Wedding Chalice

[SteveR]

I think this is from a piece of Chinese Elm. LOML saw a bunch sitting in a lawn with a free sign on it.....I grabbed what I could at the time. Saw it listed in craigslist later in the day and by the end of the day is was all gone.

Stealth Gloat.....got a wolverine sharpener for my turning chisels. I THOUGHT I did okay sharpening by hand....night and day difference. Should have bought this long ago.

This goblet...changed the name to a Chalice for the wedding festivities for my FIL and his new bride.....went over very well!! It has two interlocking captive rings. The second pic has coins and a glass to help show scale/size.

Thanks for looking!
Steve

[mschrank]

Maybe it's just me, but when I clicked on your image links I got a very small photo...about 1" x 1". Zoomed in but it's too pixallated to see any detail.

I'd really like to see your work...could you either bump up the resolution or image size and repost?

[SteveR]

Pics fixed, thanks for the feedback Mike.

[Pappy]

Nice work, Steve!

[TheRic]

Looks great, sure your FIL loved it.

[Alex Franke]

Wow, very nice! I'll have to try doing rings like that sometime. How did you make them interlocking?

BTW, I agree on the name change. "Goblet" always makes me think of turkeys -- not a bird you want to be thinking about during a wedding. (Now that I've said that I'm probably going to be thinking about turkeys at the next wedding I attend...)

[gerti]

Very nice! I too would like to know how you made the rings interlocking.

[Ken Massingale]

Very nice, Steve. I like the shape of the top.

What did you use for the finish?

I'll can a link to a captive ring tutorial in a new thread, I don't want to merge it into your post. But, I'll wait for you to respond to the how-to instructions, you may answer all the questions.

[SteveR]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

What did you use for the finish?

I'll can a link to a captive ring tutorial in a new thread, I don't want to merge it into your post. But, I'll wait for you to respond to the how-to instructions, you may answer all the questions.

Please do Ken, I think it would help everyone. In regard to finish, nothing too fancy. I had to CA a lot of it (pretty well soaked) because I was afraid it was going to split. sanded to about 600, then applied a sanding sealer to help even things out and then carnuaba (sp?) waxed. I was wanting to do a more proper finish but time was running out. I readily admit I need to refine my finishing technique.

Gerti and Alex: The interlocking captive rings: (note: my method is probably not the best, but it worked) I used a pinnacle captive ring tool (from woodcraft) to do the sides and get most of the cut behind the rings. Since the rings were a bit large to be able to cut it all the way thru, I took a small allen wrench and ground it to a point and finished the cut. Then I taped sand paper around the piece and finish sanded the inside of the rings (got to be a better way). After this, I carefully split one of the rings right at an annual growth ring, separated slightly and placed the other one inside the split one. Then I CA glued the split back together.....almost invisible.

This piece was almost lost at the very end. Since it was fairly long, I had the LOML place her hands kinda around it as I was doing the final parting cut at a very slow speed. It broke off prior to cutting all the way thru...it flew up a little and landed in LOML arms.....whewww! Took a bit for our hearts to settle down LOL
Steve