A cabinet shop gave me a zillion mahogany cut-offs. 2X6's about 10" in
length. My new Jet mini has sure had a fun workout. I've made enough
bottle stoppers to cork Napa Valley's yearly vintage, enough small bowls
to hold the world lettuce crop and enough small boxes to contain a
retirement home's bric-a-brac. I need your suggestions for ways to
embellish my 'old hat, 'same ole- same ole' usual designs. There are
lots of lists of things to make, but not so much on gussying up standard
small bowls & boxes, and what is available has been done so often that
they have become standards themselves. viz, Raffin, Stott et
al........and me!

Mahogany is bland but not unattractive. It turns easily and takes
vinegar-iron ebonizing well. It's much too good to waste, but the 2X6
size limits bowl design, at least for me.

Like the old song," I don't want to set the (art) world on fire", I
just want to make some unusual and different boxes & small bowls, Not
tops, whistles, yo-yo's and garden dibbers. Remember that I am only an
intermedite turner, whatever that is, and no, I don't want to ship the
stock to your shop. Arch

Fortiter,

"Arch" wrote in message
...
A cabinet shop gave me a zillion mahogany cut-offs. 2X6's about 10" in
length. My new Jet mini has sure had a fun workout. I've made enough
bottle stoppers to cork Napa Valley's yearly vintage, enough small bowls
to hold the world lettuce crop and enough small boxes to contain a
retirement home's bric-a-brac. I need your suggestions for ways to
embellish my 'old hat, 'same ole- same ole' usual designs. There are
lots of lists of things to make, but not so much on gussying up standard
small bowls & boxes, and what is available has been done so often that
they have become standards themselves. viz, Raffin, Stott et
al........and me!

Mahogany is bland but not unattractive. It turns easily and takes
vinegar-iron ebonizing well. It's much too good to waste, but the 2X6
size limits bowl design, at least for me.

Like the old song," I don't want to set the (art) world on fire", I
just want to make some unusual and different boxes & small bowls, Not
tops, whistles, yo-yo's and garden dibbers. Remember that I am only an
intermedite turner, whatever that is, and no, I don't want to ship the
stock to your shop (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Well, since you have just ruled out the best option, then how about:
segmented turning, inlays, carved embellishment, hand-forged iron handles or
pedestals, reverse gluing concentric rings to form deeper bowls?

In article ,
(Arch) wrote:
Mahogany is bland but not unattractive. It turns easily and takes
vinegar-iron ebonizing well. It's much too good to waste, but the 2X6
size limits bowl design, at least for me.

Working within limits can be a good design experience, though you could
also glue some of these up to make bigger blocks (bothering or not
bothering with segmenting, layers of veneer to bring out the segments
and add design interest, etc, yadda, yadda.

I have what _I_ think is a pleasing design that does not quite fit in
these limits (just over 6, just about 2-1/4) - slightly closed-top,
tapering wall thickness, smooth. I've posted a scan of a sectioned one
that died while being roughed (from a log, so it has a big tenon that
would not even come close to fitting in your board, but that would have
been cut off if the one in question had lived). I've retouched the top
to approximate the wall I think I was going for - the bottom shows the
wall of this one as it is.

http://www.sover.net/~lsmith/BowlSection.jpg

--
Cats, Coffee, Chocolate...vices to live by

Square turnings are fun. You can leave 'em open, cap 'em, even make them as
"legs" for others.

"Arch" wrote in message
...

Like the old song," I don't want to set the (art) world on fire", I
just want to make some unusual and different boxes & small bowls, Not
tops, whistles, yo-yo's and garden dibbers. Remember that I am only an
intermedite turner, whatever that is, and no, I don't want to ship the
stock to your shop. Arch

In article ,
(Arch) wrote:

zillion mahogany cut-offs. 2X6's about 10" in
length

So that would be about 8,333,333,333,333,333 board feet of Mahogany ...
or just a WHOLE FREAKIN' RAIN FOREST!

There are lots of lists of things to make, but not so much on
gussying up standard small bowls & boxes, and what is available has
been done so often that they have become standards themselves. viz,
Raffin, Stott et al........and me!

Ahhhhh. Think outside the box, young glasshoppah... Hows about this one?

You could rough out bowl or box shapes, then applying Artistic License
101 from the Jackson Pollack School of Technique, shoot them with a 12
gauge. Finish turn them to thickness revealing the scatter patterned
orbs of lead. Perhaps not a food-safe item tho.

_____
American Association of Woodturners
Cascade Woodturners Assoc., Portland, Oregon
Northwest Woodturners, Tigard, Oregon
_____

Arch, as a law-abiding waterfowler uses only steel shot....

"Owen Lowe" wrote in message
news
You could rough out bowl or box shapes, then applying Artistic License
101 from the Jackson Pollack School of Technique, shoot them with a 12
gauge. Finish turn them to thickness revealing the scatter patterned
orbs of lead. Perhaps not a food-safe item tho.

George wrote:
Arch, as a law-abiding waterfowler uses only steel shot....

"Owen Lowe" wrote in message
news
You could rough out bowl or box shapes, then applying Artistic License
101 from the Jackson Pollack School of Technique, shoot them with a 12
gauge. Finish turn them to thickness revealing the scatter patterned
orbs of lead. Perhaps not a food-safe item tho.

Bowls are water fowl? Dang. The stuff they don't teach you in school these
days. I never knew...

....Kevin
--
Kevin & Theresa Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb

In article 1077865934.297080@prawn,
Kevin & Theresa Miller wrote:

Bowls are water fowl? Dang. The stuff they don't teach you in school these
days. I never knew...

Well, Kevin, I'm sure you've seen the graceful, beautiful work of Ronald
Layport...

http://www.delmano.com/Master01/Against_the_Grain/LAY-5/lay-5.html

{BTW, is it just my browser or is the Del Mano website 2 years out of
date!?!}

_____
American Association of Woodturners
Cascade Woodturners Assoc., Portland, Oregon
Northwest Woodturners, Tigard, Oregon
_____

In article 1077865934.297080@prawn, says...

Bowls are water fowl? Dang. The stuff they don't teach you in school these
days. I never knew...

...Kevin

I dunno about your bowls Kevin, but the last few I've turned from very
green logs have been both watery and foul. Does that qualify?

vic

Owen Lowe wrote:
In article 1077865934.297080@prawn,
Kevin & Theresa Miller wrote:
Bowls are water fowl? Dang. The stuff they don't teach you in school these
days. I never knew...


Well, Kevin, I'm sure you've seen the graceful, beautiful work of Ronald
Layport...
http://www.delmano.com/Master01/Against_the_Grain/LAY-5/lay-5.html

OK, you got me. But are *you* gonna advocate plugging that with bird shot? g

....Kevin
--
Kevin & Theresa Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb

One thing this whole thread has missed entirely... "Contemporize" small
bowls and boxes... Easy. If the wood is dark, bleach it. If the wood is
light, stain it. Then paint tasteless, overtly sexual designs on them (ie
tattoos) and pierce them at random with various hoops, chains and studs.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/

Arch,

carve,
texture,
pierce,
burn-pyrography,
burn-torch, dye,
paint, inlay-stone, epoxy, inlace,
add feet,
add handles,
add wings,
whatever,
combine any of the above

I can't beleive you are really short on ideas. And who cares if you make a
few ugly items. they are good practice on your way to the beautiful ones.

Good luck,
Joe Fleming - San diego

"Arch" wrote in message
...
A cabinet shop gave me a zillion mahogany cut-offs. 2X6's about 10" in
length. My new Jet mini has sure had a fun workout. I've made enough
bottle stoppers to cork Napa Valley's yearly vintage, enough small bowls
to hold the world lettuce crop and enough small boxes to contain a
retirement home's bric-a-brac. I need your suggestions for ways to
embellish my 'old hat, 'same ole- same ole' usual designs. There are
lots of lists of things to make, but not so much on gussying up standard
small bowls & boxes, and what is available has been done so often that
they have become standards themselves. viz, Raffin, Stott et
al........and me!

Mahogany is bland but not unattractive. It turns easily and takes
vinegar-iron ebonizing well. It's much too good to waste, but the 2X6
size limits bowl design, at least for me.

Like the old song," I don't want to set the (art) world on fire", I
just want to make some unusual and different boxes & small bowls, Not
tops, whistles, yo-yo's and garden dibbers. Remember that I am only an
intermedite turner, whatever that is, and no, I don't want to ship the
stock to your shop. Arch

Fortiter,

Arch, I use a lot of 2" stock to do square/rectangular turnings, such as
candle holders, pot pourrie bowls, platters and lidded bowls. 6" is a
bit small for a platters but great for 3" dia. candle holders. I've
also seen hollow turnings done from 2 pieces of 2" stock. First turn
two same sized bowls and glue the lids together (at least I think thats
how they are done).

Arch wrote:
A cabinet shop gave me a zillion mahogany cut-offs. 2X6's about 10" in
length. My new Jet mini has sure had a fun workout. I've made enough
bottle stoppers to cork Napa Valley's yearly vintage, enough small bowls
to hold the world lettuce crop and enough small boxes to contain a
retirement home's bric-a-brac. I need your suggestions for ways to
embellish my 'old hat, 'same ole- same ole' usual designs. There are
lots of lists of things to make, but not so much on gussying up standard
small bowls & boxes, and what is available has been done so often that
they have become standards themselves. viz, Raffin, Stott et
al........and me!

Mahogany is bland but not unattractive. It turns easily and takes
vinegar-iron ebonizing well. It's much too good to waste, but the 2X6
size limits bowl design, at least for me.

Like the old song," I don't want to set the (art) world on fire", I
just want to make some unusual and different boxes & small bowls, Not
tops, whistles, yo-yo's and garden dibbers. Remember that I am only an
intermedite turner, whatever that is, and no, I don't want to ship the
stock to your shop. Arch

Fortiter,