Here's two things I made for my wife as valentine's day gifts. She recently started a new job, so i thought some stuff for her new desk would meet with approval.
A simple coaster, with a lip, from a bit of spalted beech. Sized large enough to take a big mug.
A small bowl, diameter not much more than the coaster, from brown oak. Was an absolute pig to work as it was so hard, and it took forever to sand out all the tool marks (maybe I should get better with the tools ) but I am really pleased with how this one came out in the end as the wall thickness is good and even, and it is my first properly flat-bottomed bowl.
Both items finished with a coat of a mix of walnut oil and beeswax applied on the lathe.
A simple coaster, with a lip, from a bit of spalted beech. Sized large enough to take a big mug.
A small bowl, diameter not much more than the coaster, from brown oak. Was an absolute pig to work as it was so hard, and it took forever to sand out all the tool marks (maybe I should get better with the tools ) but I am really pleased with how this one came out in the end as the wall thickness is good and even, and it is my first properly flat-bottomed bowl.
Both items finished with a coat of a mix of walnut oil and beeswax applied on the lathe.