One from work in progress

[Dalboy]

Finish one of two pieces should have the second finished either tomorrow or the following day.
Still to give it a name. Inspired by Keith Tompkins from another site.

The spiral is Yew and the base is Oak scorched and lime waxed. sealed with sander sealer and finished with woodwax22.
Some very careful turning to match up parts. It stands 8 3/4" tall and 3" at its widest

 

[alan morrison]

Very artistic Derek
I've no idea how you turned that
Looks good

Alan

 

[Penpal]

Love it Derek,delicate yet sturdy ,clever mounting.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

That looks great Derek, no ideas how you made the top part.

 

[fortress]

Wonderful work Derek, very well done.

 

[bassethound]

Love it Derek, looks great mate well done!

 

[Phil Dart]

Super cool. Care to share a brief outline of your method Derek?

 

[Dalboy]

Thank you everyone.

Super cool. Care to share a brief outline of your method Derek?

Put wood on lathe turn and apply finish is that brief enough Phil


To do the spiral I started with a sqaure of wood and cut it in two so that it is half the thickness. in my other post there is a photo of the part on the lathe but this diagram may explain how the 4 parts are extracted from the wood before assembly they need to be cut from the blanks that way so that the grain all lines up.

 

[Phil Dart]

Clear as mud. Thanks for that Derek

 

[Dalboy]

Clear as mud. Thanks for that Derek

Each of the circular black lines are the turned shapes the blue is the block orientation and the red represents the cutting of the block in half

 

[alan morrison]

Hands up who understands ?
Maybe it's better a mystery and hit the " like this post "

Alan

 

[Phil Dart]

I've been off and looked at your other two posts again. Got it now. (Your drawing is crap by the way)

(Sorry Derek - couldn't help myself. Wouldn't have said it if I didn't think you had a sense of humour)