oak

First time trying the Omega's today, also a first with the Holm Oak, not happy with the grain line up in the pictures as I thought I had it on the button, appears the threads have several start points, got them lining up now after the pics were uploaded!!!! Sanding sealer, 3 coats of Melamine.

Hi all here we have another Mik blank cap and some more of the tiger Oak as a barrel the kit is a TM Alpha

Had an odd bit of wood I think it's Yew not sure it was very hard, had to keep sharpening my tools as I turned it and put it on an Oak base.Not sure what you may call it. Wife took one look and claimed it :thumbs:

Had a great play for an hour this afternoon and made a 16" platter out of a piece of Oak worktop that my mate Brian (Grunp) gave me this will be sold or sent for our veterans all I have to do over the next few days is spray it

Just finished this cake stand this morning...the base for the stand was turned on the lathe and the whole piece is made from quarter sawn euro oak.

I was wondering if anyone has tried cutting up a railway/garden sleeper to make blanks. Did it work? The one I am looking at is brand new, untreated 4inch x 8 and is 6foot long. The ones I have seen are £30 but I have been told I can get them even cheaper. I have the tools to re-cut down to...

Taking the idea from Woody thought I would make a couple of pens and stands only showing one as the second has not yet got it's badge. Made from English Oak, sorry about the photo a little out of focus in places.

This one in Brown Oak! 9" x 1 1/2"

Brad kindly sent me some pen blanks and among them was a bit of stabilized 6,000 year old Bog Oak from the Fens this will be sold as a fundraser for P4H enjoy

Recycled oak slimline, wax finish ..:thinks:

This is the first of my English oak pens made from the oak from Durham Cathedral kindly donated by Andrew Hall. The oak is at least 1000 years old. The pen is finished in melamine & is finished ala Phil Dart who kindly gave me advice on using liquid melamine as against spray melamine. Thank you...

Oak and Sapele Jewellery Box with hand made hinges they are more robust than the little brass ones Finish is waxed and polish

A customer does viking reenactments and needed a new dinner bowl but theres always a but has to be in european Oak But i had a bowl blank 7 1/2 inch x 2 inch of european Oak been on the shelf for years finished in plain mineral oil

Me bloody gout flared up yesterday so I have spent today sanding and lacquering candle sticks they are made from Oak, Cherry and lastly Robinia bloody Nora the Oak and the Robinia have just sold

L-R we have Oak, Pippy Oak, Sweet Chestnut, 35,000 yr old Swamp Kauri, 2 x Olive, Medlar, English Walnut, Tasmanian Blackwood and African Blackwood. The flame/ripple on the Tasmanian Blackwood is stunning.

First one of these I have made and I like them, will be doing more.

Got to say I love working in Bog Oak.

Two Oak bowls for our veterans one a better remake of yesterdays one with hammered ally insert because I wasn't happy with yesterday's one this one will be going to Bill for Blind veterans UK instead of yesterdays one. The other one has a decorated corian insert which I hope will be used as a...

It all started so long ago I found Hairy Oak love it, then along came this kit, love it. Peter.

I was given some Oak last year and a few weeks ago a friend gave me some hammered ally so today I thought lets have a bash at them here is what I come up with not bad for first one and I'm sure a veterans group could sell it Just for those who are thinking he went through the bottom :tongue: