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Offline Les Symonds

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Always look on the bright side.....
« on: July 04, 2014, 01:13:30 PM »
If there's one thing that I've learnt from the etiquette on this forum, it's to always look for the good in other people's work. So, I've just spotted this on eBay.....





....and I thought to myself, 'What can I say that is good about this?'. Well, the description says that it is unique, a one off....that's good  ;)

Les

p.s. .... it's not one of mine!
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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2014, 02:38:42 PM »
You're a gentle soul Les. I will remain silent.

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2014, 04:49:07 PM »
This is why the public have such a dim view of woodturning.

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2014, 05:17:35 PM »
I like the Felt :D I might get some ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2014, 05:24:32 PM »
Many moons ago, when I learned to turn in school, we used to make bowls using a face plate then cover the bottom with felt to hide the holes. It was standard practice then. Mind you we were also using ground down files and glue we had to melt in a pot.
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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2014, 05:36:21 PM »
It's round. What more do you want ?  :)
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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2014, 07:30:21 PM »
I think Green felt would have looked better!
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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2014, 07:32:17 PM »
I think Green felt would have looked better!

True, Bryan....and preferably a one-metre square piece, wrapped all around it with lots of sticky tape and string.

 ;D Les
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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2014, 07:50:25 PM »
Pete

I've still got a bowl I made at the london college of furniture when I served my apprenticeship 1976, laminated wood glued together with hot pot glue and a nice piece of red felt on the base.

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2014, 07:58:52 PM »
Pete

I've still got a bowl I made at the london college of furniture when I served my apprenticeship 1976, laminated wood glued together with hot pot glue and a nice piece of red felt on the base.

Ed   
It's of-its-time, Ed.....and such fine scissor work!  ;)

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2014, 08:08:42 PM »

In all honesty the bowl looks to have had a hard working life .. my felts worn too with age...   ;D ..

Cheers for the post, Les.

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2014, 09:02:58 PM »
Red felt ? Sounds more like the 60s. groovy man !!
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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2014, 04:27:09 PM »
been on holiday for a coupla weeks,had to visit antique/craft/gift shops.....you all know the drill. ;D but in one shop there was a bowl with felt on the bottom so I mentioned to my eldest who was with me that this is what we used to do years ago etc. etc. Only to feel through the felt the incriminating evidence of a modern day chuck mark!!! :o :o :o    So someone has found a way of selling their work stick felt on and call it an antique!! :D :D :D :D

Offline Les Symonds

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2014, 06:43:11 PM »
Only to feel through the felt the incriminating evidence of a modern day chuck mark!
....so true....a further journey into eBay revealed a fairly basic candlestick, of the Osolnik pattern. The seller described it as having a hole in the underside , thus proving that it was made on a lathe. So perhaps, in the mind of Joe Public, we should all leave the screw-holes in and revert to sticky-backed-felt.  ;)

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Re: Always look on the bright side.....
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2014, 08:38:06 PM »
............... and I thought you were such a polite bunch of artists :o
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