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Turned from one piece (3” x 3” x 12”) of Tasmanian Rose Myrtle burr.
-- Phil, Near San Diego, CA
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Kerry Drake
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#1 posted 690 days ago
Wowser!
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Builder_Bob
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#2 posted 690 days ago
Ouch! Congratulations.
I wouldn’t even dare to turn the lathe on! Did this project require more than one attempt?
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Phildo92027
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#3 posted 689 days ago
This is number 7 in the series (including two designed to be 6” tall) with no failures. One became slightly shorter when I broke it while packing it up for shipment. It has since been glued together and looks cute again.
-- Phil, Near San Diego, CA
Bearpie
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#4 posted 689 days ago
Very impressive! I once watched a demonstrator at a trade show make one with a 3/16” stem about 6” long with a 4” natural edge goblet. He started at the top and finished at the bottom never returning to the finished part. I still have not tried to do it myself!
Erwin, Jacksonville, FL
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xwingace
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#5 posted 689 days ago
Clearly you have mastered the light touch!
Did you use a steady rest for this?
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Bertha
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#6 posted 689 days ago
That stresses me out just looking at it. The chances of me fracturing the stem? 100%.
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Sodabowski
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#7 posted 689 days ago
Dude!!
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Phildo92027
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#8 posted 689 days ago
No steady rest although I did put a pad over the tailstock live center for support. Each one is done with less support than the previous one. I enjoy doing these occasionally. It’s good tool control practice.
-- Phil, Near San Diego, CA
lightweightladylefty
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#9 posted 689 days ago
Phil,
That’s totally incredible! Thanks for sharing.
L/W
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#10 posted 689 days ago
I would have thought you used a string type rest to steady….. Very well done. Not an easy task to complete. Looks great.
At our club meeting one night, I saw a long stem goblet that walking past it would cause the bowl to sway in the breeze….. kind of cool.
Well done my friend.
-- Brian, Ontario Canada,
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