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I figured I'd get a few things out of the way at once: her house warming gift, Christmas and her Birthday, next January
I made everything out of birds eye maple. The pizza cutter and ice cream scoop are finished with CA glue and the cutting board was saturated in a couple doses of mineral oil and beeswax.
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Thanks for looking
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How'd you turn that cutting board flat on the lathe?
Nice work!
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Bob
Another great project. Did you get the hardware from PSI?
Arlin
As of this time I am not teaching vets to turn. Also please do not send any items to me without prior notification. Thank You Everyone.
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Nice job.I love the birds eye,it is one of my favorite woods
and it looks great.
Well shama lamma ding dong to you too......
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Alan
I had to laugh to myself when I read your post. The very first pen I made was for my father who loved Birdseye maple and when I finished it had only 1 eye.
Sometime I will find a piece with a lot of them and make him another.
Thanks for posting I needed to laugh tonight.
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Always glad help out......lol
Well shama lamma ding dong to you too......
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Very nice gifts! If your sister is anything like mine, she will cherish those for sure.
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nice work Bob
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Thanks for the comments everyone. My sister and I never really got along that well, but I figured what the hey. My dad told me recently she always talks about all the work I post on FB and make for others. Since she just bought her first house and my dad is always on my case about her I figured I'd do something nice for her.
The hardware was psi for the ice cream scoops and out of the 3 styles of scoops, I've made, these are the best to me. The have a solid feel, they look good and the best part is they are turned like a pen, with a bushing set. Once turned I just epoxied in the parts. The pizza cutter is from rockler.
As far as the cutting board...well, if you don't know how to turn thin rectangles on a lathe by now, then you never will...
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Bob
You should be proud of yourself to do this for your sister. I am sure she will cherish those forever. Beautiful work, she won't be able to help but love them. And who knows, may bring you both closer together.
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