Turned Some Tampers!

sergemoat

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Oct 15, 2011

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Ordered a lathe the last week in November and finally got it last week. Here are my first two turnings, the first one is a zebrawood "baseball bat" tamper and the second is a curly maple pawn. The Pawn was a pain, it broke off before I had a chance to finish it so I had to improvise with a jamb chuck.

 

ejames

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• Feb 9, 2013

• #2

Nice work!

 

bigboi

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Nov 12, 2012

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• Feb 9, 2013

• #3

nice

 

winton

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Oct 20, 2010

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Very nice. May I respectfully suggest learning how to turn using wood from the firewood pile, or stuff found by the street after a storm? The operative word is free. If you muff up like you did on the pawn, it is only junk wood. Save the great wood for later. Anyway, have fun.
Winton

 

sergemoat

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Oct 15, 2011

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Thanks for the kind words.
Winton, thanks for the advice. I need to find a good source of free wood. So far I've been using pen blanks to test out what kind of woods are easy to turn.

 

mthanded

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Very nice.

 

winton

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Oct 20, 2010

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Have you had lathe experience before? Your pawn has great form with the bead and the round top. I could NOT have done this when I first started. I turned lots of firewood into weird shapes and mulch before I started producing things that were worthwhile. My business cards show my title as Sr Vice President of Mulch Production.

 

dervis

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Jan 30, 2012

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Hazel Green AL

• Feb 9, 2013

• #8

Love them both. The bat is especially nice. Great job

 

sergemoat

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Oct 15, 2011

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@Winston, these two items are the only things I've turned on my lathe. I've turned a pen and a christmas ornament at the store but most of the process was already completed by the people there.

 

sergemoat

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Oct 15, 2011

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• Feb 10, 2013

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Made another tamper this morning. Enjoy.

 

tbradsim1

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Jan 14, 2012

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• Feb 10, 2013

• #11

The bat is cool, the pawn is cooler, but I like the bat better. The old cajun

 

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pipe8

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Wow brilliant, Is there any chance I can purchase a tamper or 3 from you? I love them! PM me price and delivery (I live in the UK)

 

bentmike

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Jan 25, 2012

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• Feb 12, 2013

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Yeah nice work! Keep it up. Like winton I made lots of scrap with my lathe until I started getting the hang of it. The pawn turning is great.