Wood Lathe

[Unk]

Very nice!

[OLDE CUTLER]

I made up these two walnut pocket watches the other day. Did something a bit different on these two. I found a local coin shop that had some "replicoins" they were selling cheap. They are realistic replicas of old gold coins. They are bronze with a very thin gold plating. Manufacturers can do this if they stamp "COPY" deeply into the metal on the back. People collect these because the real gold coins would be worth a fortune.

Front

Rear showing $20 gold replicoin

Front with replicoin fob

Rear showing $4 gold Stella replicoin

[doglegg]

Nice work OC.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I found some Morgan silver dollar replicoins and decided to try a coca bola pocket watch with one inset into the back.

[jmh58]

Very Kool OC !!!
John 🏎

[doglegg]

Looks really good OC.

[OLDE CUTLER]

It's been a little cooler in the garage here the last few days, so I got caught up on some turning projects.
4" mini bowl turned from spalted apple.

Walnut jar lid

Coca bola belt buckle with Morgan dollar replicoin.

Coca bola key ring with $5 gold replicoin

[doglegg]

Very knice work and beautiful wood. That apple is special.

[Steve Warden]

It's been a little cooler in the garage here the last few days, so I got caught up on some turning projects.
4" mini bowl turned from spalted apple.
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Walnut jar lid
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Coca bola belt buckle with Morgan dollar replicoin.
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Coca bola key ring with $5 gold replicoin
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Wow! Beautiful!!

[OLDE CUTLER]

Very knice work and beautiful wood. That apple is special.

Thanks to everyone for the comments. Floyd, watcha got in your candy jar right now?

[doglegg]

Very knice work and beautiful wood. That apple is special.

Thanks to everyone for the comments. Floyd, watcha got in your candy jar right now?

It's my dime jar. I keep all my change and use it to feed my addiction. Best looking dime jar around. Thanks again.

[Unk]

My latest project(s). My old High School buddies all live in the country and have fire pits. I was looking around for a longer poker (currently just using a straight piece of rebar) but couldn't find anything I liked.

I had some small ash trees that I cut down last year drying in the corner of the shop and some rebar, so I decided to make my own fire poker, and one for my buddies as well. I turned the trees on the lathe to make the handles, then sharpened and bent the rebar into a couple of different shapes until I decided on the shepherds hook bend. After I made the first one, I built a little jig to hold the round handle steady while I carved the name into it. I put a couple of coats of stain on to highlight the letter, then back on the lathe to sand it lightly. Two coats of poly on the wood handle, and a coat of tung oil on the rebar to keep it from rusting. Then added a leather lanyard. I think they will like these.

Heck, what guy wouldn't like a longer poker?

[jmh58]

Well done Mike!!
John

[Rdubya21]

Man , some beautiful work in this thread ! I bought a metal lathe some years ago and keep toying with the idea to turn wood on it as I don’t have room for another lathe . Most say that’s a bad idea , and most likely is , but I can’t help to be tempted looking at the beautiful stuff you guys are doing .

[Unk]

I haven't been using the lathe that much this year. While visiting my friends ranch back in Feb. I gathered some pieces of mesquite he had knocked over to make a shooting range. I rough turned a bowl back then to give to them and have been letting it dry in my shop for the last few months. I finally decided to finish it this week, and will give it to them this weekend.

[C-WADE7]

Beautiful grain on the mesquite. That’s some tough wood, I’ve cleared plenty of it off to know what it does to a chainsaw.

[doglegg]

Beautiful Mike.

[OLDE CUTLER]

Quite a bit cooler here today, so I had the Jet mini lathe running and made a few pens. Skinny pens. fat pens, cigar pens, and baseball bat pens. Mostly one piece local walnut except for one walnut with maple wedding band.

[doglegg]

Very nice OC.

[Shearer]

Nice work UNK and Old Cutler.
Like the bowl with the natural defects .
Love the pens I have never tried to make pens.
Here a few item I have made.
The little table fits next to a lounge chair. Good to put coffee bear and remote on.
The middle are biscuit or cookie barrels
The outer bowl in 20 inches the inside is 11 inches


Grant

[Unk]

Thank you guys.

Very nice work Grant and Olde Cutler!

[doglegg]

Great work Grant

[Unk]

I am making a shop mallet for my friend from some mesquite from his ranch. The wood is full of Mesquite Borer Beetles. This one is has already turned into a beetle, but the larvae are really juicy when you hit them.

I wonder if he was dizzy?

[OLDE CUTLER]

A couple of recent turned wooden lids for empty Smucker jelly jars, apple on the left and the other walnut.

[keithlong]

Nice looking pieces of art turned out. I will post pics on here as soon as I figure out how to do so with my pbone.