Artistic Woodturning - Step up to this.... 07/12/17

Hey mate,

I have been thinking. I would really like a nice wooden knob for the Skoda. I was going to make one myself, but not sure that I would be able to pull off the look that I would like.

I was sort of thinking about a sphere made from laminated hard woods of various colours layed up in bands running either horizontally or vertically.

Any thoughts on the matter?

P.s. Merry Christmas mate.

Typical of the season of Goodwill, it seems my "goodwill" is being used.

Nicola's cousin in Canada sent her mum about 8 Native American "Pocket Spirits" as part of a Christmas card.

Described thus on the Website: Our 25 different POCKET SPIRITS are made of lead-free pewter. Each POCKET SPIRIT is 1" in diameter with a Northwest Coast Indian symbol on one side and a corresponding inspirational word on the other. Carry in your pocket, wallet or purse as a reminder. Here are your choices with the name of the symbol, the meaning of the symbol, the Indian artist and the artists' tribal affiliation.

Looks like this: Images can be seen on their website.

www.pacificnorthwestshop.com/pnwmiscellaneous/pacificnorthwestindian.htm


So on Boxing day evening she phoned to speak to me, rarely done by the way, as we live 3 miles up the road and see them regularly.

Could I make her a "TOTEM POLE" to mount these coins on?

Of course I tried to weasel out of it, but she does not take no for an answer, a bit like her daughter.

So I went down to the shed, originally time planned for the Cigar Box Guitar, and spent 3 hours making up the bits for the "Totem Pole"
I managed to glue and clamp the one side by 9pm and was down there again by 8am today to glue side 2, and then went back at about 3pm to continue working on it.

I took lengths of Oak and turned them once I had planned where the side wings would go.
The plan was to make spaces for 18 coins on three of the vertical sides, and 6 more spaces on the horizontal wings.
This will give her 24 spaces for the whole collection.

I also decided that seeing as they had been together long enough to pass their Ruby wedding anniversary, and were two peas in a pod, I would add two wooden rings around the base, which has more rings turned into it, to signify their togetherness.

The beadwork on the base was again a nod at the Native American and the intricacy of the Universe.

Quite deep stuff for me to be surfacing on here.

Once the upright was tuned, sanded and smoothed, I did the horizontal wings, and then split them on the bandsaw, sanded allround and then lastly split them as planned.

The last piece in last nights puzzle was whether to put the long or short wings on top.

Then I glued and clamped them and walked away, followed by the second half this morning.


Upright.



Wings/horizontals.



Splitting them.














Done, next job will be to get the coins she has to stick to the 3 sides of the upright and also the wings.

Hopefully I can get back to the CBG some time tomorrow, although I have a days trial riding planned as well.

Can't believe I've not seen this thread yet! Guess you can tell I don't view the readers other modifications area much... Your work looks great Rian, very impressive stuff I'll be keeping an eye on the thread from now on.

Hi Mike, I know what you mean, I sometimes miss threads as well.

Anyway, good to see you here as well.

not a problem mate, after all the time and effort you put in for me its the least i could do

Thanks Era, sometimes I wonder if all the effort is worth doing.

Still, it gives me pleasure to turn a chunk of wood into something nice.

Hi Mudbitz and Lewis, problem with this lamination would lie in the small scale of the end product, the beauty in a guitar or fruit bowl comes from the sheer size of the items.

Remember the "Grizz" brand with the bear I had made up some time ago ?

Got to use it today.

Used another tip find, Butane weed burner to heat it up.....



Then tested it a few times on various heat levels and some of the wood from the Cigar Box Guitar.



Then lastly, tried it on the inside of the CBG, so now it is marked.

I must say, I am quite pleased with the ultimate outcome.

Thanks mate, I really like the brand, it works extremely well.

The Flip Flops are part of the trademark I guess ;D ;D ;D

I do use safety boots, but only when no one is watching

Have used old trainers too, and they are nice, but flip flops are easy to kick off when you go indoors, and although we always wear shoes indoors (MY RULE) I do know that when in the garage and garden it is all too easy to pick up a chunk of grease or something similar to mess up the carpets ( which I paid for )