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woodcutter1979 wrote: Here is a picture of our bed I made for my wife about 5 years ago.

Woodcutter...
Let me add my congratulations, too. Nice job on a fine looking bed. I have been meaning to tackle a bed project, so thanks for the inspiration!

Ed
Idaho Panhandle
MkV 500 +/-

Here's a few of my turnings. The pictures arn't that great but you get the idea:p


feel free to click thru the other pictures in my gallery if your bored,,hehehehe
BTW edited to say what a VERY nice looking bed you crafted there,,,,kudo's

beeg wrote:WOW. Your turnings are GREAT. I hope someday to be able to do half as good as those. I see you've done some CAT tipping.

Actually that was when my partner was running the tractor, we put her back up right and went on with work. The picture gives no real inclination as to how steep it really was,,,,I'm glad he stopped on the first role!!! Thanks for the kind words on the turnings,,,just keep working at it time will give you good results. I also read and viewed Richard Raffins book/video on wood turning. A picture is worth TWO thousand words!!!

Hi, Mike! Those turnings are very nice, I must also comment on the super finishes you got on them. Thanks for the photos and please feel free to post any photos of you work, we all will enjoy seeing them. Gives us inspiration.

Thanks for the kind words,,,here a few more turnings. I really like to find old driftwood and use the natural edges nature leaves.
Hard to see here but near the top of the posts are captured rings. This is my wifes footboard for her bed I'm currently working on,,

I really like the idea of posting projects done. Although, most of the time, I'm thinking, will I ever get that good? Keep them coming, I like seeing them.

Mike

Welcome to the forum. Real nice work. I do some turning myself but haven't tried a natural edge project yet. My most challenging project was a square bowl and it was a strange feeling not seeing the material on the edge as it was turning, but seeing it coming off. I make captive ring baby rattles for my grand kids and they are a bit of a challenge to make seeing that there is not a lot of room between the rattles before they get cut loose. Attaching a couple of pix's of these. Always enjoy seeing what others do with the pictures so keep them coming and again welcome aboard.

VERY NICE!!!! I have yet to try the square bowl. I want to but have not found the right piece of wood yet. I can imagin sanding the squre part to be very challenging and intimidating. Your work shows great tool control and prolly not much sanding to do. Was that turned green or was the blank dry ?
It's prolly alot of work but I'd like to see the option of haveing a gallery here for every member to show off there work. Inspiration is a huge part of woodworking IMHO. I can get 'writers block" untill something that I see stirs me up enough to want to try it. Then I turn into some kind of maniac that lives in his shop untill I accomplish the task at hand. My wife forgot what I looked like without a safety shield and wood chips all over me when I wanted to learn how to turn scoops. Here are a few,,,,

lets see some more pictures guys,,,,,if your not sure how to load them just ask

I am a member of another Forum that uses vBulletin and they have a member gallery set up. I am sure it can be done here if admin. deemed it doable.