Flaming Obelisk and Corian Egg Cup

These are both very kool. How does that Corian turn?? How’d you mount it?? Faceplate?? Thnx. It looks like one hunk.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Nice work Jim, you have worked the red of the wood into the flame extremely well but the Corian egg cup is my favourite it is great to see a wood worker using alternative materials specially when it can be worked with the same tools as wood. Well done Jim.

-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools

Jim
That is just a beautiful obelisk your artistic eye and skilled hands got out of that piece of box elder !
The egg cup is to my liking also as I have soft boiled eggs every Sunday but not from a nice cup like that .
I will have to make a couple as soon as I get a lathe .
That corian sure polishes up nice .

-- Kiefer 松

Very nice!

Thank you.

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

I’m with Joe.

-- Chance Four "Not Just a Second Chance"

G’d day, guys. Thanks for the nice comments. Those two were just fun projects to do while the glue is drying on others.

Roger, the Corian turns pretty much the same as wood- better than iron wood for sure!!!

In order to use the minimum amount of Corian, I stack 6 round pieces on top of each other and then I glue on a round spigot ( with an 8 degree angle to fit my chuck) and just mount it in the chuck to turn it. I have an egg shaped jam chuck to mount it on to turn off the bottom. I make a lot of extra round spigots for this sort of use and that saves me using good material.

Bob, I like to use all kinds of alternative materials for my projects. Corian is just so nice to work into all kinds of things. I posted a wood project with it to make it a “real” wood project. That red in the box elder gives me all kinds of ideas for projects with natural looking color in them.

Y’all have a very nice weekend!!! Keep on woodworking!!!!!!!!!!!!............................Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Nice work Jim, I agree with you on the corian, I have used it a lot for adding to different pieces it finishes a dream with a bit of brasso before polishing.
The box elder is a little beauty, pic 5 reminds me of a baby bird looking up at Mum for a feed ””))))
cheers mate
Pete

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

Great shapes Jim.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

G’day, Pete. It does look like a bird looking up. maybe I’ll put eyes on it!. I wish it had knots in the right places!! That is asking for a ‘lil lbit much from nature!!. Cheers, Mate

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

G’day Jim,, I don’t see why members have to cover an alternative material projects by including a wood project.
Surely if the same methods and tools are used many members would be interested in trying other material and broaden there range of skills. Pete, I haven’t tried Brasso but have used car polish which works a treat.

-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools

These are very nice and artistically done.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

G’day Bob. I guess I just want to be legal when the posting says to post a new project made of wood..so I show them together. As for polishing Corian, I use the EEE polish and that brings it up very shiny by itself, but when you add the Shellawax, it get like glass! I have not used Brasso or car polish mainly because the other two are in the drawer on my lathe.

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

I love that Obelisk, it has a sence of humor as I see it, and then with your amazing finish.
The best of my thoughts to you and the family,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.