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Thanks, folks!
Pottz, it’s a little more than 6” across (160-170mm).
Splint, I expect someone else will be storing things in it. The inside is just finished with tung oil, so once it cures, it would be safe for candy or dog treats. But it’s not that roomy. I chickened out (apologies to poultry-Americans) while hollowing, so it’ll hold maybe a tennis ball, but not a lot more. As to the color, I initially finished the outside with tung oil, but that darkened it up too much, so I sanded most of it off and my friction finish was a lot heavier on the shellac this time.
George, I’m probably going to get one of those dinguses (dingii?) that shines a laser where the end of my gouge is cutting. I can reach in with my fingers and feel this one is pretty dang thick, but when I’m turning, I get afraid of making the inside bigger than the outside.
After finishing up this one this morning, I started roughing the next one out. Started with a faceplate on the “top” and got the outside pretty well turned, then slapped another faceplate on the bottom and am ready to start working the top and inside. But we’ve got three different groups of company coming over the next ten days, so I probably won’t be getting much shop time.
Pottz, it’s a little more than 6” across (160-170mm).
Splint, I expect someone else will be storing things in it. The inside is just finished with tung oil, so once it cures, it would be safe for candy or dog treats. But it’s not that roomy. I chickened out (apologies to poultry-Americans) while hollowing, so it’ll hold maybe a tennis ball, but not a lot more. As to the color, I initially finished the outside with tung oil, but that darkened it up too much, so I sanded most of it off and my friction finish was a lot heavier on the shellac this time.
George, I’m probably going to get one of those dinguses (dingii?) that shines a laser where the end of my gouge is cutting. I can reach in with my fingers and feel this one is pretty dang thick, but when I’m turning, I get afraid of making the inside bigger than the outside.
After finishing up this one this morning, I started roughing the next one out. Started with a faceplate on the “top” and got the outside pretty well turned, then slapped another faceplate on the bottom and am ready to start working the top and inside. But we’ve got three different groups of company coming over the next ten days, so I probably won’t be getting much shop time.
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