Making Tulips

Beautiful Tulips!
That reminds me of an old friend (LOL)... who sang a great song in 1929…

For you Old Timers… WHO was he... that sang… ”Tip Toe through the Tulips”??

Think back to those good OLD… VERY OLD DAYS… Seven years before I was born…
Who sang that song…??

Hint: He used a guitar…

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You will find the answer here... No fair peeking…!!

... Here is another rendition...

OK, how many of you oldies knew it?

I saw him at The Orange Show fair in San Bernardino, CA when I was a kid 8-9 years old… He was GREAT... I can see him to this day… I was 5’-6’ away from him as he stood on the stage!

Nice job, Harry… you did good!
... I don’t see how you did it… Must have been a good trick on the lathe…

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"

Those are great Harry!! I am looking forward to your photo shoot on these.

-- Mike, Missouri --- “A positive life can not happen with a negative mind.” ---

Great job on these.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Harry, these look great. Congratulations.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

-- 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

Joe, it was Tiny Tim who sang tiptoe through the tulips.

Nice looking tulips.

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

Those are great. We need photos or even better, a tutorial!

-- Bill - Mesquite, TX --- "Everything with a power cord eventually winds up in the trash.” John Sarge , timber framer and blacksmith instructor at Tillers International school

Never was a Tiny Tim fan. But these tulips I like!

-- Tim P. Go Forth! Make Saw Dust! Have Fun! Sleep Soundly!

YES YES YES MORE PHOTOS and how you cut them!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Very Nice. I was taught how to make 4 petal tulips. I would be interested in how you get a 5 petal one.

-- Jesse, Saint Louis, Missouri

Thanks guys for your nice comments. At the moment my lathe is dismantled in readiness for delivery of a new midi lathe with electronic speed control and digital readout. Because I tend to be always in a hurry, to get things done, I have never had time to change belts for optimum speed on the lathe, mill and drill press and considered one speed suits all jobs. I now realize that this is not so! I’ve also been taught how to really sharpen tools on my Tormek, and what a difference sharp chisels make! I will post a photo-shoot as soon as possible after receiving and setting up the new lathe.

-- Harry, Western Australia

Looking forward to learning how you make them.

I googled wooden tulips and wooden flowers. Nothing as nice as yours came up.

Perhaps a simple written description?

-- Bill - Mesquite, TX --- "Everything with a power cord eventually winds up in the trash.” John Sarge , timber framer and blacksmith instructor at Tillers International school

It turned out very nice! A lot of details—- The details are fantastic! What an unexpected immense execution! Superb work! You should be proud of yourself!

-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

Very beautiful and attractive tulips. Great wood combo and finish. Looking forward to more photos and tutorial.

I now have my new lathe set-up and in the next few days will make another Tulip and do a photo-shoot.

-- Harry, Western Australia

Those are really neat, Harry!!!!!!
You’re making me jealous on getting that new lathe! I need one too.
I look forward to sse how you make these!!....Cheers,.........Jim

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