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First attempt at faceplate turning

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ryno101

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First attempt at faceplate turning First attempt at faceplate turning First attempt at faceplate turning Click the pictures to enlarge them

This is a piece of semi-green wood that was essentially a practice piece for me.

Turned into a small bowl. No real ideas about what I was making, what shape, etc… it just kinda evolved.

I’ve decided that spindle turning and faceplate turning are way way different!

I believe that this is maple, it’s found wood from a tree cut down by a road crew a while back. There’s a fair amount of sapwood in there, some knots… made for challenging turning, especially considering I don’t have a bowl gouge! my 1/4” round scraper did the trick, albeit slowly…

The finish is simply HUT friction polish.

I kind of like the checking, and there’s some bark left on the edges, the rim of the bowl was falling apart, as you can see… so I shored it up with some CA to keep the rest on.

good for practice, although it will likely live in the shop with the rest of my practices!

-- Ryno


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lew

1241 posts in 237 days


posted 101 days ago

Nice Job!

Know what you mean about the differences in spindle and face plate turning. Discovered very quickly that a skew chisel doesn’t work well as the grain changes!

Do what I did with my first one- it is a soap dish on the shop sink.

Lew

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ryno101

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posted 101 days ago

Soap? You see how small that thing is? I could fit one or two of those little flower soaps in there… probably would make my hands smell cleaner…

-- Ryno

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jockmike2

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posted 101 days ago

Veery neat turning, albeit small. Very small, that is good practice. I’ll have to try a bowl that small, so far the only thing small I’ve turned is a finial.

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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Chris

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posted 101 days ago

Ryno,

I have found that when I start a turning with some idea in my head of what it should look like it rarely ends up that way. I know it sounds very new-age or something but you have to listen to the wood.

Nice Job…Let’s see some more :)

-- Chris

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ryno101

140 posts in 146 days


posted 100 days ago

Chris,

You know, you’re right… As I saw the wood spinning there, this wide-bottomed shape just kind of came to mind. I’m certainly not all “New-Agey” or anything… but you’re right. You do have to listen!

-- Ryno

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trifern

3987 posts in 249 days


posted 100 days ago

Invest in a fingernail gouge and have some real fun. Great job on your first one. They keep getting easier!

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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Woodhacker

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posted 100 days ago

Very nice Ryno, it looks great.

-- Martin, Kansas

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Napaman

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posted 100 days ago

looks fun…i think this is deserving of the desk in the office…paperclips!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

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lew

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posted 100 days ago

Liquid soap?

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 100 days ago

Hi Ryno;

Where did you get that big quarter?

Nice job.

Lee

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thetimberkid

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posted 91 days ago

Great looking bowl!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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