Completed Calls!!! DONE!!!

[THA4]

I had a bunch of scrap wood laying around, so i glued a bunch of it together (laminate) i just glued the backer board on last night, so i will try to spin one tonight. i will take pix of the process and update the thread as i go.

i have only turned pots out of solid stock, so we will see how this laminate thing goes. if it works they are going to be sweet looking!!

i used popular, walnut, cherry and one piece of Purple heart.

first my sloppy shop....

I glue a piece of stock to the back of the pre-spun pot so i can screw the head of the lathe into that rather than screw it into the piece itself! it might be some extra work, but it seems to hold just fine

a closer look....

Ill prly make a few striker ends out of this.....

Thats where im at so far,
Ill update this as i go, and hopefully be able to show you all a finished product in a week or so.

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[gundog870]

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You know what I would like........is to be able to personally test the finished product!!1 /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif Can you show us some pictures of your previous creations??

 

[THA4]

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custom call post, right next to this one!

 

[gundog870]

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DIRTY

 

[Rudd]

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I'm jealous....some nice equipment.

 

[THA4]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

Here is the status,
i got one of the pots spun out and i think it is going to look great. in fact, i think this will be my best looking call thus far. however, we wont know how good it sounds till its put together. so at this point it looks pretty dang good.

here are the photos of a work in process.

Things are starting to take shape...

Fat guy with a little lathe

and like an idiot, i accidently cut out my sound board.....
nothing glue wont fix

Off the lathe and ready to detach from the base.

Complete Pot, i will be gluing the sound board back in to the call........

the sound board is glued in and i hope it will hold....

ill get more photos as i finish it and get it put it together....

 

[dblmainbeam]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

Very nice! Good choice on the lathe. I love mine. Made any pens? If you haven't it's pretty fun if you don't mind sharpening your tools.

 

[goatman]

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Looking good THA4.

 

[THA4]

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my father in law makes antler pens like that too.

here are a couple i have

 

[dblmainbeam]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

Very nice!

 

[gundog870]

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is it as hard as it looks?

 

[THA4]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

is what as hard as it looks?

 

[JNRBRONC]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

Looks good, but......

Dang you THA4! Now ya got me looking for a lathe.

 

[risto2351]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JNRBRONC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks good, but......

Dang you THA4! Now ya got me looking for a lathe. </div></div>

They do look very nice but like me when are you gonna have the time. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

How long do they take Thomas from start to the finish?

 

[THA4]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

spinning actually only takes an hour and a half or so, and that is on the long side..... taking my time making sure i dont blow the pot up into a million pieces....

the long tedeous part is putting polyurithane (SP) on the pot...

it always drips all over everything and dries making it stick to whatever.....


all in all, 4 hours per call.... rough estimate

 

[gundog870]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

wow. Looks good!

 

[bushman]

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Thomas,

Those are beautifull. I'm jealous. I wish i had some sort of talent like that.

 

[THA4]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

talent....
not me......

its much easier than a guy would think
kinda like pottery, cant really screw it up!

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[bushman]

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I'm still impressed. I'd love to learn how to do it. I have my grandpa's old lathe at my parents. Maybe i'll have to dig it out and see if i can loose a few fingers!!! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

 

[THA4]

Re: Calls in process....(UPDATED!!)

well, i did some more work on the lathe again tonight....

although the first one didnt "turn" out the way i had planned.....

this is what happens when you have dull knives and when you push too hard....
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So i started over, and this one turned out ok!! Im jacked to put this one together!!! Its a little damp as i just wiped it out with a damp rag

and here are the other ones drying....
im pretty excited!! that polyU really makes that wood contrast stand out.

I will get more photos after this weekend as i finish up the first three.