In defence of woodturners

[slackbladder]

Hi

I'm new to the site so bare with me

I am a woodturner.I do it because i appreciate wood in all forms from the tree to the chainsaw carvers ( i cuoldn't do that ) to the arborists ( fear of heights stops that ) but i appreciate all forms of wood and found that i can be a reasonable turner and when i get the hang of this sight i will post pics

I like to use all the wood which is of no use to you millers.Straight grain and neat and tidy is no use to us,the more character the better

I recently went to a tee surgeon and rescued a piece of yew that was destined for the log pile ,I turned it into a lovely clock

By the way all the people i have been in touch with on this site have been extremely helpfull and a pleasure to talk to

many thanks

steve slack

slackbladder

No i'm not telling you how i got he name

[button1803]

make sure you get a few pics up soon mate.

[geoff]

:001_smile:I too turn,shame you are not near me,I have some nice laburnam going spare.

[slackbladder]

hope this works ,pic shoulbe up now

if not give me some hints

yippee it worked

Yew was dried on a radiator to open up the cracks then the cracks were filled in

thanks

slackbl;adder

Edited March 18, 2011 by slackbladder
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[Ian Leach]

Nice basic but beautiful, top job:thumbup1:

[slackbladder]

Heres another

Elm with woodworm holes filled in couldn't throw the wood away just because of worm holes

slackbladder

[WeeDee]

But it would still burn nicely .... eh?

Seriously, nice work.

Welcome to the asylum.

[Pete Hart]

Lovely work..... do you sell it?

[Lyn Ed]

whats that youve filled the holes with? an old guy showed me a really nice way of filling holes in burrs, file some old brass down with a fine file, keep the filings and mix them with araldite, fill the holes with the mixture and sand back down after glue has gone hard, nice shiny bits in the wood, looks lovely on stick handles.

[slackbladder]

Hi

Just started up again after 15 years working for a living.Started turning to make a few bob to help the pension ,but not got round to selling any yet

The inlay is using crushed tourquoise,and its a bu!!er to work with

i have also started inlaying with abalone shell i will post apic some time

slackbladder