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Tony
@eightbittony.bsky.social
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Live from the basement. Games, Gamers, Gaming, and in a surprise turn of events, wood turning.

Been playing ttrpg's & D&D since the 80's, and have enjoyed every edition.

#ttrpg
#gaming
#woodturning
#dungeonsanddragons #d&d #dnd
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Snowmen, have 10 spindles, get two from each spindle, going for 20 and improving with each one.

(Ash)

#woodturning #festive
A photograph showing a shelf, on which sit four wooden, hand turned snowmen. Each is made of two orbs with a top hat on top. They vary in size and overall shape. The last two have burned decorative rings on the top hats. A photograph of the 8 remaining ash spindles I have, to turn the rest of the snowmen. (also in shot, a test snowman turned from oak, again with a top hat). A photograph of a black desk on which sit four complete snowmen and a fifth without a hat. The fifth shows how I drill a 10mm diameter hole in the head in the head to locate a matching pin on the bottom of the hat, which is turned separately.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Well, I turned while I wasn't in the right frame of mind, and ruined my nice cherry bowl. The first time it came off the chuck and whacked me hard in the arm was the lesson. The second time it came off the chuck was just me being stupid.

#woodturning
Photograph of a hand turned cherry bowl, showing damage caused when it flew off the lathe due to taking aggressive cuts. The damage is about half the depth of the wall thickness, and right at the bottom of the base, so can't be turned out. Photograph of a hand turned cherry bowl, showing damage caused when it flew off the lathe due to taking aggressive cuts. The damage is about half the depth of the wall thickness, and right at the bottom of the base, so can't be turned out.
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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It's funny how you forget stuff, turns out I've even painted some of them.

(Photo is from 2008)
A photo of a set of painted archer miniatures. The archers are leaning backwards holding bows, wearing red and blue jerkins.
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I just checked some photos, turns out I missed out a word.

Badly.

Badly undercoated. (And it seems I did glue some together)
A photograph of a cardboard box, filled with plastic fantasy miniatures. A mixture of knights on horseback, knights with bows, lizardmen, and some random pieces of furniture from a hero quest board game.
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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And then some finished shots. Really pleased with this, not easy for me to get big chunks of wood and make deep bowls, so really happy with how this came out.
A bowl, turned from cherry, being held in a hand. This shot is the side of the bowl, showing amazing grain contrast with light and dark curved grain around where the pith would have been. A bowl, turned from cherry, being held in a hand. This shot is the side of the bowl, showing amazing grain contrast with light and dark curved grain around where the pith would have been. A bowl, turned from cherry, being held in a hand. This shot is the side of the bowl, showing a large knot where a branch had grown out of this trunk. A bowl, turned from cherry, being held in a hand. This shot shows the inside of the bowl, with a smooth transition from the side to the base and lovely grain swirls.
October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Video after I trued it up.
October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Second-turned the big piece of cherry that I'd turned wet a while back. This video is the amount of warping before I trued it up.

#woodturning
October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Love those too! Need to get back to this before it warps and goes out of round.
October 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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MyFirstMushroom

A test mushroom, first one I've turned, from a wormy piece of tulip I think.
A photograph of a turned, wooden mushroom standing on a shelf.
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Spalted beech pot, commission for a friend, trying to make two the same although the second turned out thinner with a different curve, so may try again. It's more finished than this now but I don't have a picture.
A bowl / pot held on a lathe chuck. The wood is spalted beech, and is unfinished. The inside shows striking spalting marks.
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Part finished black locust / robinia bowl. I need to get a blacklight because it florescence really strongly!
Small unfinished bowl, turned from black locust, being held in a hand. The bowl is sand coloured with striking white grain lines.
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A while since I posted anything I'd made. Am really happy with this pen pot. This is twice turned from wet cherry. I turned the piece to about an inch thick originally, and then about a month or two later, turned this.

#woodturning
A piece of wet cherry on a lathe, turned into a pot shape. The walls are about an inch thick. A picture of the finished pot, being held in a hand. This is a side view showing the pot shape (flared top, bulbous middle) and the beautiful cherry grain pattern. A picture of the finished pot, being held in a hand. This is a top-side view showing the pot shape and the thin walls (about 4mm). Finally a picture of the pot with some pens in it for scale.
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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So I stood the needle case in it, held above the bottom of the cup the resin was in. And then i turned away the excess, and I've now got a needle case with a purple resin base. Quite pleased!
A photograph of a hand holding a wooden needle case, about four or five centimetres tall, by around 1.5cm wide. The wood is a mix of chocolate brown streaks and paler grain, with 5 burned in rings. The base of the tube is a piece of purple resin, attached to fix a mistake when I essentially cut the wood off too short and left the entire thing hollow. A photograph of a hand holding a wooden needle case, about four or five centimetres tall, by around 1.5cm wide. The wood is a mix of chocolate brown streaks and paler grain, with 5 burned in rings. The base of the tube is a piece of purple resin, attached to fix a mistake when I essentially cut the wood off too short and left the entire thing hollow.
September 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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One of my earliest full fails in turning, was when I parted off (cut off) this needle case above the point I'd drilled - essentially making it into a thick straw (first two shots).

#woodturning #making #woodwork #crafting
Photograph showing a hand, holding the base and lid of a hand-turned wooden needle case. The base has a hole all the way through the centre - and it should not. Photograph showing a hand, holding the bottom of a hand-turned wooden needle case. The base has a hole all in it, and it should not.
September 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Photograph of a woman, sitting, surrounded by police officers. She is protesting and has a poster with words that could show support for a proscribed organisation, which i can not write here because it may be a criminal act.
September 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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The BBC could have run with 'cooking in the shower' and 'abused when going to the pharmacy' but they chose these instead.
Screenshot of a BBC Headling which reads "Illegal working and streams of taxis - BBC gains rare access inside asylum hotels"
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This piece of laburnum just wouldn't turn smooth, kept plucking grain out in the dark sections. Gave up trying to get it cleaned up and just finished turning it anyway. It's smooth (well, lumpy) but white flecks throughout the dark section where the grain is torn. #woodturning
A photograph of a hand turned laburnum bowl sitting on a paper towel, on a lathe bed. The bowl is two tone, with two dark ovals opposite each other, and the rest a lighter colour with striking grain lines. It's hard to see in this image, but there's torn grain throughout the dark sections. A photograph of a hand turned laburnum bowl sitting on a paper towel, on a lathe bed. The bowl is two tone, with two dark ovals opposite each other, and the rest a lighter colour with striking grain lines. It's hard to see in this image, but there's torn grain throughout the dark sections. A photograph of a hand turned laburnum bowl sitting on a paper towel, on a lathe bed. The bowl is two tone, with two dark ovals opposite each other, and the rest a lighter colour with striking grain lines. It's hard to see in this image, but there's torn grain throughout the dark sections. A photograph of a hand turned laburnum bowl sitting on a paper towel, on a lathe bed. The bowl is two tone, with two dark ovals opposite each other, and the rest a lighter colour with striking grain lines. It's hard to see in this image, but there's torn grain throughout the dark sections.
September 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Screen grab of a 'predator' (alien from the movie of the same name) showing the similarity between it's four outer teeth and the claws of an osprey.
September 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Turned some wet cherry which arrived today, it'll probably crack (base is too thick). It's the first time I've had a really strong smell when turning cherry - it literally smelled like cherry pie. #woodturning
A top down photograph of a small bowl being held in a hand. The bowl is turned from cherry and has a mix of light golden brown hughes, and darker streaks of greens. A side on photograph of a small bowl being held in a hand. The bowl is turned from cherry and has a mix of light golden brown hughes, and darker streaks of greens. The side profile of the bowl is reasonably straight with a slight taper towards the base and a small flair at the top. A bottom photograph of a small bowl being held in a hand. The bowl is turned from cherry and has a mix of light golden brown hughes, and darker streaks of greens. The base has a small circular foot, inside which is a burned in logo of a stylised tree with the initials ahe. A side on photograph of a small bowl being held in a hand. The bowl is turned from cherry and has a mix of light golden brown hughes, and darker streaks of greens. The side profile of the bowl is reasonably straight with a slight taper towards the base and a small flair at the top. This shot shows the small foot on the base and the convex curve from the bottom of the bowl to the foot.
September 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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B5 - Earth Alliance?
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
eightbittony.bsky.social
It does have valid DNS records (i.e. a mail server can lookup how to send mail to qq.com)

So it's more likely the service you are using is refusing to send it or has it blocked.

Looking around, a lot of providers just block qq.com because it's considered a source of massive volumes of spam.
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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The word you're looking for here is Hope.
BBC News headline. A photo of President Trump with the text, Why did the Internet think Donald Trump was dead?
September 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Small things - when you nail the logo branding.

#woodturning
Photograph of the base of a bowl with a burned in logo (stylised tree with initials ahe) that is crisp and has nice separation of the dark and light areas.
August 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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A photograph of a section of snooker table leg, attached to a lathe. The portion is half of a disc, with the flat edge mounted on the lathe spindle, and the curved portion facing the tail stock. The piece of wood is light in colour with a very dark stain/varnish on the outside. A piece of different coloured wood, in the form of a dowel, can be seen in the main piece.
August 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Super happy with it now - although I don't actually like the wood. Love the box and the weight of the lid, but the wood is so-so.

#woodturning #box #end-grain
A photo of a chunky end-grain box turned from damson. The lid has circles turned onto the top and a small lip to help when lifting it from the base. The wood is sandy coloured with dark grain swirls, and in my view, not all that attractive. A photo of a chunky end-grain box turned from damson. The lid has circles turned into the inside to match the outside top. The wood is sandy coloured with dark grain swirls, and in my view, not all that attractive. A photo of a chunky end-grain box turned from damson. The lid is chunky, and much heavier than the base, which I quite like - the box is still very stable. A photo of a chunky end-grain box turned from damson. The base has my logo burned into it (a stylised tree with the initials ahe). It still shows evidence of 3 hairline cracks, which I couldn't turn out without turning it into a tube instead of a box.
August 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM