Wooden fruit

I've recently started learning wood turning and I turned this fruit over the last few weeks.  I'm not really experienced enough to write it up as a step by step (wouldn't want to tell you to do the wrong thing!).  If you'd like to make your own I recommend searching youtube for "turning fruit".  The general process is to

• secure a 6-inch-long square of wood using a bowl chuck, shape the fruit on the tailstock end
• lock the spindle and drill the hole for the stalk
• sand and finish
• part off the base.

Then turn a stalk the same way from a thin piece of walnut or other contrasting wood.

The apple and pear turned very smoothly but I had some chatter problems on the lemon.  I would have sanded it all out but somehow it felt right for a lemon to be dimply!

Comments

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Cool! Are the stems sperate?

[fasaxc]

Yes, I turned them separately from a contrasting piece of wood.

[scoochmaroo]

Lovely!

[fasaxc]

Thanks