver soldered to a heavy metal base and handle, it will be used to brand some of the stuff I turn.

Thanks to Shep for making this up and to Mike for doing the art work.

[grizz]

Been busy with work this week, so not much happened.

Got the electrician in tomorrow to fit the strip light for the shed, then that is done too.

I was messing about though, made a simple angel for Nicola to hang from the Christmas tree..... as she loves her tree and ornaments.

This resulted in my being comissioned to make another 30 angels tosell.

So this is what 30 pairs of wings in bulk mode looks like. Keep in mind, once cut, every wing hits the belt sander 4 times, and then is hand sanded around the edges too.





I will start turning the bodies tomorrow some time.

Also ordered by the boss was a trio of tealight candle holders.


Started here....



Ended up here.





The last thing I did was to try out a badge Ruffgeezer (Tim) had sent me in the post, on top of one of the knobs I made last week.
I also drilled a 10mm hole into the bottom of each knob.

I kept one plain, added the Union Jack to one and the third one I used some epoxy to stick one of the modified charms from Primark onto.

Not overly impressed with any of the modded ones, but know that many people would like them as taste fortunately does differ.



So tomorrow, once the electrician is gone, I need to turn 30 chubby little wooden angels.

Oh, and I now have some food colouring to stain some of the stuff I turn, as it gives great finishes.

[3822sean]

very nice

[grizz]

Got loads done yesterday.

Mickey came around with a section of laminated oak that came from the cutout of his son's new kitchen worktops.

Perfect, as I was about to start using the wood Ihad bought last week to make some of the angel tree decorations.

Earlier I had shaped and sharpened some of the metal files I had bought at about 50p each or found at the tip over summer.
Even the whetstone was a tip find at some point.
These chisels keep their keen edge remarkably well, and possibly better than an expensive shop bought chisel.
Made a few shapes I did not have yet as well.
I wonder how many of the X-Box generation can sharpen a tool to the point where it can shave the hair on your arms??



Blanks with a sample I made the other day, for copying.



Roughing the shape before shaping.

And in a concession to H&S a full face mask. Cant believe I have always worked without one.... it is so much easier keeping your eyes open all the time while working ;D



First one shaped.



Four little angels strung together.



Seperated......



No RED BULL here, but I gave them wings.

Overseen by the Three Wise Men.




Through the day Nicola kept me fed and watered and made me dinner in the end, which she had to drag me out the shed for...... and it was worth it.

She still has to figure out what these angels are worth in the open market, as she will take them to work and sell them as tree decorations.

Harley kept me company most of the day, she loves the macines and keeps crawling all over them, rubbing against them and marking them.



We were looking for a High Viz jacket and little hard hat for her, as she is the H&S safety inspector and Security cat, so found her this coat......




After dinner I went back to the shed and experimented with one of the angels and some food colouring. I want to work with stained woods when I get better at this.
I need to figure ways of blending the colour on the wood in a way that is better than a block of toilet paper, which is what I used.

Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat ?






Now it is back to the shed to make something else.... no idea what yet.

[grizz]

Well after I put the first post up this morning, I carried on and made some more angels.

I also made up some laminated pieces that will either become a bowl, or some nice gearknobs, or who knows what.

Laminated coasters, and various candle holders. The sort of stuff that seems popular this time of year.






I also dug this out of the woodpile behind the garage.

I am thinking table lamp, with some of the rough wood left alone and maybe a captive ring halfway up.



Then I started a piece I wantedo make a few days ago.



The lid has a section that fits tightly into the bowl section.




Nicola claimed this one for herself too.

Not sure if this will ever become a money making concern if she is not prepared to give up pieces.

Now for a shower and some dinner.

[mallymal]

Hey Grizz - greetings from another UK based woodturner. SOme nice looking stuff there! Did you know IKEA sell little glass inserts - about £1 for 10, which just fit a tealight, then if you turn your rebate in the candleholder a little oversized, the glass drops in...

http://tnttt.com/album_ ... c_id=85262

For finishing, these were given a light coat of sand sealer, then waxed & buffed

Happy turning

Mal

[grizz]

Hey Grizz - greetings from another UK based woodturner. SOme nice looking stuff there! Did you know IKEA sell little glass inserts - about £1 for 10, which just fit a tealight, then if you turn your rebate in the candleholder a little oversized, the glass drops in...

http://tnttt.com/album_ ... c_id=85262

For finishing, these were given a light coat of sand sealer, then waxed & buffed

Happy turning

Mal

Beautifull !!

Thanks for posting, I will be down to Ikea as soon as I can make an excuse to get there.

I have sent you a PM as well.

[Moho]

Nice work! Hopefully I'll be able to pull off stuff that good, I just got myself the US version of your tool, a 1953 ShopSmith and got it restored over the past few weeks. It back to the original hammered paint color and replaced all the bearings, etc, etc. I still have to do all the attachments but the main body is done.

Before


After

[Wolffarmer]

Moho

Good lookin Shopsmith. I have one built in 1955 and it is still going strong. I did have to replace the upper bearings a few years ago. I got the 4 inch jointer with also. I got a bandsaw for it a few years ago and it is nice. I see you have the scroll saw for it. I did break the power coupler to the accessory tools 2 years ago but I didn't want to wait for the proper one and didn't like the price so I got a power coupler with rubber insert at the local bearing place for less than 1/2 the price of the real one. It works good for me.

Randy

[Carol Reed]

Not to detract from your projects, which are GREAT; I truly enjoyed watching your experiments and growth. But I hope that you have taken the time to look at Roly's pictures. They will surely inspire you to another dimension...

Have fun, and keep on turning. And by the way, I love your security force.
Carol

[Ratkity]

Amazing work, Grizz!

I'm at the beach with family for our holiday week. I *had* to show Mum your sweet Harley. I about died when I saw Harley in that shirt!!

Mum loved the angels too!

Keep up the great work and give Harley and her fuzzy friends a few pets from me,
Ratkity

[grizz]

Nice work! Hopefully I'll be able to pull off stuff that good, I just got myself the US version of your tool, a 1953 ShopSmith and got it restored over the past few weeks. It back to the original hammered paint color and replaced all the bearings, etc, etc. I still have to do all the attachments but the main body is done.

Before


After

Now I have tool resto envy !!

That looks awesome.

I even have the paint, as I had planned to resto my machines too and get a colour theme going there, but having started the turning, and with winter here, paint will not dry successfully.

[grizz]

Not to detract from your projects, which are GREAT; I truly enjoyed watching your experiments and growth. But I hope that you have taken the time to look at Roly's pictures. They will surely inspire you to another dimension...

Have fun, and keep on turning. And by the way, I love your security force.
Carol

Thanks Carol.

As mentioned, I had planned on doing a cosmetic resto and to revise bearings before I started working.... now it will have to wait for a not so rainy day.

Harley is a weird cat, she will spend hours outside, stalking stuff, sits in the rain, loves the snow etc.

And always amuses us with the way she wants to be inside places first.

I have a photo somewhere of her perched below my feet on the loft ladder, waiting to get to the top.

[grizz]

Amazing work, Grizz!

I'm at the beach with family for our holiday week. I *had* to show Mum your sweet Harley. I about died when I saw Harley in that shirt!!

Mum loved the angels too!

Keep up the great work and give Harley and her fuzzy friends a few pets from me,
Ratkity

I am still looking for a little safety hard hat for her to wear when she is out with her safety clipboard, checking everything is according to protocols

[grizz]

GUTTED !!!!!

I spent a total of close to 3 hours including preparation to get to this point yesterday.

I was busy making the bowl or bottom half of a 100mm deep, and 200mm diameter jewelery box as a Christmas Prezzie for Nicola when, going just that bit deeper, the wood grabbed the chisel, shattered the work and deposited the the chisel behind me, behind the bandsaw.
Thankfully it was a round tipped chisel and not a skew, although all my chisels are stupidly sharp..... Just glad I did not end up with it protrucing between my eyes, or out of my chest.

I will have to make up a couple of custom tool rests if I want to pursue the making of artistic "Hollow Forms"

Result of a 1500rpm chisel throw.

Wood was quite thick at this point, and needed quite a bit more thinning out, so the force was considderable, as was the bang.



After this I went indoors and uploaded some of the Redundancy thread pics, had a cuppa tea, surfed the net and then went out to carry on and start again with prepping a thinner piece of wood.

I used what was left of the base to make Mickey an ashtray for his garage, as all his roaches end up on the floor.

Nicola gave me a load of her old jewelery, necklaces mainly to dismantle and use where I can as decoration on some bits I make.




I will probably start on the new jewelery box later today.

I also have an order from one of the professors at the Hospital for a Tulip wood jewelery box I made last week, as she saw the one Nicola had and ended up selling and wanted one too.

Made a couple more candle holders while I was at it, as they seem to do really well.