Made some turned jewelry. Earrings and pendants.
Pictured: Cocobolo, Zebrawood, Ebony, Curly Maple, and Bocote.
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Made some turned jewelry. Earrings and pendants.
Pictured: Cocobolo, Zebrawood, Ebony, Curly Maple, and Bocote.
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Nice work Adam. Gifts or do you sell them?
Never mind...I went to your website...Wow!
Glenn ClaboMichigan
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Your work is stunning! Great job. How long does it take to make a pendant or set of ear rings? How do you mount them to your lathe?
Brian
Sawdust Formation Engineer
in charge of Blade Dulling
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Adam,
In addition to Brian's questions, could you answer the following:
- Where do you get the "hardware" -- the metal parts?
- What did you use for the inlay of the ebony necklace?
- How'd you get so doggone talented?
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Thanks Adam, now that my girlfriend has seen these I have more items added to my to-do list.
I guess that makes me interested in the hardware question that David asked above.
Grant
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The earrings start life as little squares of wood glued to a dowel. Pin chuck.
The pendants are turned thrice. Bottle stopper mandrel, then twice in a soft 4 jaw chuck.
You can find hardware at jewelrysupply.com.
The inlay is 18ga sterling silver wire. The parting tool was a screwdriver ground to the proper diameter.
They're really quick to turn, especially set up in batches.
Any limited talent comes from countless failures.
Last edited by Adam Howard; 03-11-2008 at 7:31 PM.
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Very nice work, Adam. I think that jewelry is one of the most un-explored turning area with so many folks. There are so many possibilities and it's also a great opportunity to "micro turn" as well as explore many waste block mounting techniques, etc.
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Everything is quite nice and I went to your website and what I saw there was as equally nice.Originally Posted by Adam Howard
In regards to the silver wire for the inlay, do you solder it together so that there is no joint? If you do, do you do the soldering before you inlay it?
TIA,
Toney
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No soldering. The bail for the cord covers the joint.
Member
Beautiful stuff... that's a fact...
Good for others to turn, but I don't have a steady enough hand to do very small items.
Thanks for showing these!
Allen
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Very nice work Adam! What a wonderful display of beautiful wood! Glad to see someone doing this!
Steve
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Fantastic...! You have an excellent eye.
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Wow, those are beautiful!
Member
Clever, I don't know if I would have thought of that.
Looks like they would make great gifts.
Toney
Contributor
Now those are cool!! I really like how you did the Ebony ones. Guess my one inch bowl gouge would be a little bit of a problem on them.
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