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Zebrawood and spalted maple.  The one on the right the only tool I used was my straight chisel.  It turned out better than I expected but not quite as good as I wanted.  I need to re-learn finishing cuts.    I'm also still trying to figure out why it's easier for me to use my straight chisel than my skew.  I'm wondering if it's my skew has a relatively long angle.  most of the turning videos I see the bevels on their skews are shorter.  

These will be gifts for my kids and some friends of theirs.  I still have one more to make.  I'm going to get some drawer pulls for the handle ends.

 

Nice!  I've been meaning to turn some wands.

Thanks, they're fun and don't take long. They're also good practice with the various tools. I have a hard time practicing for the sake of practice. I'd much rather be doing something productive with the time.

(12-16-2017, 11:35 PM)crokett™ Wrote: [ -> ]Zebrawood and spalted maple.  The one on the right the only tool I used was my straight chisel.  It turned out better than I expected but not quite as good as I wanted.  I need to re-learn finishing cuts.    I'm also still trying to figure out why it's easier for me to use my straight chisel than my skew.  I'm wondering if it's my skew has a relatively long angle.  most of the turning videos I see the bevels on their skews are shorter.  

These will be gifts for my kids and some friends of theirs.  I still have one more to make.  I'm going to get some drawer pulls for the handle ends.

 

Normally I love Zebrawood but the spalted maple takes the cake here.  Well done.

Thanks Arlin. I'm thinking about trying to sell these but I need to figure out how to drill the end and keep it centered to attach the pull knob. The ones in the picture I drilled a hole after they were finished and they're a bit off-center, not that the kids will care. I turn these between centers. I'm going to try rounding one end into a tenon and use my pin jaws to hold it, then drill the other end and then use a cone center on it. I'm trying to minimize production steps. I'm thinking about trying a hole cutter or similar to form a tenon so I don't have to swap the spur center for the chuck.

If you're a Harry Potter fan, I'm calling the middle spalted maple one "Flame spalted maple with a dragon scale core".

Those are nice wands crokett

Why would you want to use knobs, did you want metal on the ends ?
if you want a different look why not just glue a wood block on the end of a different color before turning.

The drawer pulls make them seem more ‘magical’. I’m thinking of casting resin to do the same thing and turning that along with the wand. I know that at a maker faire earlier this year the Wands with pulls were selling better and for more than the ones without