No Messages in 5 Days?

It seems to get slow around here as the weather improves. I know my business really picks up, and if I lived up farther north where this was really prime weather I wouldn't be on the machine too much.

As it is now, I am here at my desk a lot writing estimates and other tedious office business, so I can check on breaks.

It does seem a little slower than usual, though.

Robert

Hey Neil, Count your blessings!

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

Yeah, centuries ago, along with the Coliseum. Where've you been?

B.

Hello from one who lurks more than posts!

Things did indeed appear to be slow, but then it will not be any faster because of my input!

My excuse for not keeping things turning over (Pun intended) is because more often than not I cannot answer any of the questions and that I do not have any problems to solve apart from those that only I can deal with!

Hope that all are well,

Regards Peter Charles Fagg (UK)

Don't let that stop you ... fill us in on the problems you DID solve. Answers are usually worth more than questions, anyways.

The past few days I've been doing flatwork ... so not much going on with the lathe.

Bill

I added 7 new turnings to my website, maybe that's a little help to get comments? Here you go directly to the new items:

Those are gorgeous. Now I remember why I don't like you. ;-)

Bill

Don't be jealous at me Bill, O.K. I'ts my hands, my brains, but that alone won't do it. This group was and is a lot of help. And something else, maybe the most important, but how can one say the unspeakable?

Thanks!

Gerard.

Hello, Gerard. I had never been to your website, and I think your work is great. Nice designs and great choice of woods. I like the straightforward design of your website, too.

The piece called "Halima" looks like some kind of turned branch wood. The spalting is beautiful. What kind of wood is that? What kind of finish did you put on it?

Inquiring minds, you know.

TIA -

Robert

Hello Robert, Thanks for your kind comments. The Halima piece is indeed turned branch wood, the same branch Rabiah was turned from. It's spalted beech, the colors have a lot of contrast. I'm working at a piece of even more spalted beech, the black lines have turned red- brown, so the process of spalting is creative in itself. As a finish I used a tung & hardwax-oil mixture, after it dried, I put on a wax-mixture of beeswax, carnauba and terpentine, followed by some hand-buffing. I hope your inquiring mind got some satisfaction by this information, in case it wants to know more, don't hesitate to ask!

Gerard

Hi Gerard

Yes a very nice job again, and you kept the beach together, with the pith in, that in itself is impressive. I only turned spalted beech a couple of times, it is really nice looking wood that way.

And yes you did a go job also building your site, especially the way one is able to flip through the pictures, but I've seen that before, the only thing missing in my point of view is,.... WHAT kind of wood did you use for the turnings?????? I think most people, (not just turners) like to know what wood the turnings are made out of.

And yes we don't always know the exact kind of wood it is but a lot of times we do, you don't have to be correct all the time ;-)), just give it your best shot.

I just got back from 2 weeks with my youngest son, as I got to be Opa again for the 7th time, this time it's a Girl, so now we have 5 boys and 2 girl grant kids :-))). Been to busy to spent much time on the net, son and I build a great pick-nick table and also quarried out a back filled a flat base for a storage place we still have to build, and LOML was busy helping out with the new baby.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Hi Leo,

Congratulations! What can beat the miracle of new life?

Thanks for your compliments. The beech did split a bit, but it could be glued and filled when is was at EMC. The toughest was handling the sometimes very week spalted parts of the wood, but CA came in very helpful. On my wish-list regarding the website, there's the point you mentioned: the kind of wood. The thing is, that more text means less pixels for the picture, at the point the text-space is used up horizontally, the picture becomes smaller. You're right about not having to be correct all the time, my perfectionism has its bright and its dark sides. People like you are a great help to see this urge of mine a bit more relative. I see that you and your LOML have a busy job being grandparents! Isn't that great?

Groeten uit Holland (windmills, Delfts blauw and klompen (wooden shoes) ;-)

Gerard.

Yeah ... fergit all that wood-shaving stuff ... grandkids are the real deal!

I just found out that son #2, with a little help from his wife, is about to give me my first grandson.

Yeah ... sometimes life is good -- very, very good!

Bill