More Things That I’ve Made

Well, it has been a very long time since I posted anything here. I have, however, been very busy and been made quite a number of different things; as you can see.

Baby Rattles

These are all turned out of a single piece of wood. I used a mixture of a Crown “Capture Ring Tool”, which is a kind of shaped scraper. It’s pretty good, but obviously the temptation is to push to hard which burns the wood. As I got more confident I started cutting the rings with just a skew chisel which gave a much better finish and allowed me to cut rings of different thicknesses and even profiles!

Childs Rattle

Childs Rattle

Childs Rattle

Childs Rattle

Childs Rattle

Toys

Some of these are based on plans from Tremendous Toy Trucks which is an excellent book for getting ideas. I didn’t follow any of the plans completely, i’ve varied each one, but I can’t deny where the inspiration came from.

The “Racing Car” and “Simple Car” are both my own design. There is also a “Dumper Truck” (from the TTT book) which I don’t have any pictures of yet.

Simple Car

Racing Car

Tow Truck (Front)

Tow Truck (Rear)

Off Road Truck

Furniture

The following are all various pieces of furniture I’ve made. In addition to these items I’ve also made two ash bed side tables, a maple side-board/cabinet and another plain and simple mirror again out of maple. I don’t have any pictures of those yet, either.

The mirror shown here is all hand-cut joinery and is made from maple. The cot’s joinery was done mostly with a router and is made from ash. It has slept both of my daughters and now rests in the loft.

Open Frame Mirror

Maple Cot

Miscellaneous

This small pot is made from yew and is finished with standard “wood turners polish” and a wax stick thing which makes it nice and glossy. I particularly like the detail on the inside of the lid.

Yew Pot

Yew Pot (Open)

This flower sculpture is actually made out of an old Christmas tree. The vase was turned as normal. The stem of the flower was turned, but by tightening the tail-stock I bent the stem slightly which meant that as it was turned it gave a very uneven finish – which is what I wanted. The head of the flower was roughly turned and then hand-carved to finish. The bit of the flower between the petals and the stem (I don’t know the correct term) had the same treatment. It was all then glued together and given to one of my sisters for her birthday.

Flower and Vase

I’ve also been making lots of bowls and candle-sticks, but again I don’t have pictures to prove any of that.

If anyone wants any more details on how these things were made then please leave a comment and I’ll do my best to get back to you.