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These are some more desert turnings. The bowl is made from 2 pieces of myrtle wood and it had a spigot glued on to turn it so I did not lose any thickness of the good wood. It is 7" x 2 1/2" high.

The napkin rings are for some friends back home that had me over for Christmas Eve dinner. Mary Lou had an assortment of napkin rings- some borrowed to have enough for 12 of us. I made 14 blanks to get a dozen and did not lose any in the process so she will get 14 of them. They are 1 1/2" ID and 1" thick and made from mesquite branches from the desert out here. I added 2 process shots of the mesquite expanding mandrel I made to hold the rings to turn them to shape and sand.

All these pieces are finished with Danish Oil and will get a 3 stage buff when I get back home to my shop in Michigan.

Cheers, Jim

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Very nice. I like the jam chuck. Does it expand with a screw?
 

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Nice jam Chuck, I will have to add that to things that can be made when needed. Very nice bowl and napkin rings.
 

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All looks great Jim!
 

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The napkin rings will make a very nice gift and great looking at that. Thanks for adding the picture of your chuck, I'll have to try making one so I can make my wife some napkin rings for the table.

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Great job, I like the idea of the expanding chuck.
 

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Agreement with the jury!
 

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+1 for the previous comments!

That chuck is inspired!
 

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Nice job Jim. That mesquite has some cool grain. Those napkin rings should get you invited to another dinner. How about a little more on that chuck. I understand it expanding with the screw but whats holding the segments together?
 

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Sweet projects Jim, both woods look great!
 

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Nicely done Jim. It is nice to see that someone still entertains guests for dinner using napkin rings at the place settings.
 

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Thank you all for the nice comments!

Hi Ben, the mandrel does expand when you turn the screw in. I would have liked to have a machine screw in there with a socket flat head screw but I don't have any threaded inserts here to put in it.

Hi WCP, if you make the rings it is important to have the ID of all of them real close to the same so the mandrel holds them securely. I started these with a Forstner bit in the lathe and finished the hole in the drill press.

Hi Dave, the segments were formed by cutting the round piece on the bandsaw with 3 cuts. Ideally they should have a much bigger hole in the center so they expand more easily but I did not have a tapered piece to fit in there so I used a flat head screw and that did the expanding. If I were home, I'd have made a tapered ring in my metal lathe and had a 3/4" or 1" hole in the center.

Hi Lee. Mary Lou entertains a lot so I think she'll appreciate these rings.

Cheers, Jim
 

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Great looking turnings Jim, I also like the mandrel.
 

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Thanks, Mike. The mandrel was the only way I could see to hold these rings. it was made out of necessity and I threw it away when I finished them.

Cheers, Jim
 

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Jim, it's incredibly beautiful and exactly done. I like it
 

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Very neat Jim. I wonder what happens when you collect enough Top 3's mate?.
 

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Can't decide which one looks better. Realy excellent production scale.
 

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Very nice Jim. Well done.

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Thanks, Charles, Tony, Aanatolii, Ivan and Cliff. I just looked and there is more myrtle wood in the gunny sack!!

Hi Tony. I lost count. Maybe the project will blink at a certain number!!

Cheers, Jim
 
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