new turning idea what do you think?

[curtis rosche]

i was recently invited to a cedar dinner and while i was there i saw a large peice of horseradish it was a bigenough peice to turn, i thought about it then went to see how soft it was and it was actually hard anyone else ever thought of turning something like this? youd be able to eat while turning if you could get the shavings to fly into your mouth,,

another idea would be to stack up circut boards and epoxy them togethere and make a bowl

[Bill Stevener]

I really think you have a need to take some time off.

[Jim Meier]

OMG horseradish flying!!! that sounds insanely painful, the fumes would overcome most people I'm sure. And your tools would smell forever. A big celeriac root however would be net, with all the "grain" pattern in them and all...

Circuit boards would stink! and the embedded wire may pull out too much unless the tools were SUPER sharp

+1 to Bill S's comment

[Chris Barnett]

horseradish....m-m-m-m g-o-o-o-d. Wonder what horseradish and habanero go like together....maybe a singed pucker. If you could totally infuse a watermelon with hardener or poly, would make an interesting pattern when turned, whereas a cantelope would be boring. Boredom though is the mother of art, or something about....

[Barry Elder]

Stay in school, Curtis.

[Gordon Seto]

What were you smoking! Just kidding.

Concentrate on FORM first. That is what will bring you to the next level. If the shape is not pleasing, once the surprise effect is diminished; it is still a common piece.

Richard Raffan,"After the colors have faded and the grain patterns have become obscure, only the form of a bowl will ensure its survival as a desirable object. A bowl of spectacular color or grain will draw gasps of admiration regardless of its shape, but this is no indication of how good a bowl it is. It is the timber that is being praised, not the bowl. While it is all very well to use grain and color to stunning effect, theses characteristics will never outlast the shape--the most important aspect of a bowl."

[Jim Becker]

I think the big tuber question has been adequately, umm...addressed...

On the circuit board idea, the issue is that there is a lot of metal in circuit boards; some of it not exactly what you want to ingest. So you have the flying metal issue as well as the potential health issues from ingestion/absorption, etc.

[curtis rosche]

well i didnt really think about the circut board much, but i was thinking unused ones with nothing attatched or it could be exspencive.

as for the horseradish i wasnt smoking anything just got really bored at the cedar meal i was invited to and saw a big peice of horseradish root another food could be radish they are hard too. using food would be fun you wouldnt get much form with something that small but you you could take it to one of those arts food shows and be the only one there. ive also seen a couple things where people have turned corncobs, just thought itd be interesting and different from the beaten lathe

[robert hainstock]

It was a sader meal I think.
Bob

[Brian Brown]

You've been using too much oil based fininsh in an enclosed, unventilated space. Open a window, take a breath, and look at this repy to an earlier post of mine. Paul was apparently too long in an enclosed space himself. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=62419

ha I even turned a sugar beet one time.... and only one time. .

It's much prettier and far less messy if you stick to wood. Didja get that stick-wood, stick-wood, stick-wo... oh never mind. Excuse me while I go open a door. I need a little ventilation.

[curtis rosche]

ur signature even says "try something new"

[Jim Becker]

well i didnt really think about the circut board much, but i was thinking unused ones with nothing attatched or it could be exspencive.

There is metal inside circuit boards most of the time...they are multilayer unless they are extremely old. I was not speaking about components; rather, the electrical pathways built into the circuit boards.

[Brian Brown]

Yep. You got me there. Give it a try, and be sure to post pics. I'm to far from you to volunteer to help clean up the mess.

[curtis rosche]

id have to beable to find one bigenough to turn first

[David Epperson]

LOL. While I was in high school I worked in a restaurant and had to grind up fresh horseradish root into horseradish paste. you might just change your mind on that after the first cut. Besides - there ain't much "figure" in those roots. And you thought cantaloupe would be boring. Turning it would not be boring, but the finished product very well might be. But you will not have any sinus problems for awhile after the flushing out you're going to get. Just call it the voice of experience.