First cut on my DW788

[Rob]

Scrolling has taken a back seat of late while I have been turning pens.  I had forgotten how much fun the lathe is but having picked up a second hand DW788 I thought I had better do something with it.

 

This trivet is cut from the side of an old drawer box from a pattern found at craftsmanspace.com. 

 

 

 

No finish applied as yet.

 

Rob

 

 

[merlin]

Very nice Rob....No dust control............  

 

Got some single Rimu headboards given me today, and I thought of you.

Do you have enough Rimu for pens I could find out the price of courier to send you some if you wood like....................

Edited March 15, 2017 by merlin

[amazingkevin]

Scrolling has taken a back seat of late while I have been turning pens.  I had forgotten how much fun the lathe is but having picked up a second hand DW788 I thought I had better do something with it.

 

This trivet is cut from the side of an old drawer box from a pattern found at craftsmanspace.com. 

 

CraftsmanspaceTrivet.jpg

 

No finish applied as yet.

 

Rob

I used to use a lot of drawer sides  but finding quality ones that aren't too fragile stopped me from using them.You did a good job here.

[DukeNukem]

Looks like a drawer side fromm when they were made from real wood lol nice looking trivet well done. Jerry

[Scrolling Steve]

Looking good, Rob !  

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done Rob.  Great to be able to work with reclaimed wood.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[daveww1]

nice job

[rjR]

A. You used my favorite wood  = FREE

 

B. You used an interesting pattern

 

C. You did a great job

 

D. Means I have to grade that as a A

[Rob]

Very nice Rob....No dust control............  

 

Got some single Rimu headboards given me today, and I thought of you.

Do you have enough Rimu for pens I could find out the price of courier to send you some if you wood like....................

 

Thanks Merlin.  I wear a mask when scrolling and clean up with a shop vac once in a while.  It's very kind of you to offer some Rimu but I have plenty thanks.  Pretty well everything I cut uses reclaimed wood from the recycling centre.  Rimu seems to be the most common although I have found some oak, mahogany and some matai floorboards on occasion.  A friend also gave me a big piece of Massa (aka Pacific Jarrah) which used to be a fireplace mantel which turns well.  How are your pens coming along?

 

Rob

[Rob]

Here is the trivet after a coat of tung oil and some beeswax.

 

 

Rob

 

[merlin]

OK Rob,.....Pen's are coming along nicely...but not ready for public display. Am having issues with the finishing, am trying a new finish with bee's wax and baby oil.ðŸ‘

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Edited March 16, 2017 by merlin

[Gordster]

Very nicely done Rob, and the price was right

[newfie]

Nice cutting rob thanks for sharing

[wombatie]

That looks fabulous Rob.  I wondered where you had gotten to.

 

Marg