quaichs

[robin wood]

I have been turning some quaichs recently out of cherry, alder and burr maple. Some with silver rims some plain. Either way they make the perfect vessel for sharing scotch round the campfire (JD should be straight from the bottle )

burr maple

cherry

alder

burr maple

alder

These are turned on the pole lathe then carved with a knife. I turn them green slightly oversize and hope that when they dry they shrink by the right amount to fit the rims.

 

[Mesquite]

Lovely work Robin

 

[shaggystu]

very nice work there robin.

where do you get the silver rims from? i've got a noggin that split a little as i was making it, one of those rims would do a great job of hiding the split

stuart

 

[Shewie]

Very very nice, are they for sale Robin?

I was admiring some turned bowls and plates today at the Keighley show and wish I'd bought a couple for camping.

 

[Wayland]

Ooh.. I like those.

 

[robin wood]

Very very nice, are they for sale Robin?

I was admiring some turned bowls and plates today at the Keighley show and wish I'd bought a couple for camping.

Turned bowls for hard use is what I make most of, few turners make stuff for use which I think is a shame. The silver rims make these pretty expensive, since I made the last batch 6 months ago the silver price has gone up 80%, people gambling on commodities stops others from using them.

Stu I get the rims made by a Sheffield silversmith. We visited many museums together looking at the old ones. They were made by fitting silver to wood which is time consuming and expensive. We worked out that if we could make standard sized rims in batches and me turn the quaich to fit then we get them at a more sensible price. The first quote I got for fitting a rim to an existing quaich was nearly twice what I sell a finished quaich for now so I doubt it is a viable route for your noggin.

 

[FlyingHaggis]

ooooo very nice I likey

 

[shaggystu]

....Stu I get the rims made by a Sheffield silversmith. We visited many museums together looking at the old ones. They were made by fitting silver to wood which is time consuming and expensive. We worked out that if we could make standard sized rims in batches and me turn the quaich to fit then we get them at a more sensible price. The first quote I got for fitting a rim to an existing quaich was nearly twice what I sell a finished quaich for now so I doubt it is a viable route for your noggin.

thanks for that robin. from what you're saying i guess it'd cost me a fortune to go down the silver route, i shall think again on this one. would you have any suggestions as to a way i could add a rim, or materials i could use for the purpose?

stuart

 

[Eric_Methven]

thanks for that robin. from what you're saying i guess it'd cost me a fortune to go down the silver route, i shall think again on this one. would you have any suggestions as to a way i could add a rim, or materials i could use for the purpose?

stuart

Robin might have other suggestions, but you might like to try pewter for a rim. You could use an old (charity shop) tankard, either to cut a slice across if the diameters match, or melted down and re-cast as a custom rim.

Eric

 

[shaggystu]

Robin might have other suggestions, but you might like to try pewter for a rim. You could use an old (charity shop) tankard, either to cut a slice across if the diameters match, or melted down and re-cast as a custom rim.

Eric

great idea eric, i've got a few bits of pewter knocking about somewhere in the shed, now might be a good time to learn pewter casting

sorry for the thread hijack robin

stuart

 

[robin wood]

sounds a good idea worth a try Eric. I actually like old repairs you see on medieval mazer bowls where they drill a hole either side and stitch with fine silver or copper wire or fold a piece of metal sheet over the damaged area and pin through with rivets.

 

[outdoorpaddy]

Really nice work there, the silver rims look great and the woodwork looks fantastic.
And I agree with you about the JD from the bottle. lol

outdoorpaddy

 

[21st century pict]

That just makes me want to buy a bottle of whisky and field test one.
Love them Sir