Lathe Work Update, June 2015

[@TheChrisPineWorkshop]

What a beautiful tool and made with just some simple nails and pipe! Love it!

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Chris Pine Thank you Chris, this is a lovely compliment. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@MikeWaldt]

Beautiful miniatures brendan, and the awls are brilliant. Nice show and tell mate. Take care Mike

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Mike Waldt Thanks Mike, I was really happy with the awls. The miniatures are the first of what I suspect will be many because I haven't made them for years so I need practice before the competition in September. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@alansimpson596]

BMac Woodturning Hello Mike,Your restraint is admirable:-)Legionnnaire Alan

[@MikeWaldt]

Alan Simpson :) :)

[@alansimpson596]

Mike Waldt :-) :-) :-).

[@oaksho]

The tools are really good Brendan and the miniatures look like they may have taken longer to do than full sized one's, I only wish I had your patents to do stuff like that. All the best Tony

[@MARKBaid]

Very nice tools Brendan. The little pieces are so cool. That's got to be crazy hard to do. Take care and do a kindness Mark

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

MARK Baid Thanks Mark, the small stuff isn't hard, it just takes a lot of time because the cuts are so precise and the margin for error is so low. However, they are great fun and good skill builders... as Capt Eddie would say. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@BlindWoodTurner]

Hi Brendan !! Thanks for sharing your comings and goings with us. Take care. Chris.

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Christopher Fisher Thanks Chris, I haven't done any videos because I needed to get work out quick but I will revisit the projects I did and do them again with descriptions. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@BlindWoodTurner]

Thanks Brendan.

[@Bramsshed1913]

Hi Brendan, Very nice awls and love the miniatures, I think I would need more than a few trips to specsavers to attempt something as small as those :) ....Great job !! All the best Bram

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Brams shed Thanks Bram, the miniatures required reading glasses at all times. They are not hard to make, they just take a long time because everything has to be cut so carefully. If you make some you might end up making a lot because they are good fun. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@SouthpawDavey]

Very satisfying work I think. Thanks for posting ;-)

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Southpaw Davey You're welcome. I just had a message from my daughter and she is delighted with the awls so mission accomplished. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@TheLittleGardenShedWorkshop]

Hi Brendan: Beautiful miniatures mate, the awls are brilliant, by coincidence I'm just making a couple of awls myself, Take care. Harry

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

The Little Garden Shed Workshop Thanks harry, I never made awls before but they are a nice little project and my daughter just told me she got them today and is delighted with them so that's all that matters. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@kbbacon]

Good stuff!! Looks like you gave it your all!

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

kbbacon Oh dear, I suppose someone had to say it so it might as well be you. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@islay30]

Watch the leprechauns don't steal those miniatures Brendan, good job and well done! Regards Terry.

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Terry McCullough Thanks Terry, they aren't going in for the competition, they are just practice pieces. Miniatures are actually a very good way to practice tool control and precise cuts. I'll make a few more that I hope will be good enough to enter in September. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@tropifiori]

Nice projects Brendan.

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Frank B Thanks Frank, I like this sort of work. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@michaelflynn6178]

great job Brendan with the awls.Are you going to make a set of cole jaws to finish of the miniature bowl

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Michael Flynn I never thought of that, I'll probably make some tonight. You always come up with the best ideas. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@alansimpson596]

Hello Brendan, All of your turnings look great. Your daughter will love the awls and being made out of yew makes them that little bit special. I'm afraid I haven't got to turning the miniatures for the competition as yet the reason being I that a casual acquaintance asked me would I turn a base for an obsolete rocket head. When mounted he wants to paint peace symbols on it. I was a little taken aback when it arrived as it's about 24 inches long, 8 inches in diameter and very heavy. I'm trying to get it finished and back to the gentleman in case it goes off and I end up in orbit. Do you know how I go about finding the international Space Station in the event that it does? The crew will get a big surprise when they see me knocking on the widow. Best wishes, Alan.

[@baconsoda]

Alan Simpson Hi Alan, you have plenty of time for miniatures because they are for September I think. So, you can concentrate on your rocket project. When it comes to time to launch it at the International Space Station you had better get your maths right because it's a moving target and you only get one chance. However, I have faith in you and would really like to be there for the launch and subsequent obliteration of the space station. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@alansimpson596]

baconsoda For some reason I can't get David Bowies song Ground Control To major Tom out of my mind.Alan.

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Alan Simpson LOL, Major Tom will know all about it soon.

[@monophoto1]

Awls look very nice - your daughter will be pleased.

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Louie Powell Thanks Louie. My daughter hasn't seen them yet because I sent them to her work and she was off for two days there. The reason I send packages to her work is because she never seems to be anywhere else. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@MARKBaid]

Better get ready Brendan I just order one of johns hoodies and T shirt. Look out new super model on the runway lol

[@baconsoda]

MARK Baid Instead of competing, maybe we should work together and offer ourselves as male supermodels and state that we must be hired together, you don't get one without the other. That would make us very wealthy. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@tblbaby]

Those are small ... very small. Very nice detail for being so small. They would be very nice for a restrictive diet. Seconds? NO PROBLEM! Dieters love seconds that are no problem. Another dibber / vampire staker, very cool. What do you plant at 21 cm? Ohhh yeah, need that depth to hit vampire hearts. The deep bands will keep the dibber from coming out easily, very good dual use design. Very nice Alls, making 2 is cool and they look nice. Since you can't have fire arms they'd be kinda handy to carry around. Kinda short but very stout and they'll go through about anything. Push stick / worm shockers ... Brilliant! Just hook up some electrical wires and plug em in. I have some of those. With the 220 volts though it might just nuke em in stead of scare them up. Not sure. And ... since Ireland is kind of a big ol green sponge, you may electrocute yourself.

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

tblbaby LOL, you would be hard pushed to get one Rice Crispy in that wee bowl. The dibbers need t be long to accommodate Leek seedlings which are planted deep to blanch the stems as they grow. See, there's a reason for everything. Worm shockers, you'll have Peta jumping all over me now. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@tblbaby]

BMac Woodturning ahh, planting leaks in vampires. Good vid for October maybe. I figure you don't do much without cause :) Peta does worms? They are worms, If Peta doesn't hate a person, they're not a worthy member of the human race probably. Peta talks stuff to bring in $, but they mass murder pets they "rescue" and try to hide them in big dumpsters (bins) & get caught. I put the worms on hooks and go out and catch & eat sea kittens! Shocking them out of ground is the least of their worries ... buhahaha! With the birds too!

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

tblbaby Yeah, I found out about the dog cruelty videos PETA made from my son. I never did support them because I thought they were too militant and, essentially, animals don't come first. Starving cat Vs Starving baby. No contest in my eyes.

[@tonybanner7599]

Brendan, Did you get your car yet?

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Tony Banner Yes Tony, I got it last Thursday and I've washed it 19 times since. Video tomorrow or Saturday. I wanted to get to know it in case there was something I forgot to boast about when I do the video. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@tonybanner7599]

Be careful you will wash off that New care smell

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Tony Banner LOL, the new car smell is more synthetic than I remember it many years when I last bought a new car. I need to get mats for it but the garage wanted $400 for a set of mats and a fill of petrol so I wasn't going to pay that. I'm seeing a guy in about an hour who does mats so, hopefully, he'll sort me out.

[@mackeroons779]

Is it cheating if I send you miniature fruit to display in your bowl? :D The awls are gorgeous, thank you so much - and there's history in them too!

[@bmacwoodturning2035]

Oonagh McAreavy Thanks oonagh, I'm glad you like them. Miniature fruit... there's an idea. I'll measure the bowl and let you know the size. The competition isn't until September but fruit won't affect the judging, it's the wood items that they look at. Daei