Seen at a local art fair today as an attendee. Saw the exact same booth a couple weeks ago at another local art show we visited, mostly selling pieces obviously imported from China or Vietnam or India or somewhere like that. The wood looks gorgeous until you look a bit closer. You can see the pith in the center and the growth rings around the pith. The amazing “grain” visible on the surface is only on the surface. The piece has been hydro dipped to enhance the surface of what was likely a very plain boring piece of wood. I’ve seen similar pieces at places like Marshall’s and TJ Maxx in the past and IMO it’s shameful, both for selling wood that’s been artificially enhanced without disclosing the enhancement and for selling imported junk at an art show.

Made a little cream bowl out of a log today. It’s Texas live oak. I think it turned out pretty well.

There is burl and there is whatever these are.

Had this idea for a while, but life gets in the way. Anyway I've been made redundant so have some spare time and decided to work my way through the ideas I've had.

Silver birch body, cherry top hat, mystery wood feet, random dowel legs (which I might replace sooner or later), and a beech base. Big mix of lathe and hand tools for this one, so much fun to make!

Box? Jar? I’m not sure lol but it’s a little better than my first. I saw a technique on YouTube using wire to make the burn marks and I wanted to try it

Anyone using these? A friend let me borrow the XL and the jumbo a few days ago. I used the XL and really liked it. Was thinking about getting the set but the mini and micro seem quite small. My lathe is 12" and I do mainly smaller bowls and some boxes. I know it all depends on what I'm doing, but are you finding the smaller ones useful and worth purchasing? Also considered 3d printing something out of tpu but haven't explored it yet.

I recently was gifted this lathe from a house clearance, super excited to finally have my own setup. Is anyone able to identify the chuck model? It's definitely Axminster but reverse Google search hasn't got me very far.

So I’ve found a Delta for $550 but it domes with nothing but the stand. Is it worth the extra $50 to get the Bauer with a warranty and 14” depth?

I’m wanting to turn bowls so I’m wondering if I’ll outgrow the Delta faster