r/turning • u/Short-Fee205 • 1d ago

Live edge and multi axis practice

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Couple practice pieces today. Still trying to figure out the whole multi-axis concept. The live edge stuff is coming along, each one a little better than the last.

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u/AdEnvironmental7198 look its kinda round now! 1d ago

I love that off axis piece very nice. Post more photos of your process if/when you can

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u/YeahRight237 1d ago

“This is the way”

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u/Short-Fee205 1d ago

Exactly!

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u/davebo6319 15h ago

This is the way

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u/DoctorFork 1d ago

Is that bowl an oval? I'm very new at this, but I haven't figured out how to produce any bowl-like thing that isn't a perfect circle.

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u/Short-Fee205 1d ago

It actually is - it’s the first time I’ve ever made anything in the “not round” category. I’m still not quite sure how it happens, but the skilled people I know assure me it’s supposed to happen that way. Magic? Physics? No idea.

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u/d00m1ord 1d ago

How many times must I tell you. Boba Fett is not an acceptable scale reference.

Looks great though

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u/Short-Fee205 1d ago

lol. Boba is always acceptable. Especially once I finish painting the 1:12 scale banana for his left hand.

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u/d00m1ord 1d ago

Do it. You won't.

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u/IlliniFire 1d ago

When you get an idea how to avoid the tool marks on the wings of a natural or live edge bowl let me know. One of my biggest frustrations because they don't sand well either.

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u/Short-Fee205 1d ago

No joke! I definitely haven’t cracked the code on that either.

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u/Glum_Meat2649 1d ago

I suspect, you are doing more of moving the tool with your hands, instead of your legs. The muscles that control the hands are not as strong as the big muscles in the legs. On the inside of a bowl, you can get further off the tool rest, losing some leverage.

I typically will put my right foot forward and transfer my weight from the right foot onto the left foot. By doing this more smoothly and paying close attention to the thickness of the shavings, with practice the tool marks will be smaller and smaller.

The was a green cut, pin oak (red oak family). A gift for the person who donated the wood to the club.

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u/Short-Fee205 1d ago

Will do - still refining the process but I think I’m getting the hang of it