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Finally finished my goblets
Here is a picture of a couple of goblets I just finished. The vessel
part of the goblet is Spanish Alder, the diamond shapes are Maple and Bloodwood, and the stem is Lacewood. Had a devil of a time with the vessel parts. That Alder is pretty soft so it is difficult to get a clean cut, and also it flexes a lot. Hollowing was a challenge. Had to do it very slowly and very light cuts. Just touching a scraper to the inside caused a lot of vibration and you could see the vessel deforming. Finishing was a challenge too because I wanted to retain as much of the original color of the Alder as I could. Most finishes I tried on scraps darkened it too much, or yellowed it. Finally used the water based Varathane Diamond Polyurethane for starters. It didn't darken the wood as much as the others, and didn't yellow it at all. But it was very difficult to get a good coat with no brush marks. After two or three coats of that, I sanded it smooth and went over it with an oil based wipe-on poly. The Varathane apparently sealed the wood since the oil based poly didn't change the color any more. I just hope it sticks. Now I can finally give them to my daughter in law. I made them for a b-day present, but with all the problems I had I'm a little late. Her b-day was two weeks ago. Crap! Wayne |
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Finally finished my goblets
NoOne N Particular wrote:
Here is a picture of a couple of goblets I just finished. The vessel part of the goblet is Spanish Alder, the diamond shapes are Maple and Bloodwood, and the stem is Lacewood. ... snip Now I can finally give them to my daughter in law. I made them for a b-day present, but with all the problems I had I'm a little late. Her b-day was two weeks ago. Crap! Wayne Very nice; your daughter-in-law shouldn't mind you being a little late with something like those -- If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough |
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Finally finished my goblets
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:29:55 GMT, NoOne N Particular
wrote: I'm always impressed by you folks who can turn. Nice work! |
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Very nice!!!
"NoOne N Particular" wrote in message . net... Here is a picture of a couple of goblets I just finished. The vessel part of the goblet is Spanish Alder, the diamond shapes are Maple and Bloodwood, and the stem is Lacewood. Had a devil of a time with the vessel parts. That Alder is pretty soft so it is difficult to get a clean cut, and also it flexes a lot. Hollowing was a challenge. Had to do it very slowly and very light cuts. Just touching a scraper to the inside caused a lot of vibration and you could see the vessel deforming. Finishing was a challenge too because I wanted to retain as much of the original color of the Alder as I could. Most finishes I tried on scraps darkened it too much, or yellowed it. Finally used the water based Varathane Diamond Polyurethane for starters. It didn't darken the wood as much as the others, and didn't yellow it at all. But it was very difficult to get a good coat with no brush marks. After two or three coats of that, I sanded it smooth and went over it with an oil based wipe-on poly. The Varathane apparently sealed the wood since the oil based poly didn't change the color any more. I just hope it sticks. Now I can finally give them to my daughter in law. I made them for a b-day present, but with all the problems I had I'm a little late. Her b-day was two weeks ago. Crap! Wayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Finally finished my goblets
Very nice! What glue did you use?
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Smaug Ichorfang wrote:
Very nice! What glue did you use? Thanks. The glue was plain ol' TB III Wayne |
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On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:29:55 GMT, NoOne N Particular
wrote: Great job, Wayne.. Any "in progress" pictures? Here is a picture of a couple of goblets I just finished. The vessel part of the goblet is Spanish Alder, the diamond shapes are Maple and Bloodwood, and the stem is Lacewood. Had a devil of a time with the vessel parts. That Alder is pretty soft so it is difficult to get a clean cut, and also it flexes a lot. Hollowing was a challenge. Had to do it very slowly and very light cuts. Just touching a scraper to the inside caused a lot of vibration and you could see the vessel deforming. Finishing was a challenge too because I wanted to retain as much of the original color of the Alder as I could. Most finishes I tried on scraps darkened it too much, or yellowed it. Finally used the water based Varathane Diamond Polyurethane for starters. It didn't darken the wood as much as the others, and didn't yellow it at all. But it was very difficult to get a good coat with no brush marks. After two or three coats of that, I sanded it smooth and went over it with an oil based wipe-on poly. The Varathane apparently sealed the wood since the oil based poly didn't change the color any more. I just hope it sticks. Now I can finally give them to my daughter in law. I made them for a b-day present, but with all the problems I had I'm a little late. Her b-day was two weeks ago. Crap! Wayne mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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mac davis wrote:
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:29:55 GMT, NoOne N Particular wrote: Great job, Wayne.. Any "in progress" pictures? No "in progress" pictures. When I start turning something I become a uniprocessor and don't think about anything else for a while. I don't usually stop until I finish it. About the only ones that I would have remembered would have been pictures of small splinters of wood from the one that exploded on me. What fun is that? :-) "exploded" is a little strong since only two pieces came off and there wasn't any noise to speak of. I still have that if you want a picture of it. I have been trying to think of something to turn with the big piece that is left. Maybe a nice bottle stopper to go with the two goblets. Or maybe it might still be large enough around to make a couple of coasters out of. I'll think of something. Wayne |
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