John's World of wood
Some photos
Tractor and trailer
This is the 'fire wood' mentioned on the previous page and has to be my all time favourite and to date I have made 3 of them. The first was a little daunting, but became much easier with the others. One went to one of my grandsons one to a friend, but the first one is definitely mine!!
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Ce doit être mon favori tous les temps et à ce jour je l'ai fait 3 d'entre eux . Le premier était un peu intimidant , mais est devenu beaucoup plus facile avec les autres. On est allé à un de mes petits-fils un à un ami , mais celui Frist est certainement le mien !!
I started choosing some beech logs that were nicely straight grained and dry, bit the bullet and started. In a short time I had what looked like a lot of bits!
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J'ai commencé à choisir des grumes de hêtre qui ont été joliment grain droit et sec , peu la balle et a commencé . En peu de temps , j'ai eu ce qui ressemblait à un grand nombre les piéce !
They were dry assembled several times, just to make sure!
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Ils ont été assemblés à sec plusieurs fois , juste pour vous assurer !
And it all started to look very good
Well, I thought so anyway?
And so I finished up with 3 of them.
They are a more or less caricature of a German tractor called a Lanz Bulldog. Produced right from the early to mid 20th century.
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Et tout a commencé à regarder très bon Eh bien , je pensais que de toute façon ? Et donc je fini avec 3 d'entre eux . Ils sont un carichature plus ou moins d'un tracteur allemand appelé un bouledogue Lanz . Produit dès le début au milieu du 20e siècle .
Lazy Susan
For a long time I wanted to make a 'Lazy Susan'. But not a run of the mill one. I wanted it to be made completely from wood, wood that I had turned. So after some planning I worked out that I would like to have an 18 inch diameter and to keep the balance correct it would need 36 X 5/8 inch balls to run on! I had made a number of balls before but never that many or that small. As I said, I like a challenge!
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Pendant longtemps, je voulais faire un « Lazy Susan ». Mais pas une course de celui de l'usine. Je voulais que ce soit entièrement réalisé en bois, le bois que j'avais tourné . Ainsi, après une certaine planification je travaillais que je voudrais avoir un diamètre de 45cm et de tenir le ballance correct, il aurait besoin de 36 X 10mm balles de pouce à courir sur ! J'avais fait un certain nombre de boules avant mais jamais que beaucoup ou peu . Comme je l'ai dit, je veux un défi !
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My lathe has the ability to 'swing' the head so that it's possible to turn large pieces. This is what I had to do for this project. The top was glued together, mounted and turned. It's another challenge to make the top surface of an 18 inch pine disk flat! But I managed it quite well and here are a few more photos of the project
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Ne est-ce pasMy tour a la capacité de «swing» la tête de sorte qu'il est possible de faire tourner de gros morceaux . Voilà ce que je devais faire pour ce projet . Le sommet a été collé , monté et tourné. Il est un autre défi pour rendre la surface supérieure d'un pin disque plat de 18 pouces ! Mais je réussis assez bien et voici quelques photos du projet
The finished article
Unfortunately I did a silly thing and it was placed on a coffee table in front of our fire. One evening there was an almighty bang. I rushed into the lounge and found that the top had cracked right across! I have recently remade the top, but this time in very well seasoned oak
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Malheureusement, je l'ai fait une chose stupide et il a été placé sur une table de café en face de notre feu . Un soir, il y avait un coup puissant . Je me suis précipité dans le salon et fount que le sommet avait craqué juste en face ! Je récemment refait le haut , mais cette fois en chêne très bien assaisonné
More photos
 Russian oliveA really ugly bit of wood that hides a secret |  Russian olive and candle stickThe candle stick was part of the branch directly under the rough wood |  Russian olive candle stickThis is the beautiful result |
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 Team workA fun bit of pyrography on a large beech goblet. |  Moon ballThis was done for a forum competition. The moon - beech and the ball - cedar |  Yew bowlThe grain in yew has to be one of the prettiest of all |
 Needle caseA lovely Victorian design for a traveling sewing kit |  Needle caseIt opens into the thimble and a bobbin |  Needle caseAs the name suggests the end of the bobbin comes off to store the needles |
 Dressing table mirrorBack |  Dressind table mirrorSet in an oak stand |  Magnifier standA 6 inch lens in an oak stand |
 Large wrist watchMade from beech, cherry box and mahogany. The clock insert is 4 inches in diameter |  Large wrist watchIt is designed to either hang on the wall or, as here, sit on a surface |  Cherry bangle3 layers at 90 degrees to give it strength. |
 Russian olive/aluminium gobletThe alu was also turned on my lathe using my wood turning gouges. An interesting job and very satisfying. |  Wine bottle standsMade of oak and all from the same piece of wood |  Earring standAn elegant oak stand for earrings and small jewlery |
 Beech Celé platterCelé was our lovely chocolate labrador and the pyrography of her came out very well. |
Beer pump handles.
Turned from various woods and I have been told by some of the bar staff in the pubs they now reside in that they are lovely to use and even that they are nice and not cold on winter days
When we were in France our nextdoor neighbour asked if I could make a replica of a Limoges porcelain cake stand that had been her family for generations. She wanted to use it but was worried about it getting damaged.
She was really pleased with the result and was very glad that she now had something that she could use it its place and not have to worry.
I was given some offcuts of Accoya and decided to try to do some 'segment' turning. It's the second of this type of dish I have turned. Not the easiest things I have done, but the result is quite pleasing.
A small laburnum log, only about 4 inches diametre, but with a lovely grain pattern.
I found a lovely video site of an elderly Asian craftsman turning bowls from bits of what looked like pallet wood? The method he used was fascinating and he was using some very unsophisticated tools and lathe and produced some lovely bowls.
So I thought "here goes" and tried it. Now I have turned 3 different sizes and a forth is yet to go on my lathe.
This is the oak offcut I started with and a very short sequence of the making.
Some bandsaw fun.
I had seen these delightful figures but never saw just how to do them, but that's all changed and I now have one plan. More to follow I hope?
They are great fun to do.
Well, more have appeared. Just as fascinating to make
I was asked if I could make some bits for a iroko terrace. They are the ball tops for the newal posts around it, 18 of them. Why not I said
