Tough beauty hidden in that gnarly old sleeper. Well done for sticking with it. Worth the effort. Beautiful green, “Easy on the eye “ shape and deep fulsome woody colours Thanks 🙏
You are not wrong about the hard work Andy, i knew i had turned that one, by the end. But man what an incredible finish on that wood, it was like a piece of glass, Take care Steve
Thanks Vern, as i said i had never tried that before or seen anybody else do it, so was very pleased with the result and will be using it again in the future Im sure
Hi Gary thanks for taking the time leave a comment, i appear to be doing more work with resin just lately and keep threatening to buy a set, just havent got round to it yet anything you would recommend??
Absolutely Stunning piece its amazing what beauty is hidden inside a chunk of ugly old wood it reminds me of lignum vitae wood ( crown green Bowling ball ) Carbides have their uses I bet if you had used them on the whole bowl it would have been a lot easier
Thanks Colin, I did have the same thought that it was Lignum Vitae, but i dont think they would be making railway sleepers from it, Would they?? I keep threatening to buy a set of carbide tools, perhaps this was what i need to push me into actually doing something about it
Hello Steve I worked all of my adult life in the construction industry and on the odd occasion we had the need to hire a chain saw. One of the conditions of hire was that the saw should not be used to cut second hand railway sleepers. The reason being that railway sleepers become ingrained with very fine particles of grit from the track bed resulting in premature dulling of the chain blade. I wonder if this may have contributed to your problems with keeping an edge on your bowl gauge.
Hi Michael, Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, funnily enough i did wonder the same thing as it appeared to dull the blade as i got to the top of the bowl which would have been the outside of the sleeper. They must have been quite small piece as nothing was apparent in the wood. You say worked all your life are you now retired, I also spent a great deal of time working in the construction industry. Take car Steve
@@thehampshirewoodturner Hello Steve Yes! now retired and much more time to indulge my hobby of wood turning. I have, I think the smaller version of the lathe you are using. A Nova Saturn DVR. I was a bit concerned about the complicated electronics but it has so far operated faultlessly. I am a time served carpenter and Joiner but very quickly got into site management and spent most of my time as a contracts manager. Best Wishes Mick
Wow great work Steve! I've had some tough turnings recently as well, hard would can be a #####! I turned some Angelique (video out in a couple of weeks) which was just daft, had to resort to carbides. Incidentally, carbides work great on resin. Wonderful bowl and well done my friend, all the best, Mike
Thanks Mike. This was far away the hardest wood i have ever turned and although the finished product is really nice getting there was no fun what so ever. You did tell me what you thought this wood was but i cant for the life of me find the e-mail. I have been doing a lot of resin work just lately and keep threatening to buy some carbide tipped tools just never got round to it. Take care Steve
Hi Sean glad you enjoyed it, The hollower was made from a handle from a Hamlet big brother hollowing tool, which had a ring cutter on the end, which i could never get on with, so i went to my local steel stockists, bought a piece of 16mm bar and screwed a 12 mm carbide tip cutter to it. I have to say this is a great tool for hollowing. I can easily hollow down over 12 inches deep
A lot of hard work but the result was definitely worth it. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the railway sleeper.
Glad you enjoyed it but don't hold your breath for a follow up, i think i need a good break before i use that wood again
Tough beauty hidden in that gnarly old sleeper.
Well done for sticking with it.
Worth the effort.
Beautiful green, “Easy on the eye “ shape and deep fulsome woody colours
Thanks 🙏
Well said! Thanks
Hi Steve...
Great job and a lovely finish..
But man that looked like hard work...
Take care my friend...All the best.....Andy
You are not wrong about the hard work Andy, i knew i had turned that one, by the end. But man what an incredible finish on that wood, it was like a piece of glass, Take care Steve
Steve all your persistence really paid off! Lovely bowl 🥰🤠🇨🇱
Thanks Randy, there were several moment's in this where i nearly walked away from it
Excellent experiment which resulted in a very interesting piece from what really looked like a non-starter. Well done Steve🙂
Thanks Chris Pete, I think in those few words you managed to sum up the whole project
Great job, like the green accent
Thanks Vern, as i said i had never tried that before or seen anybody else do it, so was very pleased with the result and will be using it again in the future Im sure
Beautiful piece of work my friend. Well done 👍
Thanks Jojo, it was hard work,
That looked like hard work! Well done on the result though Steve!
Thanks Dave it was very hard work, there were times i didn't actually feel like i was turning it more butchering it
Gorgeous Steve, well done! 😃
Thanks Val glad you enjoyed it
Gorgeous grain and highlights
If you plan on turning more of the same timber , might want to invest in a couple carbide tipped tools
Hi Gary thanks for taking the time leave a comment, i appear to be doing more work with resin just lately and keep threatening to buy a set, just havent got round to it yet anything you would recommend??
Easy , is one Simple is another .Carter and Sons
@@garyjohnson9297 Thanks Gary i will check them out
Congratulations on what you do !!!
Thank you Gabi glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely Stunning piece its amazing what beauty is hidden inside a chunk of ugly old wood it reminds me of lignum vitae wood ( crown green Bowling ball ) Carbides have their uses I bet if you had used them on the whole bowl it would have been a lot easier
Thanks Colin, I did have the same thought that it was Lignum Vitae, but i dont think they would be making railway sleepers from it, Would they??
I keep threatening to buy a set of carbide tools, perhaps this was what i need to push me into actually doing something about it
THANK YOU! See he does it right! When you have super rotten wood like railway sleepers you NEED epoxy anything less sucks
Thanks for leaving the comment, sorry i haven't replied sooner
Hello Steve
I worked all of my adult life in the construction industry and on the odd occasion we had the need to hire a chain saw. One of the conditions of hire was that the saw should not be used to cut second hand railway sleepers. The reason being that railway sleepers become ingrained with very fine particles of grit from the track bed resulting in premature dulling of the chain blade. I wonder if this may have contributed to your problems with keeping an edge on your bowl gauge.
Hi Michael, Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, funnily enough i did wonder the same thing as it appeared to dull the blade as i got to the top of the bowl which would have been the outside of the sleeper. They must have been quite small piece as nothing was apparent in the wood.
You say worked all your life are you now retired, I also spent a great deal of time working in the construction industry. Take car Steve
@@thehampshirewoodturner Hello Steve
Yes! now retired and much more time to indulge my hobby of wood turning. I have, I think the smaller version of the lathe you are using. A Nova Saturn DVR. I was a bit concerned about the complicated electronics but it has so far operated faultlessly.
I am a time served carpenter and Joiner but very quickly got into site management and spent most of my time as a contracts manager.
Best Wishes Mick
Wow great work Steve! I've had some tough turnings recently as well, hard would can be a #####! I turned some Angelique (video out in a couple of weeks) which was just daft, had to resort to carbides. Incidentally, carbides work great on resin. Wonderful bowl and well done my friend, all the best, Mike
Thanks Mike. This was far away the hardest wood i have ever turned and although the finished product is really nice getting there was no fun what so ever. You did tell me what you thought this wood was but i cant for the life of me find the e-mail.
I have been doing a lot of resin work just lately and keep threatening to buy some carbide tipped tools just never got round to it. Take care Steve
@@thehampshirewoodturner Hi Steve, it was Ekki, did it have a strange smell when it was turned?
@@MikeHolton Thanks Mike, It did smell, very fleeting but smell none the less.
@@thehampshirewoodturner probably not Ekki then as that has a very distinct odour 😁
Great work! What is the brand/model of scraper you used inside?
Hi Sean glad you enjoyed it, The hollower was made from a handle from a Hamlet big brother hollowing tool, which had a ring cutter on the end, which i could never get on with, so i went to my local steel stockists, bought a piece of 16mm bar and screwed a 12 mm carbide tip cutter to it. I have to say this is a great tool for hollowing. I can easily hollow down over 12 inches deep
looks amazing ,, any change i could buy it off you
You can have it next time you come up
@@thehampshirewoodturner i was going to gift it to miles
@@stuarthowell2510 Thats fine