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hey everyone....long time.

here is what I have decided on as Christmas gifts for the brothers and I hope you like them. I found these at www.knifekits.com @ $16.95 ea and up.

they come with...

Yes, I have......IMO......nothing to write home about and expensive for the size of you can get. I bought a couple of pieces on ebay and they were very green and dried up too small for a double pen...

these are beautiful. I personally like thick walled bowls.

Laurie

simple beautiful........no other words.

Laurie

I think Glen's is better looking than mine, but our floors look the same:eek:

Laurie

better that my first one. I won't eve bring it out of the garage.:D

Laurie

I love it.....your are going to be real good at HF's before you know it

Laurie

hello everyone,

I worked on this last week and thought I should show you all what it looks like. this is a Majestic Rollerball Rhodium with 54 cut and shaped pieces of abalone shell. the shell was...

I needed to turn a handle for the new tool I got a few weeks ago. this is the bat handle. made from ash I picked up at one of our wood specialty houses. hope you like what I did.

Laurie...

I feel the same as George, over 50 when I got started. hey we should start a thread showing everyone's first bowl........maybe not.

great job on your son's first bowl.

Laurie

I bought Craig Jackson Ci1 carbide tool to work with stone. I have not yet try it with alabaster or soapstone. My first challenge was the Versa-Lam beam which I knew was going to be an all day job,...

Hey everyone, Happy Easter.......

Here is a bowl a few have talked about and you don't get to see many. Tough on the chisels and easy on the pocket book (free wood). I picked it up off a home...

sorry to hear about you pinky. I, a few weeks ago, kind of did the same thing. I touch the bandsaw blade with the end of my middle finger of my left hand. all healed now but I keep bumping it and...

thanks everyone you helped me and I think what I need to do first is break down and buy a bigger lathe. I hope to get a jet 1642 by May. and I decide on it because of the money. can't afford a big...

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these nice people are in No. Calif. and I use my HSS scrapers. sharpened a few times during the turning. I think alabaster and soapstone has a hardness of 2. so HSS...

I haven't been turning any pens, wood bowls or much of any wood lately. I have been working in stone....soapstone, calcite and alabaster. what you see is my latest in White Italian Alabaster. the...

here is a small piece of White Italian Alabaster I did this last weekend. (2 1/4 in at the rim and 3in tall) I not sure of just any stone you could turn, but I have done soapstone, calcite and...

ride em cowboy......where do you put the saddle:D

Laurie

If you choose to toss it to the wood pile, PM me. I would love to finish what you started. I love a good challenge. It looks like it has great potential.

Laurie

this piece stands about 4.5 in. high and the rim is about 5 in. across. as for my scrapers, I just needed to resharpen a few times. (I did find one embedded stone) sanded down to 8000 and used a gel...

don't leave it in a sunny window if you want to keep it that beautiful yellow. I did now it's a coffee with cream brown.

It's a beautiful piece.

Laurie

hello everyone, it's been a while.

I have been trying new mediums and finally turn some soapstone. boy, this was fun. bought a Holdfast vacuum chuck and this what I was able to do. now my vortex...

bernie,

one fine day, i was turning away and the chisel snagged the bowl and and snapped the rest right a the post. so i had a friend weld a new one for me and i still use it today. he used a...

i haven't been here in a while and finished this today and thought you all might like to see it. the material is axis antler, the kit is a majestic titanium rollerball. the art work, by me, is...

my true thought is.......you need to send it to me......my address is.......:D
it's beautiful.

laurie