Bubinga Pot and Strikers

[blacky]

This is a pot that I turned for a customer and will put a picture he wants under the glass. The top striker matches the pot. The other 4 strikers were turned for another customer. Two are purpleheart and the others are osage orange.

[HaMeR]

Nice stuff you got there blacky!! I like the turkey foot hole pattern. 

[THO Game Calls]

As I recall, this is the guy who was asking all those questions about turning strikers a while back.  Looks like he has been practicing.  Those look very nice.  I love the hole pattern in your call.   

Al

[blacky]

Al, yep, i was the one with many questions. You and others had the answers which have been a tremendous help to me. When I bought my lathe I bought a very cheap set of turning tools and have struggled with both pots and strikers.

Yesterday I was in Harbor Freight and found a set of HSS tools that were on sale so I bought them. WOW, what a difference that makes. I turned 3 strikers today in about the same time it took me to turn 1 yesterday. I do have to watch myself because they cut so well it would be easy to take off to much and ruin a striker. I haven't tried them on a pot yet but am sure it will be much better.

[Braz]

Blacky, the big deal is keeping your tools sharp. On really hard wood, like Dymondwood for example, you may want to sharpen your tools several times during the turning, maybe more.