Ash Platter with a Scorched Rim

[Schurchy]

Hi All

Here's another first for me, that's two firsts really. Firstly this is the largest diameter piece I've turned at 16" meaning that I had to swivel the headstock and turn off the side of the lathe. Secondly I have never before had the courage to take a blow torch to my work, however I like the result an so will be doing it again  .
Please feel free to critique and give tips on where I could improve.

Steve

[GBF]

Very nice not a lot of room for improvement.
Well done

Regards George

[bodrighywood]

Ditto what George said, I especially like the crisp delineation between the scorched rim and the plain wood, really sets it off.

Pete

[Tom Sherman]

Agreed well done. The scortching looks almost like a dye job, more even than I expected.

[Schurchy]

Agreed well done. The scortching looks almost like a dye job, more even than I expected.

Cheers guys for your comments.
It took sometime to get the scorching as I wanted and I particularly like the raised grain texture it's left behind, again a contrast to the smooth polished finish of the natural wood.

Steve

[Les Symonds]

My first thought would be 'Why would you want to improve on that'? If you were to push for an answer, I'd say that the only thing I can see is the removal of the chucking point could have been a little sleeker....but that's nit-picking!

Cracking first attempt (s)
Les

[edbanger]

In full agreement with everyone else Very Nice looking piece of work

Ed

[bodrighywood]

Contrary to what many turner like I personally don't have a problem with the chucking point as long as it is made a feature and not just left looking like a hole in the bottom.

pete

[Schurchy]

Contrary to what many turner like I personally don't have a problem with the chucking point as long as it is made a feature and not just left looking like a hole in the bottom.

pete

Many thanks to all of you for your kind words. As a relative beginner to this (experience wise) I'm just a hobby turner and learning all the time. I received a PM last night mentioning using gold guilt cream on the rims which sounds interesting. I will browse the internet regarding foot designs and see what alternatives are possible, however I didn't reverse this piece as I didn't know how to hold it !!!. I made sure that the diameter of the recess matched the smallest diameter of my chuck so that it wouldn't bite into the wood, I then tightened but using as little pressure as I thought necessary to hold it on the lathe. Anyway for now the piece is a keeper, that is until I turn a better one 

Steve

[georg]

  Scorching for the first time can be a bit of...... shall I...... Shan`t I....... Looks a clean and crisp striking platter. Like it
 Kind Regards
 Tony & di
 

[GBF]

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8714822332840880265#editor/target=post;postID=6264279256018503734;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=264;src=postname

Hi Steve if you follow this link to my Blog it will show you how to reverse a bowl and remove a foot
I hope this is helpful

Regards George

[Schurchy]

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8714822332840880265#editor/target=post;postID=6264279256018503734;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=264;src=postname

Hi Steve if you follow this link to my Blog it will show you how to reverse a bowl and remove a foot
I hope this is helpful

Regards George

Hmmm  Sorry George but it seems I don't have access to this?

[GBF]

I have probably done the link wrong I am not very clever at these things.
Maybe somebody will sort it.

Regards george

[fuzzyturns]

I think the link itself is fine, since I also got an error message saying I didn't have permission to access this page. Looks to me like there is some kind of privacy setting in your blog that only allows registered members of the blog to access the page.

[GBF]

It works for me so I am not sure why that is because anybody can look at my Blog.

Regards George