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Other things that we turn or make

Pierre

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But the title doesn't fix a time of making; so having moved from one forum to here I thought I would post some of the items that I had posted before elsewhere, and I invite you all to join me ie post some of your previous items that have not seen the daylight on this forum.

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A small inverted turning in Beech and Ebony (not sycamore ). This was before I got my gluing skills better and pre-finial practice.
 

Morse

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That looks really “artistic”
I can appreciate the work that’s gone into producing that piece of art.
Hope you were able to get a realistic price for your hard work.

Dave
 

Pierre

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Thanks all here is a piece I turned before I learned that novices don't do this first.

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And then I got the bug for winged boxes ( a tip always turn them at full speed then there is less air to turn!!) :thumbs:

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they dont always go right!! :rolling:

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Pierre

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Following the winged boxes craze of which I suppose I made about 50 there came the Tea light fad. One of the things I first tried was a simple candle stick made from Pear wood from a tree I cut down,

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There I discovered that despite the dinky aluminium sheath of a tea light, the wood still got very hot so I changed to using glass tealight holders which you could buy in IKEA for 99 pence for 10. (they dont sell them any more which is a pity because I made hundreds and they sold well.)

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Keep in mind that at the same time I was making pens as well and other things, this was a business and designed to keep me in employment since no one wanted my specialism in this area of France.
 
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