Hi all,

A club member (who is an experienced and accomplished turner) is leaving us
and I'm looking for some ideas of gag gifts for him. I've thought of making
some training wheels for his bowl gouge but I'm having trouble coming up
with more ideas either made or bought. Oh, and I need to have them ready by
tomorrow afternoon!

Any help is appreciated,

- Andrew

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:38:05 -0600, "AHilton" wrote:

Hi all,

A club member (who is an experienced and accomplished turner) is leaving us
and I'm looking for some ideas of gag gifts for him. I've thought of making
some training wheels for his bowl gouge but I'm having trouble coming up
with more ideas either made or bought. Oh, and I need to have them ready by
tomorrow afternoon!

How about making a BIG (wood) bowl gouge? A member of our club made one....handle from Spanish cedar and the shaft from Southern
Yellow Pine. Looked exactly like an Ellsworth Singature gouge, but it was almost 4ft long. Correct "grind" and all. He said it
was for turning Jello.

Peter Teubel
Milford, MA
http://www.revolutionary-turners.com

If it's big enough - write date / event / club members sign it


"Peter Teubel" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:38:05 -0600, "AHilton"
wrote:

Hi all,

A club member (who is an experienced and accomplished turner) is leaving
us
and I'm looking for some ideas of gag gifts for him. I've thought of
making
some training wheels for his bowl gouge but I'm having trouble coming up
with more ideas either made or bought. Oh, and I need to have them ready
by
tomorrow afternoon!

How about making a BIG (wood) bowl gouge? A member of our club made
one....handle from Spanish cedar and the shaft from Southern
Yellow Pine. Looked exactly like an Ellsworth Singature gouge, but it was
almost 4ft long. Correct "grind" and all. He said it
was for turning Jello.

Peter Teubel
Milford, MA
http://www.revolutionary-turners.com


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Andrew, probably too late to make one today. I once made a 'special gift
gag' handle for a cheap chisel by turning multiple zig-zags on multiple
axes. Each zig a different color. The chisel edge was blunt and sported
multiple angles. Arch

Fortiter,

Good idea guys. I made a small split-turning version of it for the club's
AAW certificate frame just a month ago (skew and a gouge with a nice little
sweptback grind I must say g). The split turning was so that they would
glue well and look good on the frames border. Before I split them in half,
I actually showed it to this leaving woodturner and he thought they were
really just small gouges. I pulled them apart along the seam and showed him
that they were all wood. He was surprised.

I used this great gold (for the brass ferrule) and silver (for the steel)
"leafing" product. It's a wax and called Treasure Gold. I picked them up at
Walmart in the crafts section. Just a little 1" round container. As you
rub it on, a shine appears but the best part is that the silver takes on a
great steel patina. It couldn't have looked more like brass and steel!
Enough of the gushing over that....

Anyway, I just went out to the shop and made a big skew for him. He doesn't
like skews. It'll make a good gift. g The skew will give us more space
to write on too. I'm leaving it unfinished so everybody at the club meeting
tonight can sign it.

Thanks for the idea guys. Quick and simple to make,

- Andrew


How about making a BIG (wood) bowl gouge? A member of our club made
one....handle from Spanish cedar and the shaft from Southern
Yellow Pine. Looked exactly like an Ellsworth Singature gouge, but it was
almost 4ft long. Correct "grind" and all. He said it
was for turning Jello.

Peter Teubel
Milford, MA
http://www.revolutionary-turners.com



"Gordon & Erna Lever" wrote in message
...
If it's big enough - write date / event / club members sign it

A bent gouge - take some soft metal shape the end to look like a gouge and
fit to a handle and bend the tool around in a loop.

"AHilton" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

A club member (who is an experienced and accomplished turner) is leaving
us
and I'm looking for some ideas of gag gifts for him. I've thought of
making
some training wheels for his bowl gouge but I'm having trouble coming up
with more ideas either made or bought. Oh, and I need to have them ready
by
tomorrow afternoon!

Any help is appreciated,

- Andrew

Thats good.

Jim M wrote:

A bent gouge - take some soft metal shape the end to look like a gouge and
fit to a handle and bend the tool around in a loop.

.... or cut a section out of an old gouge and replace it with a piece of rubber
tubing. Present it as the latest trend in wood turning, a "flexible shaft"
gouge.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
(Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)

I once tied a rifle barrel in a knot. I have tied several screwdrivers in
knots. I think a skew with a knot is do-able (use lots of heat.) You will
have to start out with a piece of steel considerably longer than the
finished length to allow for the knot.

The knot idea would have been good had I had more time. Good idea
everybody! I went with the all-wood skew and had everybody sign it. He
liked it.


- Andrew



"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
...
I once tied a rifle barrel in a knot. I have tied several screwdrivers in
knots. I think a skew with a knot is do-able (use lots of heat.) You
will
have to start out with a piece of steel considerably longer than the
finished length to allow for the knot.

Drill a hole in the wooden handle end of a gouge and glue in a power cord.
Electric gouge.

Jeff

"AHilton" wrote in message
...
The knot idea would have been good had I had more time. Good idea
everybody! I went with the all-wood skew and had everybody sign it. He
liked it.


- Andrew



"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
...
I once tied a rifle barrel in a knot. I have tied several screwdrivers
in
knots. I think a skew with a knot is do-able (use lots of heat.) You
will
have to start out with a piece of steel considerably longer than the
finished length to allow for the knot.

Jeff Loughridge wrote: Drill a hole in the wooden handle end of a gouge
and glue in a power cord. Electric gouge.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
I remember an electric corn cob I saw once hanging up next to the porcelain
potty.