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Egg Box

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:37:21 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: This is a segmented turning. It's about 14" tall and 9" at the widest girth. It's mainly curly maple with a triple helix of purple heart. The finial is an egg shaped piece of purple heart on a maple base. I turned this as a commission piece for a retirement present for one of Kate's co-workers. I gave it a thin coat of sanding sealer and took it to the Beal buffs. The baseball is just to give it some scale. Dan

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Duplicate Queen for my most used chess set.

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:02:02 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: As I stated over in the forums, Kate and I play on this one chess set almost daily. There are no extra queens and it's a real drag when you promote a pawn while you still have your original queen in play. You have to find some object to stand in for the second queen. Usually we turn a rook upside down if any are available. Now we don't have to with this extra queen. The one on the left is the original queen, the one on the right is the new one I turned. Now to make one for the white side! Dan

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Pawn Duplication

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:58:27 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: Now the challenging part....making them all the same...It wasn't as "hard" as I thought. It just required some attention to detail and some patience, but no new "skills" to learn. Dan

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Another scale photo

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:56:19 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: The small pawn is part of chess set that I use the most. Dan

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Pawn prototype with scale

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:54:49 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: Picture taken to give this some scale. Dan

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Pawn Prototype

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:53:27 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: Using that template, I was able to turn this prototype pawn. It's not a perfect match, but close enough. Dan

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Honey Dipper

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:54:09 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: The other day I was playing a game of online chess with my mom and we were chatting back and forth. I mentioned that I had turned a honey dipper. She got all excited and said, "Hint hint, I'd sure find a use for one of those." So last night I turned one out of Black Walnut. It's sanded to 400 and buffed with Beall. Three wire burn marks in the middle of the handle. I left the spacing of the "business end" a little wider than would be customary, but it was easier to sand, easier to buff, and it'll be easier to clean. Dan Dan

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Tool Handle with Copper Sleeve/collar

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:54:28 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: Another view. Close-up fo the sleeve for Recon. Dan

Tool Handle with copper collar/sleeve

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:52:39 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: A tool handle I turned from Black Walnut for Kate's new "Eliminator" tool. The copper sleeve/collar is a 1.5" long section of 1" diameter copper tubing from the plumbing section of your favorite hardware store. Dan

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Captured Ring Baby Rattle

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:46:46 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: Kate informed me that our friend, who is expecting in September, had her water break today. Now she's expecting much sooner. LOL. I spent some time today at the lathe and ended up with this captured ring baby rattle. It's butternut wood, sanded to 220, and buffed on the Beall Buffing system. The rings were interesting to buff, after a little monkeying around, I found a great system of buffing them and it went pretty quickly. No other finish is applied. In person, it's really smooth and shiny. The camera wasn't feeling like capturing the essence of the piece and this is the best photo I could get without digging out the SLR. Dan

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Americana Fountain Pen

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:04:15 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: This is the Americana Fountain Pen from CSUSA. The wood is Mountain Mahogony. The wood splinters very, very easily. I had to rough it out with the toe of the skew, taking very light passes. Turning down to the proper diameter was also challenging, as the wood wanted to chip out with any cut other than a light scrape from the skew or a finishing cut from the skew. The big knot in the wood was a tad loose, so I filled with CA to be on the safe side. I sanded to 400, used 0000 steel wool to buf out the small scratches and then let the Beal Buffs handle the rest. Hope you like it Don! :)

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Closed Bowl

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:54:05 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: This is the collaborative bowl that Larry (Yakima Turnings) and I turned last Saturday. We think it's kingwood but not quite sure. Finished with Sanding sealer and the White and Yellow Beall buffs. Dan

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C&T Box Winsor Woods

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:27:03 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: Box is from Maple. Finished with Myland's Friction Polish. Lid has a good fit depending, of course, on which way your rotate it. Enjoy! Dan

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C&T Box Winsor Woods

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:27:03 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: Box is from Maple. Finished with Myland's Friction Polish. Lid has a good fit depending, of course, on which way your rotate it. Enjoy! Dan

Wood Trade Bowl

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:55:01 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: For my first wood trade, I received a huge slab of Walnut from Boxxmaker. After weeks of practicing on small things, getting used to the tools, and developing the confidence I needed to take on this bigger piece, I finally decided that today was "The Day." I marked the center of the slab, drew the largest circle that would fit, rough cut it on the bandsaw, and mounted the faceplate. I set the lathe at 450, the lowest mine goes, and started to take careful passes with my new bowl gouge. The bowl is 9.5 Inches in Diameter, about 3 inches tall, and the walls are about 1/4 inch thick. I sanded it down to 220 grit with the right angle drill and the 5 inch sanding disc. It's finished with the Beal bowl buffs, so I guess the technical finish is carnuba wax. It's the first bowl that I have made, from start to finish, which I feel completely proud of. I can't think of anything that I would change. Woohoo! This has been a great turning week for me. It feels like all this persistence is finally coming together all at once. Dan

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Black Locust Box Revisited

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:52:20 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: After about 6 attempts at making boxes, I finally got one where the lid is airtight! Woohoo! It makes that nice "POP!" when you open it. It has a flat bottom and the underside of the lid is domed with a little cone in the center. It's finished with Mylands Friction polish. Dan

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Black Locust European Pen

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:24:34 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: I turned this pen today and it's my third European pen. I used Black Locust and got a better fit than I did on my previously picutured Cedar pen. I accessorized this pen with a custom hockey stick clip. I did have to bend the clip a tad here and there to match the profile of the pen barrel that I turned. I did this one with the skew as well. This time I started sanding at 320 grit as Hooligan had suggested in his comments under my Cedar pen. The finish is HUT frictions polish followed by a couple coats of carnuba wax. Dan

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Black Locust Box

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:20:06 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: I turned this box from green Black Locust. I did not use DNA, or any other drying method. I lucked out and it did not check, but it did move and is now an oval box. (Good thing the lid moved into the same shape as the box! ;)) There are some black dots along the grain-line in this picture. Would this have been caused by a bug similar to the Box Elder Beetle? Dan

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Cedar European Pen

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:00:49 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: I've made many slimline pens before but this is my first European Pen. It's made from free Cedar that Kate found while walking the lathe dog. It has a custom fishing clip. I was on "slimline autopilot" and turned the centerband end a little short. The whole pen was turned with a 1/2 skew except for the centerband tenon which was made with a parting tool. After almost a 8 months of turning, I finally "felt" the skew's sweetspot and didn't have any catches. I was so impressed with the finish it left. I was able to start sanding with 400 grit!!! That's the first time I've ever started sanding above 120 grit! Woohoo! :) I won't get used to that though. I seem to rely on the the 60 and 80 grit gouges quite a bit :( Dan

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Design Opportunites

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:26:59 +0000

by: WinsorWoods

Description}: As my recent post stated, I was working hard to finish this bowl for submission to the WR 2007 Calendar. As I was turning the foot, the bowl exploded, resulting in a deep cut to my hand. I had to go to the Emergency Room for stitches. As I was sitting around the house, nursing my wound, I had a "Eureka!" moment. I was able to salvage the work and the incident created a "design opportunity" which adequately depicts the circumstances surrounding the creation of this piece. I would like nominate this piece for consideration of the WR 2007 Calendar, for any month which holds a "Friday the 13th." Here is the link to the original thread: http://www.turnwood.net/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=Misc;action=display;num=1163275362 Dan

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