Paduak Bowl with Ridge Detail

Just some images of one of my latest pieces... a Padual Bowl with a single ridge detail... this bowl was finished with friction polish and also wax...

Banksia Nut Coasters

Just a little post on how i finished by Banksia nut/pod coasters...

basically i left the bottom of the coasters their natural finish with a light sanding, this way they should have a little bit of grip on surfaces rather than slipping all over the table...

They seem thin enough so moisture already on the table shouldn't affect them long term... i have toyed with the idea of spraying the bottom like i did the top and sides with clear lacquer and scuffing the bottom half but that takes away from the fact that you can feel the natural banksia pod/nut and appreciate it's velvet fuzz so to speak....

Either way each one is definitely unique and no 2 could possible be the same :D

Anyway here's some pics of them finished... some of these pics are already in my latest pieces post from a while ago... also i have my whole collection on facebook...

http://www.facebook.com/wexfordwoodworking

Large Spalted Beech Bowl...

Just some pictures of my latest piece... A Large spalted beech bowl... finished with some Mylands Wax...

Latest Pieces (woodturned Clock, Cheeseboard, Bottle Stopper, Coasters)

its been a while since an update so i'd just like to post up a few pictures of my latest pieces, a cheeseboard made of spalted beech with burned ring, a Banskia Nut bottle stopper, a Banksia Nut set of 6 coasters and a Desk Clock, I do plan on doing a couple of write ups on how i done each piece but untill then if you've any questions about any of the pieces please ask me in the comments...

Damien

Wooden Clocks

So after making a couple of bowls and a lot of pens i noticed i had some nice large blanks of Zebra Wood (Zebrano) and Bubinga that i had bought a while back, they were a bit shallow to make bowls out of so i thought I'd try some clocks.

I went to Paragon Tools in Wexford and got a couple of clock faces, they were about €12 or €13 euro each.

I started with the Zebra wood first and mounted it on my lathe as usual, i turned recess in the

Wooden Woodturned Pens

Well after attending a monthly meet at the Craobh Cuig Deag Chapter on turning pens i decided to give it a shot.

I did have to buy a pen turning mandrel and i would highly recommend the Rotur Pen Mandrel Kit, comes with all you need including a 7mm drill bit, barrel trimmer and adjustable mandrel for doing all lengths of pens.

Anyway that's just my opinion on pen mandrels...

I didn't exactly know what sort of pens i wanted to make but nearly all the wood turning shops sold the classic 2 piece twist pen kits so i went with them and bought about 10 kits at €2.50 each, they were gold coloured pieces and looked nice enough in the packets anyway :D