Big Spoon.
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 Carved this for daughter-in-laws birthday. From a tree I was pruning – Myrtle I think. Should have included something for size comparison as its a bit of a monster – 45cm long (nearly 18ins). Lovely wood to carve but took a long time to dry even after most of stock removed.
Axe, rasp and gouge. Sanded to 400 then salad bowl oil. She seemed to like it.
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DIY turning tools
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 I have my grandfather's lathe from around 1962. I have a bunch of tools but no slow speed grinder. I tried to sharpen the tools with diamond stones and they work OK. Then I saw the carbide tools but didn't want to spend $120 a piece for new tools. I bought the carbide inserts for $15 a piece. I had stainless rods lying around and used some thicker maple I had from a primitive cutting board. I wasn't sure how I was going to drill deep 1/2 holes acutely so I routed the wood before hand and then exposed the hole after turning. I really wish I had a live tailstock. I did the black lines by making a small groove and then pushing a wire in until it smoked as I saw someone else do. The ferrules are a connection piece from the plumbing section. The biggest pain was drilling and tapping the holes for the inserts. Two broken drill bits and two broken taps later I got the second one finished. They work pretty well.
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Floating Corner Shelf
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 Finally finish up with a corner shelf for the bedroom TV, I was asked a little over 3 years ago to build one. Told her I needed to have a shop first, but she is happy now.3/4” plywood for top and sides, 1/4 for bottom and built up trim to closely match the furniture trim. Measures 27” against the wall and 39” across the corners, 4 1/2” height. Had to paint it to match the furniture also. I will use a french cleat to mount.Thanks for viewing
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