Any wood turners in here ?

[Mercula]

Just curious. I picked up a mini lathe last year , I've made a ton of pens , my folks visited recently and got me a couple diff chucks. I was just messin around earlier and made a small cup . I need to grab a little more gear and I'd like to try a couple bowls.
Here are a couple pens. Green one is dyed spalted Tamarind.
second one is a stabilized maple burl. Both have a CA finish.

[Irving]

Those look pretty nice.

[newracer]

I have not done it in a long time but I recently picked up a lathe and plan to start again soon.


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[hunterhawk]

I have a mini lathe and would love to figure out how to use it! If you ever had some free time to help me get it set up that would be great

[GilpinGuy]

I haven't adone any of this since wood shop in high school. Yet another skill I'd love to get into. Do they even have wood shop any more?

[Mercula]

Nice ! Glad to see others in here. Thanks Irving ,
And it was / is a learning process hunter hawk , def would help to have someone with experience to show the basics , I've been learning through trial and error. Shoot me a pm anytime.
I didn't have wood shop in school and have always wanted to try , last year a got a deal on a lathe I couldn't pass up. Unfortunatly tooling can be a bit on the expensive side.

[Gman]

That maple burl is purty.

[Mercula]

It's very nice to work with too when it's stabilized , so they cut the blank to size , then soak it in a resin of sorts and it soaks in and hardens
Acrylics take longer to turn down to size , wood is fast , but can break out and splinter sometimes , and the stabilized woods are just about damn perfect and easy to turn , for me at least. The burls and spalted woods are the coolest looking to me.

[zteknik]

I haven't adone any of this since wood shop in high school. Yet another skill I'd love to get into. Do they even have wood shop any more?

Yup, If I remember correctly the woodshop teachers name was Mr. H.- Harrington I think? Then there was the metal shop teacher- Mr. Ment.

[hunterhawk]

Ya, im sure its trial an error but i dont even know how to set it up. Not even sure its the right size. I can transport pretty easily if youre willing to look it over and help me set it up/see if it will work