Project by Sheldon | posted 04-13-2008 09:03 PM | 1686 views | 1 time favorited | 18 comments | ![]() |
![]() |
Well I had some Walnut that I salvaged from my parents house last year… I sealed the ends trying to make blanks for bowls… One of the pieces cracked in half,,, but other than that looked good. I have a friend Reed whose birthday has come up,,, so I cut a blank for a coffee mug out of half of it.
When hollowing the piece out, I find out that it still has some moisture in it… I figured it would.
So once I started turning, I knew I would have to finish it soon. Three hours later and I have what you
see here. I went with a tung oil finish, three coats. That brought out the grain of the wood really well.
Wednesday I will give it to him…..
I still have not purchased a burner to put name year and wood on the bottom of my creations. All the ones I have looked at seem to be expensive. I have to just break down and get one….....
-- Technology is great - when it works......... the Lord is great always.
18 comments so far
FlWoodRat
home | projects | blog
732 posts in 3872 days
#1 posted 04-13-2008 09:19 PM
Nice looking mug. Where do you get the stainless steel inserts?
-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....
barlow
home | projects | blog
129 posts in 3703 days
#2 posted 04-13-2008 09:19 PM
nice work, where did you get the hardware for the mug?
-- barlow
gator9t9
home | projects | blog
331 posts in 3668 days
#3 posted 04-13-2008 09:44 PM
Nice Work …...150.00 at Starbucks…...Beautiful ….what is your lathe?
Mike in Bonney Lake …
-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."
Mikek
home | projects | blog
6 posts in 3780 days
#4 posted 04-13-2008 09:47 PM
Looks good! I want to know where you got 3 hours to work in the shop! :)
Callum Kendall
home | projects | blog
1918 posts in 3667 days
#5 posted 04-13-2008 09:54 PM
Nice work, what is your lathe?
Thanks for the post
Callum
-- For wood working podcasts with a twist check out http://thetimberkid.com/
Woodhacker
home | projects | blog
1139 posts in 3687 days
#6 posted 04-13-2008 10:03 PM
Great looking piece Sheldon. I too would like to know where you get the inserts. I’ve seen them somewhere, but cannot for the life of me remember where.
-- Martin, Kansas
Roper
home | projects | blog
1389 posts in 3676 days
#7 posted 04-13-2008 10:19 PM
nice work sheldon,i do love the look of walnut.
-- Roper - Master of sawdust- www.roperwoodturning.com
trifern
home | projects | blog
8135 posts in 3731 days
#8 posted 04-13-2008 11:06 PM
Great looking mug.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
darryl
home | projects | blog
1795 posts in 4290 days
#9 posted 04-13-2008 11:07 PM
woodcraft has the kits.
GaryK
home | projects | blog
10262 posts in 3952 days
#10 posted 04-14-2008 01:17 AM
Nice!
-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX
brunob
home | projects | blog
2277 posts in 4133 days
#11 posted 04-14-2008 01:27 AM
One of these days I’m going to do one of these. Nice work.
-- Bruce from Central New York...now, if you'll pardon me, I have some sawdust to make.
Grumpy
home | projects | blog
23837 posts in 3814 days
#12 posted 04-14-2008 02:03 AM
Great use of a nice piece of wood Sheldon.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Scott Bryan
home | projects | blog
27250 posts in 3785 days
#13 posted 04-14-2008 02:18 AM
Sheldon,
You did a nice job on this turning. You picked a good wood to work with. Walnut is such a gorgeous wood.
Thanks for the post.
-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine
Joel Tille
home | projects | blog
213 posts in 4208 days
#14 posted 04-14-2008 03:32 AM
Sheldon – Nice work; thanks for the post. Didn’t know there were kits like this out there. My wife would love one like this.
-- Joel Tille
Harold
home | projects | blog
310 posts in 3811 days
#15 posted 04-14-2008 04:17 AM
I tried one of these also Sheldon and I sat there for an hour and a half with a forstner bit drilling out the inside. Kinda bummed me out but I am not to comfortable with the lathe. Then…..then I finally fitted the liner and then I dropped the thing and dented the liner at the rim…..then I mis-judged the depth at the base and broke it off….so I spun it around and put alittle base on it…..which looked kinda neat…..but the cup wobbled so I kept tightening the jaws…...so the dent is not as noticable now that I have perfect teeth marks from the jaws covering it up…...
So Sheldon I think your mug looks really good, but it just brings bang too many bad memories.
-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.
View all comments »
showing 1 through 15 of 18 comments
Have your say...