Any wood turners want to take on a commission?

haaammit

haaammit

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Hello all. I'm into coffee and things associated with coffee!

A few weeks ago my best friend died, but before he passed away he very kindly turned me up a correctly sized coffee tamping base out of stainless steel. It is currently on a very shonky, ugly, with filler in it wooden handle and I was hoping to get something made that looks a little bit better and compliments the metal part well (nicer wood, no filler, that kind of thing). There's a few pics below to show the rough shape etc and I can of course give accurate dimensions. It's not overly complicated I would guess, hardest part would probably be the end cap.

So, does anyone dabble in wood turning and fancy having a bash? I use the tamper every day and would like it looking 100%. If it's something you can do and have some nice ideas about wood types and finishes etc maybe drop me a message to discuss pricing etc. I'm hoping someone here has the skills to make a nice handle to finish off the piece.

The widest part at the top is ~42mm narrowest ~25mm and about 75mm in total length. As shown in the pics a fixing hole will need to be drilled through the whole thing and I'd like the end cap to stay. The machine it sits on is brushed stainless steel

Many thanks :)

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It will finish up a little nicer, it's had a wax finish, but there's a huge lump of filler in there that no amount of sanding will fix, only a heavy stain would hide it (The handle had a heavy stain finish when it had the wrong size base on it which I stripped off to reveal the filler lol) - I'd much rather have a nice wood finish. I simply don't have the space for a lathe, so I'm unable to do it myself! It is a coffee tamper, but the size could lend itself to other uses I guess,........
ANDARIAL said:
Can you pop up some accurate dimensions? All holes,sizes etc
Also a draw a shape you are after,i`ll give it a go when i get a spare bit of time if so :)
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Hopefully these pics with dims on are what you're after? The shape is about right with the palm swell. The end cap seems to be a flush fit with the end, if that makes sense? Let me know if you need any other measurements - many thanks :)

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The shape would be fine the same as the wooden one tbh (the first pic in the thread), it fits the hand nicely enough. The hand drawn pic was meant to show how the fastener is sunk into the handle, can you tell I'm no artist.....? lol. I think the wood there is beech - something of a medium, soft rich colour would be nice, if that makes sense? Not like a white pine or a very dark wood, something to compliment the stainless metal part

I think a wood finish would be a bit nicer than a printed one personally, although carbon fibre........ :eek: :D
 
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