Turning Patterns

Is there any sites on the internet that have patters that can be download and used for turning. I know there are books I can purchase, but we are in about 6 - 10" of snow right now and it would be a good day to spend turning some projects.

Thanks Terry

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Terry Kemmerer
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AHilton

Terry No patterns as such but if you check my site you will find some projects . Let me know if it is a help.

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Darrell Feltmate

Thanks to both Darrell and Andrew. That will keep me occupied until we can get out of this snow.

Have a really great day That's exactly why God gave it to You Terry

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Terry Kemmerer

I just came back in from pushing snow, so within ten minutes or so the road commission should be by to fill my drive with more of the same. I think they planted a sensor at the end when they set the wands to guide the plows. When the weight comes off, an alarm rings and they say "George just got done with his drive, let's go get 'im."

I will also be turning some later today amid my other chores, so let me introduce function to the form discussion. It's a bit more complicated than the traditional "holds water = bowl doesn't = art," in my opinion.

I'll be doing a couple of popcorn bowls to beef up that end of the line. With popcorn, I think of three things - no tip, no heat transfer and no blistering. To me that means a base which is 25-35% of total width in span, a bottom that is no less than 3/8" thick to keep the user from burning their lap, and a simple oil and burnish finish, so it won't blister when the old maids accumulate.

I will also be shellacing a couple of dual curve dry content bowls. There I can work the base narrower, leave a bit of extra weight for stability, and thin the upper portions so as to have something which considers form more than function. Not that I don't have to make choices even there, especially in finishing. One of the shellac pieces will be the same wood as an oil/poly bowl of similar proportion. The color of the wood - "black" or "cherry" birch - will be different because of my finish choice, even though both are suitable.

Even without practical considerations of thickness, width and finish, you can't just make a form and take it out to sell. Take for instance the "thin" fetishists who make a special selling point of wall/bottom thickness. Some of the things I make for them will barely stand on their own, and must be weighted so the wind will not carry them away when I'm out selling at craft fairs. Had to put wood chunks inside several of Darrell's "wing" turnings to keep them from flying away last year!

So use classic Greek forms, cruise other people's sites for their ideas, go visit a potter, for that matter, and see what you like best. Then make it work well enough so if it's a salad bowl, people won't dump the salad when they put the servers in the center - I make them, too - make it visually interesting by the finish you use, and find out if what pleases you also pleases others. Some of the stuff I detest sells remarkably well, some I fancy I can barely give away.

Amazing, 15 minutes, glass of tea, and no plow!

Enjoy the snow.

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George

Terry, if you have time on your hands may I suggest you try designing your own?

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An excellent trial programme is available on the site.

Regards, Peter Charles Fagg Freshwater, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.

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Peter Charles Fagg

If you down load their trial software, they also had afile of forms, examples ect. Candlesticks platters vases, bowls all kinds of stuff. the software is for segmented turning. but being imaginationaly challanged I liked their examples.

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Bruce Ferguson

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They also have another program that allows you to put in a 2D profile sketch of the design you have in mind, and the program creates a 3D rendering, with shading, to give you a "Picture" of how the final product will look.

Ken Moon Webberville, TX

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