We blew some of our craft sales gains on a new toy recently – a small wood turning lathe.
We both love turned wood, and himself is keen on carving and whittling, it seemed like the next step.
Himself is inclined to think courses etc. are for wusses, and his favourite saying is ‘how hard can it be?’ (it’s my job to be the cold hard voice of reason quite often, but in instances where I want the toy too, and don’t want to be bogged down by logic and reality and all that stuff, no cold hard voices of reason are heard).
So, we brought it home, along some starter tools, and a space was magicked for it in the shed, and we found some play time. I was in the garden obsessing over felt making (and I shall turn wood too, I shall, as soon as I have got over my felt obsession….), and himself chose a log off the firewood pile and set to.
Not bad for a first go eh? not sure what wood.. it could be ash, alder, willow, hawthorn, horse chestnut, elm, hazel or sycamore – possibly some other contenders too, as we pretty much will burn anything in our woodburner.
Now we just need a lot more hours in the day.
It’s beautiful. You are both so clever.
aww thanks
Wow – that’s gorgeous. Can’t believe it’s a first go and from firewood too!
great first attempt and love the wood grain, possibly it could be hawthorn judging by the warm reddish colour, but I’m no expert.
Wonderful! The grain is gorgeous, well done, here’s looking forward to seeing more of your wood turning
Not bad for a first try! He’s right, you can teach yourself turning, but lessons will make it quicker. There are some great DVDs now that will help a lot, and there’s lots of turning info on my web site
if you are interested.