Coffee Mug In Progress

[W.Y.]

Just puttering away on this one and showing it in uncompleted stage this time.
I turned it from the only piece of elm wood I had that I figured 'might' be big enough to make a coffee mug with . It was only 3.5" x 3.5" x 8" . That is the absolute minimum as far as diameter goes that one of these mugs can be made from so I was careful to get dead center on the blank before turning and wasn't sure if I would be able to actually do it or not. . I much prefer a minimum of 4" x 4" blank. .
It now has four coats of Minwax Wipe On gloss poly and will get about 4 more coats before assembly. The gloss is quite good already but unfortunately doesn't show very well due to my aim and click photography in Auto mode. However there are some reflections showing in it from the hardware sitting beside it.

 

[Super Dave]

Very nice William. What to you use to hollow them out??

Dave

 

[W.Y.]

Very nice William. What to you use to hollow them out??

Dave

First a forstner bit and then a square end chisel to get the same profile as the stainless steel liner.

 

[Russell Eaton]

Nice show and tell William. I want to try one of these some time. Thanks for showing.

 

[markgum]

nice work

 

[toolcrazy]

Very nice. I did one out of Koa and sprayed it with lacquer. Didn't turn out too bad. Yours looks like it may be better than mine.

 

[corian king]

Nice job!!

 

[W.Y.]

Thanks all for the kind comments.

Very nice. I did one out of Koa and sprayed it with lacquer. Didn't turn out too bad. Yours looks like it may be better than mine.
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Steve - Port Orchard, Washington

Would love to see the one you made with Koa and lacquer is a very nice finish.
About half of the ones I have made were finished with lacquer and the other half in polyurethane but I have only made a couple dozen of them in the last three or four years.

Here is a staved one I made a while back that I finished with lacquer.

 

[michael j flett]

great work. can you tell me where to get the hatdware from ? i would like to have a go at one of those.

 

[W.Y.]

great work. can you tell me where to get the hatdware from ? i would like to have a go at one of those.

Sorry for the slow response. Been very busy with other things.

I got my last dozen $3.99 ones from Hobby Lobby.

http://shop.hobbylobby.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=145435

Just toss the plastic liner and you have the identical stainless steel hardware as CSUSA and Woodcraft and some others sell for $10.00 plus S/H.