New Turnings For the Past 3 days

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

john Lucas

I believe you've learned how to turn a sphere. Very fun.

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

Jerry Maske

Sometimes your color choices don't work for me, but that's my personal aesthetics. Your techniques, however, are flawless; congratulations. And just for the record, I DO like the colors in the concentric circle pieces as well as the texturing.

Spheres are a different issue. I have no idea how you're doing them. I've tried freehand and didn't do very well, so I guess a jig is necessary. How large are these? Could they be used to turn a perfectly round hollow form? That would interest me.

Jerry

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

Barry L Elder

My comment is mainly intended for the younger turners but your "new" turnings and John's "new"mirrors show that education feeds on itself and continues until we can no longer breathe!!

This really such a great site!

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

robo hippy

I am guessing the light blue, kind of opaque one is a cast resin??? If you know of any juggle supply places, there is a bit of a market for contact juggle balls, the hare spheres they roll all over their hands, arms, and body. they do tend to like individual ones with bright colors...

robo hippy

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

Dave Delo

Jerry,

A jig isn't necessary but it sure makes things a lot easier with predictable results. Dick does some very nice work and recently sold me one of his extra jigs. There's several manufactures out there but basically they look and function similarly. Here's mine with a 2.5" poplar glue up and 4" oak glue up. I did a 3.5" solid cherry piece last week but can't figure out how to get a second picture uploaded. Anyway, these are the first 3 I've ever jig made and it's a nice little sub-vortex to experiment with.

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

Dick Coers

Alumilite resin might be okay, but a polyester resin sphere dropped from much distance would shatter.

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

bowlman

After some 35 years of turning, the one constant I truly believe in is that if you stop learning your level of achievement stagnates. If I weren't learning anything new from turning everyday ... sometimes as much as 12 hours ... I'd go fishing.

You must keep your mind open to new ideas and possibilities, no matter what field of endeavor you choose.

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

Jerry Maske

Dave,

I looked up the jigs and they do come with a hefty price tag. Is there any chance of buying a used one someplace? I'm not sure I'd use one enough to justify that much money, but I'll keep my eyes open.

Our snow storm just started up and it's a doozy already. The worst of it is coming right off the ocean with wind that's got the snow blowing flat horizontally. That means the drifts will be incredible too. Certain places around the house get drifted such that we won't see out those window until Easter! Well, this is Maine and this is February.

Jerry

Re: New Turnings For the Past 3 days

Dave Delo

Jerry,

Put a WTB ad in a couple different turning sites. Never know what will happen. Just so happens, I was wanting/looking for the Carter rig last month during Craft Supplies 15% off sale but couldn't pull the trigger because I couldn't see paying 300 bucks for a single purpose tool if I didn't know how much I'd like doing spheres. Dumb luck......I see bowlman selling one of his and presto......I'm making some spheres about a week later for 1/2 price.

Just the entertainment and learning something new value of using this tool has already paid for itself.