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Post by tomd on Dec 9, 2009 23:02:30 GMT -6
 I saw a turing that had turquoise in it and I wanted to try it. That is untill I found how much turquoise costs, even powered turquoise. So my " turquoise " vase is made of maple, walnut, ebonized walnut and a inlace blue acrylic pen blank. |
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Post by maverick31 on Dec 10, 2009 0:06:53 GMT -6
best one yet. I really like the acrylic with wood. It is a very nice touch. what finish did you use?
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Post by dicklaxt on Dec 10, 2009 3:53:07 GMT -6
Thats a piece of work Tom, great job......... Did you hollow turn it or turn as you glued it up & size please?  ? What did you ebonize the Walnut with and whats the finish? dick |
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Post by sdb777 on Dec 10, 2009 5:27:09 GMT -6
Very nice.....I like it a lot!
Wife actually looked over my shoulder and said she wanted two and I need to get busy......hmmm, maybe she's breaking down on the lathe begging?
Scott (I'm impressed) B
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Post by sachbvn on Dec 10, 2009 6:42:44 GMT -6
Wow - that is amazing..... the finish looks great (wow that's shiny!) - I also would like to know how you ebonized the walnut.
Nice work - I really like it!
Zac
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Post by admin on Dec 10, 2009 6:52:28 GMT -6
Tom, you keep postin' stuff like this, and I'll end up spending all my time tryin' to figure out how to do it!
Simply amazing looking. Very classy!
TJ.
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Post by dicklaxt on Dec 10, 2009 7:10:46 GMT -6
sdb,,,,,,,just don't tell her about all the accessories needed until the lathe is setting in your shop idol then its spill the beans and duck&run time.  dick |
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Dec 10, 2009 12:07:07 GMT -6
So very VERY COOL!
Do you have a pic. of the glue-up by any chance?
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Post by tomd on Dec 10, 2009 12:49:53 GMT -6
Thanks for the responces. In reply to questions, I build up the vase till I just pass the feature ring then finish the inside, I do not touch the inside then till it's finished. The finish is sanding sealer then 4 coats of lacquer and buffed, I use the sanding sealer mainly to fill the walnut. To ebonize walnut I use the old rust and vinegar mix. I let a couple steel wool pads rust real good then put them in apple cinder vinegar then put in strips of walnut for about 2 weeks then dry them. The pieces are very thin as this only stains them black about 1/8" deep. So you can usually only use them for lines or borders, unless you want to stack and glue them. Sorry I do not have any pictures of the glue up. Size, 8 1/2"H x 7 1/2"D.
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Post by Doug B on Dec 10, 2009 13:06:42 GMT -6
That really is nice Tom! And now we know what you wanted the acrylic turning blanks for  Where did you end up finding them? |
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Post by tomd on Dec 10, 2009 17:08:15 GMT -6
I bought them at the Rockler store, I wanted larger pieces but settled for a pen blank.
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Post by Doug B on Dec 10, 2009 18:33:09 GMT -6
Thanks Tom. They certainly look bigger than 3/4" pen blanks  |
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Post by glenmore on Dec 10, 2009 23:06:47 GMT -6
Tom that is really some nice turning. Great idea of using acrylic pen blanks very nice finish.
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Post by tomd on Dec 11, 2009 0:36:05 GMT -6
Dougb, they are 3/4" pen blanks, in fact they are probably a little smaller because I could not find any that didn't have little chips along the edges. So I had to slightly sand them to get straight edges. However when you turn them on a curved piece like the vase, the curvature causes them to elongate looking much larger, and actually surface wise they are larger that way.
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Post by Doug B on Dec 11, 2009 1:05:34 GMT -6
Those are too cool Tom! I never would have thought of doing that. Very nice!
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Where did you end up finding them?