Any spoon carvers/wood carvers, turners here?
- Thread starter Fab Foodie
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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I'm a wannabee whittler. I subscribed to an American whittling magazine for two years (until quite recently) and have the knives for the job, but just haven't got round to doing anything about it yet.
I s'pose I'm just whittling my time away.
Same with my musical instruments, paints and DSLR camera. (bloody forum, cycling, golf and reading that takes my free time).
I s'pose I'm just whittling my time away.
Same with my musical instruments, paints and DSLR camera. (bloody forum, cycling, golf and reading that takes my free time).
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Wow! We got a long way to go yet!Green woodworker here - tend to spend the winter making this stuff: swill baskets; splint baskets; spoons; chairs; rustic indoor gear.
I'll be at Staithes Arts Festival on 8-9 Sept, which is always a good weekend. And I run courses in a private woodland in North Yorkshire from time to time.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I used to spend most of my time at school in the wood workshop. Turning is great fun, especially if you can get your hands on decent timber. Here's one of six sycamore plates I made when I was fifteen. It's a bit warped but otherwise still
going strong.
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
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- On the edge of reality
Like to do some when I get the time. Also, although it sounds a bit pretentious, I feel as if I work better if there is some emotional connect.
Made this for child 1, when I knew her (now) husband was going to propose to her.
Edit: The knives I use are flexcut. If you acquire any, be careful. They are VERY sharp.
Made this for child 1, when I knew her (now) husband was going to propose to her.
Edit: The knives I use are flexcut. If you acquire any, be careful. They are VERY sharp.
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Each to their own and all that, but if they can why not? That knife @Hugh Manatee made is a thing of beauty.
I used to make my own fishing floats, costs more than buying them and not as good, but I'm chuffed to bits when I take my dad fishing and all he will use are the floats I made him.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I made this mini spachelor to go with my 5 inch one eggs fry pan
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
If you haven't anything constructive to say don't bother. If the thread is of no interest to you then move on.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Lathe it out.
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
True.
We could all be miserable, negative dullards with nothing of interest to say couldn't we?
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
Perhaps then you need to look at your own life if you consider it inane?
My wife doesn't consider the cross in my avatar to be a waste of wall space, or the time I spent carving it for her, to have been wasted or foolish. Neither do my daughters with any of the objects I have carved for them. The only useful objects have been two stone planters carved out of rock, one for my Mum and one for my wife, yet all have been carved and given with love and the recipients take both pride and pleasure in that.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
That's rather lovely.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
That's in lesson two
