en480c4 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Posted August 7, 2006 So, what happens when I have a new (to me) lathe, some left over mahogany and nothing better to do? Yup, those are my HF-1 on the bannana stand, and my maple woodied 325s, which are for sale. But what are those other ones? I call them the HF-1000 I was making some standard woody cups and figured I'd have a run at something resembling the GS-1000 (which I've never seen in person). The mahogany I had was way too dry and none of the standard cups came out well (actually only one survived!), but the goofy mushroom cups came out well enough. So after I finished turning them, Nate gave me a hand drilling them out and we decided to see how they'd look on his HF-1. The end grain took a lot of tung oil and ended up much darker than I expected, and the dry wood definitely shows a lot more grain than my previous efforts with mahogany. But considering I was just messing around, they came out pretty well. It was definitey a fun way to spend the afternoon.
ayt999 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Posted August 7, 2006 now all you need to do is get some foam and fashion yourself some big doughnuts. looks nice.
mjg Posted August 7, 2006 Report Posted August 7, 2006 i really dig the job u did on the maple 325's man. Your pretty awesome at wood working. Keep up the good work.
en480c4 Posted August 7, 2006 Author Report Posted August 7, 2006 lies! And I can't edit it!!! and my maple woodied 325s, which are for sale have been sold. Fixed!
en480c4 Posted August 7, 2006 Author Report Posted August 7, 2006 The mushrooms and my "normal" HF-1 woodies have about the same chamber size, so as would be expected, they sound pretty much the same. That said, the woody HF-1 definitely is an improvement over the standard variety.
en480c4 Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Posted August 8, 2006 The maple 325s are indeed tight. After another 2 hours of sanding, they look even better
n_maher Posted August 8, 2006 Report Posted August 8, 2006 Now, if only you new someone who could take a few pictures of them...
ojnihs Posted August 8, 2006 Report Posted August 8, 2006 i can't wait to get them! not if I hijack the truck!
en480c4 Posted August 24, 2006 Author Report Posted August 24, 2006 Well, recent events, which I'm not going to get into (for now) kind of pissed me off, so I decided that should my "fun" effort with the "scrap" mahogany be making an appearance at the Boston Head-Fi meet, they were going to have to look a little better. As I had said before, the wood was too dry and the face of the cup kind of chunked out. Well, after much sanding and many coats of lacquer, they look far more presentable. Anyway, here's a pic... definitely an improvement IMO. I'll probably be giving something like this another run with a new piece of mahogany and the new turning chisels I got for my birthday (Wuhoo!!! ), but for now they look much better.
Thaddy Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 That's mahogany? Geez, some people have no respect! ( )
en480c4 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Posted August 25, 2006 That's mahogany? Geez, some people have no respect! ( ) Yup...
n_maher Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I don't know about any of the rest of you but I wouldn't want to be associated with these headphones at all for fear of a cloning lawsuit from Grado. Oh shit, they're my headphones... I'M SCREWED!!?!?!
Thaddy Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 Nate, if I were you I wouldn't want to be associated with Ian's work and those horrid headphones.
en480c4 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Posted August 25, 2006 Hell, I only associate with myself out of necessity... If you think of a way around that one, please let me know! I really can't wait to try out the new chisels. Now I just need to figure out what wood I want to use. Aparantly I'd be tempting fate to continue using mahogany, so I clearly need to look elsewhere. And I was going to buy some burl a few weeks ago, but now that's been used elsewhere. So what to do, what to do?
Dusty Chalk Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 Hell, I only associate with myself out of necessity... If you think of a way around that one, please let me know!You mean, besides the obvious?
en480c4 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Posted August 25, 2006 You mean, besides the obvious? Yeah, besides that!
en480c4 Posted August 26, 2006 Author Report Posted August 26, 2006 Well, I guess we'll see what walnut looks like next!
en480c4 Posted November 26, 2006 Author Report Posted November 26, 2006 I've been wanting to follow this post up for a while now... Well, I guess we'll see what walnut looks like next! Well, I guess we will. Walnut Woodied (and re-screened) 125's: I really like having a lathe!
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