Wooden cup tutorial....Photo heavy...

[JonnyP]

I made a wooden cup and found it easy to make and didn't take too long either, so, if you fancy one for yourself, have a go....

Get a block of your chosen wood, I used cherry, cos thats what I have lying about..
Draw a side on view of the mug on it...

Cut the sides out....

Next I cut out the handle with a saw, and rounded the sides with an axe and then knife...

I then cut out the other sides next to the handle to make it cylindrical...

I draw a couple of circles on the top, to cut to....

I start to carve out the middle with my spoon knife...

That was taking a long time and didn't seem the best way, so I get the battery drill out and soon have most of the inside bit out...

The cup, almost there...

Next job is to sand down the outside and finish carving out the inside. The outside is soon ready, but the inside takes a while to carve and sand smooth, but I get there in the end and on with the first coat of oil...

This was a very satisfying job....

 

[Shewie]

Awesome !!

You make it look so easy ! but I think I`ll give it a bash on Sunday afternoon cause SWMBO `s out.

I have part of a huge walnut table leg which would do the job very nicely indeed.

Rich

 

[jojo]

That's a really nicely shaped mug, mate :notworthy. The wood pattern is really gorgous. What oil did you use to finish it?

 

[pibbleb]

Nice tutorial John cheers!

I started a cup/mug a while ago but I just couldn't seem to get it right. Nice Finish on the Cherry as well!

Me thinks the next project is on the horizon. Don't worry I'll be sending SWMBO round to yours!!:AR15firin It's your fault!

Again nice tutorial!

Pib

 

[penvisser]

Great job mate!

I feel there is a mug gonna be made in Sweden , next week.

 

[stovie]

Tee Hee!!! It's mine, all mine...

Cheers Jon. Its got to be worth a few pints of the brew when its ready...

Catch ya tomorrow

R

 

[JonnyP]

Cheers guys.....Used tung oil Jojo....

 

[seany boy]

Jon,
thats brilliant, really love it..... Stovie your a lucky chap!

 

[janiepopps]

Nice work Jon!

 

[jon r]

i can unserstand why that must be satisfying! It looks beautifull!! The grain and colour of that wood is just beautiful! well done!! You are relly making some great stuff lately! Thanks, its a inspiration to me and im sure many other people too!

Jon

 

[British Red]

Jon that is, quite seriously, the nicest tankard I have ever seen - and I collect drinking cups! I have everything from an 1800s rowing trophy in pewter through horn, leather, steel, ceramic and glass. That is the nicest I have seen! The sunburst pattern in the wood is startlingly good

I am truly in awe and throughly green eyed!

Luck man Stovie and skilled man Jon!

Red

 

[spamel]

That is fantastic, the grain is amazing, looks like a small explosion! I can imagine people being scared to try, but I suppose a beaker would be the logical first step if you didn't want to try and incorporate a handle. Really nice job, I'm gonna have to find my expandable wood bit, that'll do the job nicely!

 

[Hoodoo]

Beautiful work! The colors are really exceptional!

 

[sallyinwales]

Beautiful. Just keep oiling it every few days for a while, cups drink a vast amount of oil as we found last weekend when a cup we'd thought was fully oil cured slurped up half its first drink and swelled up.

 

[John Fenna]

Beautiful!
But Mr Makita is hardly a bushcraft tool is he?
Just envious!
John

 

[spamel]

Looks like an 8444 to me. Very nice drill, we had the 8444D when I was in the forces.

 

[andyn]

love it mate. Fantastic grain in the wood.

 

[fishfish]

inspiring!

 

[JonnyP]

Thank you for your kind remarks peeps....
Sally...It is getting a coat of oil a day and any excess wiped off after 15 minutes as per instructions. You are right, it will need a few coats more still...Job for you Stovie...
John....Mr Makita is very much a bushcraft tool as it is battery powered and so can be taken into the bush.... I would of loved not to of used it, but I tell you, using a spoon knife to do all that is a killer on your hands and wrist. Next time I will use a hole cutter of the right size as most of the work was sorting out the inside and smoothing it down....
Spam...What are you like mate....? 8444, 8444d...?? Tis a battery drill... a good one though, and definetely a user....

 

[Greg]

My god you make it look so easy!
Very nice job, I've got to ask though it looks pretty heavy duty so how heavy is it empty?