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Offline Les Symonds

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'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« on: December 13, 2015, 06:47:39 PM »
These were great fun to make and I suspect they'll sell like hot cakes on Monday. Small pieces of branch-wood gripped in a set of 1 1/2" jaws in my Patriot chuck. I hollowed them with a 1/2" spindle gouge on its edge; the tip pointing to about 10:00 o'clock and the cutting edge just below centre height.





I ended up making one every 7 minutes, once I'd got my hand in!

C&C always welcome...Les
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Offline Bryan Milham

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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2015, 07:30:19 PM »
Looks like they will go like the 'Clappers'.
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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2015, 08:04:28 PM »

          These are very nice Les ..Lovely Finish......  don't think they will be hanging around  long.
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           Tony & Di
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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2015, 09:14:37 PM »
I think that there should be a little more flair on the end, otherwise they are passable. Do they have an authentic sounding dong sound though? I have found this to be the most difficult part of creating these.


P.S.  Cool

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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2015, 09:52:23 PM »
Quote from: bodrighywood on December 13, 2015, 09:14:37 PM
Do they have an authentic sounding dong sound though?

Pete...

Quote from: dr4g0nfly on December 13, 2015, 07:30:19 PM
Looks like they will go like the 'Clappers'.

No Clappers!
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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2015, 09:52:39 PM »
You can groan now!
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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2015, 09:57:11 PM »
I did some of these and tried using little bells inside and they sounded awful so now just make them for the looks.

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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2015, 08:00:12 AM »
Ding - Dong  :)
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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2015, 04:44:26 PM »
Like these Les a great tree decoration.
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Re: 'Heaven's Bells'...or... 'An afternoon at the foundry'
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2015, 08:44:46 PM »
Les , I bet you will be happier if it's the till that's ringing not these !!
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