Easter Eggs?? Chicken says "ouch"

[Dusty Sawyer]

Just in time for Easter, I started turning a few Eggs and other objects so that I could practice some new finishing techniques. Here are the Eggs:

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They were turned from Ash and then treated with Behlen Stain for the coloration and then Lime Wax to enhance the grain. Here is a second set of "Peas in a Pod" where the pod was carved out using a Lancelot carving disk.​

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[MrAudio815]

That is cool~!

Is it difficult to turn the Round pea's?

 

[Dusty Sawyer]

That is cool~!

Is it difficult to turn the Round pea's?

Thanks!

I had just mounted the blank on the lathe when I remembered seeing an article about turning balls for a croquet set. The author had cut a half-circle template out of some thin plywood to use as a gauge to perfect the "roundness". While at the local Woodcraft today I stopped to admire a fellow turner's naturaly finished work and was glad to see that they were not perfectly round either. Close enough works fine.

 

[dlrion]

Ok...

You have to tell me more about this finish. Is this hard? I think my daughter needs some eggs now!