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Thread: Waiting for the big day
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04-19-2002, 07:47 PM #1Member
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RE: Waiting for the big day
Duane,
That is very nice work. Building for your own is a very nice way to leave part of yourself for the future. I built a Crib for my first Grandchild and here brother is using it now. It should be going strong for their grand kids.
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04-19-2002, 10:03 PM #2Member
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Duane,
Very nice work! I especially like the color. Did you use a duplicator or what? I am supposed to make a high chair for my first grandchild due the end of August but haven't started yet. This lathe thing is driving me crazy!!
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04-20-2002, 05:53 AM #3Member
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Beautiful.... simply beautiful... definitely a "new" antique starting out it's life.
Great job...
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04-20-2002, 07:33 AM #4Member
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RE: Waiting for the big day
No duplicater. Each spindle was turned free hand, duplicaters scrap the wood rather than cut it and are not that accurate on smaller spindles. Once I got going I could turn 4 per hour and sanding was at a minimum. Final step was grabbing a handful of shavings and while the piece was spinning rub it with the shavings. Removes the fine scratches and gives it a nice hand rubbed look.
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04-20-2002, 11:06 AM #5Member
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RE: Waiting for the big day
Marc,
Is that a new GIf or are you just happy to see me?
:)
Best Regards,
Bill
"If it is worth doing, it's worth overdoing"
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04-20-2002, 10:07 PM #6Member
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Wow, Duane-
I am impressed. That give me hope that someday (if I ever get to USE my lathe) that I can duplicate too, because of course there are no commercial duplicators for this lathe available that I know of. What are you going to work on next?
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04-21-2002, 08:12 AM #7Member
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RE: Waiting for the big day
Duane,
Having built a cradle last year,..... missed the deadline by a month...
I can appreciate the work involved and congratulate you most heartily for pulling it off.
Great work and the spindles look excellent.
To repeat the comments of others it's a "new" antique that will be (hopefully) get passed down through generations to come.
A sincere well done!!!
Cheers Limey
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04-21-2002, 03:45 PM #8Member
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RE: Waiting for the big day
Thanks all for the nice comments. Next on the list is phase 2 of the kitchen cabinets. My better half is getting anxious for it to be completed and I can't blame her so kitchen cabinets it is.
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04-21-2002, 03:49 PM #9Member
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Hehehe.... I wanted to put the little grinning face on the tape measure but that was beyond my capabilities.. I get bored with the same-o stuff quickly... :)
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04-21-2002, 09:44 PM #10Sonny EdmondsGuest
RE: Waiting for the big day
Duane,
A very gorgious piece of work! Very well done!
I hope she loves it as much as we all do. I hope you signed and dated it as well. That will be important for the future babies to be rocked in it.
Truely heirloom quality! :)
:D
Sonny Edmonds
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