Random stuff you have made

[xseler]

@Snattlerake

Do you ever sell any of your paintings, or take commissions?

 

[crrcboatz]

Turned a blank of curly maple on my lathe to make this keepsake container. I also cut two concentric grooves in the top of the lid, and poured in some epoxy with bluish mica powder added. Then I sanded it down to 800 grit and finished with a pure tung oil mix. The container is about three inches high and two and a half inches in diameter. My second attempt at turning on the lathe.

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WOW wonderful work!

 

[Perplexed]

WOW wonderful work!

Thanks I’m keeping an eye out for sales of exotic wood blanks to try my hand with those. Got some bocote and padauk next in line.

 

[crrcboatz]

Thanks I’m keeping an eye out for sales of exotic wood blanks to try my hand with those. Got some bocote and padauk next in line.

Where does one find such quality wood?

 

[Perplexed]

Where does one find such quality wood?

Woodcraft. There’s a store at 41st and Sheridan in Tulsa, and another in OKC on May near Britton Rd. They usually have a monthly sale on one or two species of wood each month or so. Still not cheap, but you can handle the wood and pick the examples you want. And their displays of slabs of exotic wood are worth heading there to behold.

 

[Snattlerake]

@Snattlerake

Do you ever sell any of your paintings, or take commissions?

I sell some and have done some commissions. I haven't graduated to portraits yet.
I haven't displayed any for sale except an art show and the state fair.

 

[dennishoddy]

Woodcraft. There’s a store at 41st and Sheridan in Tulsa, and another in OKC on May near Britton Rd. They usually have a monthly sale on one or two species of wood each month or so. Still not cheap, but you can handle the wood and pick the examples you want. And their displays of slabs of exotic wood are worth heading there to behold.

Is that wood shop still south of Cattlemans restaurant? I bought some wood there and a turning tool.

 

[Perplexed]

Is that wood shop still south of Cattlemans restaurant? I bought some wood there and a turning tool.

Is this in OKC? If so, someone who lives there might be able to answer that question.

 

[TerryMiller]

Is that wood shop still south of Cattlemans restaurant? I bought some wood there and a turning tool.

Is this in OKC? If so, someone who lives there might be able to answer that question.

If you are referring to the shop near May and Britton Road, that is way north in OKC. Nowhere near Cattleman's restaurant.

 

[JeffT]

Is that wood shop still south of Cattlemans restaurant? I bought some wood there and a turning tool.

You're remembering Paxton's was about 5 or 6 blocks south of Cattlemans. Just north of the railroad tracks.
No, It is gone, has been gone for several years now. They carried all kinds of exotic woods.