Eggs over easy or turned?

[Fay Prozora]

I've had this egg on the lathe for the past few days, but it turned out really nice. When I got ready to part it off, some thing hit my tool and then I turned off the lathe and turned it by hand so I can see if there was a problem and come to find out there was a tiny nail in side the wood. Beats me how it got there but it hit my tool and the tool is fine. I ended up taking it off the lathe and using my big yellow saw ( DeWalt 788) to cut it off the waste wood and then gave it a good sanding with the drill press. Put a finish on it and it turned out pretty nice,, I'd say well done! There is a ring around the small end of the egg but that is where the nail or what ever it is, is inside the wood so I could not do any thing about that but I'm proud of it being that I'm still new to turning. My pen press came yesterday and later this week I have more pen kits and blanks coming... Enjoy the egg! Fay

 

[SteveG]

You are not sure what it is, but know it is foreign material that is metal. Sometimes bullets (hunters, target shooting, or??) are found embedded in lumber, and are a real surprise because there are no signs to indicate the presence of metal, and the woodworker is using new, not recycled, lumber. Could that be what you encountered?

BTW, I am enjoying the egg. Looks like it got tired by the time you took the second pic. :wink:

 

[Edgar]

Nice job on that egg, Fay

 

[Bob Wemm]

Looks good to me.

Bob.

 

[randyrls]

Nice looking egg Fay!

Addendum: Band sawyers often use a metal detector before cutting into a log with an expensive bandsaw blade. This is mandatory if using recycled lumber.