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Fun with a proxxon and an airbrush...

sfurini

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Ages since I did a pen. Been pretending to be artistic the last couple of weeks...
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It will take me quite a while to take all of this in. So far it is impressive, beautiful. Thanks for the pics and the stimulation to give it a whirl.

Peter.
 
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Cheers, Steve - I will be bringing them along....just don't look at the bottoms as some of them haven't been re-turned yet!
 
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thanks for the appreciative comments - it was a lot of fun doing something so different. Of course, I'd only do it to rather plain wood. The 'peacock' one is a slab of fir tree - smells amazing but is rather featureless when plain.
 
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Oh hell, now you've gone and done it. I have to add a carving tool to my arsenal. What did you use and how did you apply the colour? I get bored turning the same old stuff this is an excellent idea. Well done Stewart, thanks for the idea.
 
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Hi Terry

Thanks for your kind words. I used a Proxxon LHW grinder with a combination of a rotary rasp, mini-arbortech blades and a sanding disc - basically this kit Proxxon LHW Long Neck Angle Grinder c/w Arbortech Mini Blades - Mains Powered Angle Grinders - Angle Grinders & Disc Cutters - Power Tools | Axminster Tools & Machinery and this disc Saburr Tooth Carbide Round Face Disc 2" (50mm)o Fine | Axminster Tools & Machinery. I used an airbrush - very cheap - like this Silverline 380158 Airbrush Hobby Kit, 22 ml - 6 Pieces: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools with Chestnut Spirit stains.

The colour was applied in different stages. The red was put on first then I used the arbortech blade to cut narrower slots that were sprayed yellow. The black inner rim was done with a pyrography burner. On the blue and and green bowl, I sprayed the left hand side of the slots with a bright blue and the right hand shots with green, so that the colour seems to shimmer when you change where you look at the bowl from.

Can't wait to do some more!
 
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Phil Dart said:
Great stuff Stewart. I particularly like the carving on the second one.
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Cheers, Phil. That's the most recent one - getting a bit more adventurous with the grinder! The wood is ash, still quite wet, so it might move a bit...could be interesting!
 
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I will not repeat what I said elsewhere, but I will say have fun and keep experimenting, I for one enjoy trying new things
 
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Thanks again. Interestingly, I bore the kids I teach with the occasional picture of what I've been making and they ask me what I do with them....they get put on top of the piano in the hall and left there! The fun of just doing something new is enough motivation to keep going. Maybe one day they'll be good enough to offer for sale, though the thought of having to man a stall somewhere for a day is not that appealing to me...
 
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sfurini said:
Thanks again. Interestingly, I bore the kids I teach with the occasional picture of what I've been making and they ask me what I do with them....they get put on top of the piano in the hall and left there! The fun of just doing something new is enough motivation to keep going. Maybe one day they'll be good enough to offer for sale, though the thought of having to man a stall somewhere for a day is not that appealing to me...
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Being on a stall can be great if you get plenty of people at the event but if you get one which is very quite then the day can drag. If you do decide to have one don't cram the table with too much leave some room around each piece, you can always replace something as it is sold and tell people "I have a similar one here" if they like a certain design and you have something nearly the same.
 
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Thanks for the tips, Derek. I may have to sell some just so that I can make some room on the piano at home!
 
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Here's a shot of the ones I've completed so far, apart from taking the chucking foot off in some cases...in case I change my mind and want to redo them...
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