My try at Bangles

[JohnU]

So I made the mistake of showing my wife some of the awesome work Eric does over at Wildwood Designs with his Bangles. She immediately put in her request for HER bangle. I jumped at the chance to order some supplies and there they sat.... for months. With daily reminders I finally set aside a couple days. After watching his videos and reading the instructions on his web site I decided to "just do it". Being a guy with little experience turning anything except pens I was pretty slow and cautious. I managed to blow up a nice stabilized spalted maple blank within the first two seconds of turning. lol Thankfully I had bought some clearanced Olive Wood cutting boards at a local store that were still collecting dust. A couple hole saws later I was back in business. They are far from perfect but I am very happy with my first two attempts. They were a nice change from pens and my wife has sisters so I have been told I am going to be getting more practice. Of course Erics very detailed instructions and videos should get most of the credit.
These two are stainless steel with Olive wood and Flamed Box Elder.

All comments welcome. Thanks!

 

[plantman]

John; Very impressive. Jim S

 

[Bill Sampson]

John,
Your bangles look great! I trust mine will look as good.

A friend purchased a couple bangle kits from Eric a couple weeks ago and brought them for me to check out. I was so impressed that I ordered some after my wife spent 45 minutes looking at them on Eric's site. ( I wish she would have only picked a couple!) I will have them next week and anxious to start turning.

Thanks for your support of our MAPG!!!

Bill Sampson, Richmond

 

[thewishman]

NBGJ!

Love the olivewood! I was wondering what size drill bit those took.:wink:

Thanks for sharing the pictures. I'm in the same boat, pens are almost the only things I have turned. Your bangles look nice.

 

[Janster]

Looks as though you've been making em' for years. Nice looking and perfect fit and finish. Be well............Jan

 

[JohnU]

NBGJ!

Love the olivewood! I was wondering what size drill bit those took.:wink:

Thanks for sharing the pictures. I'm in the same boat, pens are almost the only things I have turned. Your bangles look nice.

These are a size 8 so I think I used a 2.5" hole saw for the inner. Its an old saw and the surface is so worn I cant read the stamped sized. The outer diameter hole saw was much larger than needed but the only one I could find at the time.

 

[PaulDoug]

They sure look nice to me. I've been wanting to try making some and I will after I complete the project I've been working at since late last Sept. I have the instructions. Looks pretty complicated.

 

[kyaggie]

Beautiful work... congrats! Seeing your success makes me want to go ahead and jump off of the cliff and give one a try.

Mike

 

[Bob Wemm]

Very Beautiful John, just like your pen blanks.
Congratulations on stepping outside the 'Circle'.

Bob.

 

[RMayoIII]

I'm having trouble finding erics site. Can someone post a link?

 

[Old Lar]

Nice job, John. I showed them to my wife and she thinks that they're great. Eric may be seeing an uptick in sales.

 

[RMayoIII]

Nice job, John. I showed them to my wife and she thinks that they're great. Eric may be seeing an uptick in sales.

He may be...if I could get to his site!:biggrin:

 

[theidlemind]

Web address

For those that haven't found the bangle guy's website,
here it is www.bangleguy.com.

 

[RMayoIII]

Thanks for the link.

 

[markgum]

great work.