I made a wooden disc today :)

[bobasaurus]

Hello DGCourseReview folks. For my first post here, I thought I'd show something I made on my wood lathe today. This glorious creation is a solid mahogany disc golf disc (sorry for the poor pics):

I modeled it after the innova beast in the pics. It's slightly thicker, but seems to weigh about the same overall. Since I just finished it and the day is late, I'll have to wait to try it out for real. I have tossed it into a pillow across the room and it seems to fly straight.

I doubt this will work very well in use, but the novelty of it makes me smile. I'll give it a go on the local course next time I go. If it breaks, I'll have to crank out another I guess.

 

[Jukeshoe]

Wow, nice!

 

[MNcyclone]

That is SWEEEEET!! I totally respect woodworking, its a real artform being slowly lost to the digital generation.

 

[Dsplayname]

I've talked about making both wooden and metal discs for a while now, and am super happy to see that you made one. It looks great. Solid mahogany sounds heavy, but I don't know much about the aerodynamic properties of different woods. Did you coat it with anything, or is that just naked?

 

[austin234]

looks cool! i hope it doesnt break on you with the time you spent on it! but if it does at least its a fun way to break something

 

[timothyasteele]

Beautiful work, but I'm curious...what does it weigh? And is it overstable or understable?

Tim S.

 

[bobasaurus]

Mahogany is actually fairly light as hardwoods go, with a fairly open-pored grain. It was the only piece of wood I had sitting around that was wide and thick enough to make this. I may have to buy some more and try other species if this is successful. I coated it with a food-safe oil that I usually apply to wooden bowls, just because oil finishes are easier to touch up than most others and it's what I had on hand. I'm certainly going to scratch and ding this thing up to hell while using it, so I wanted a finish I could reapply.

 

[svenlock09]

dang that thing is sweet!! even if it doesnt fly the best itll look great as decor in my opinion!

 

[bobasaurus]

Beautiful work, but I'm curious...what does it weigh? And is it overstable or understable?

Tim S.

I'll weigh it when I get to work next week (we have a nice lab scale). Since I haven't flown it yet, I have no idea how it'll behave. Optimally, it'll work like the beast I shaped it after.

 

[Dsplayname]

You may want to consider selling some as trophies for tournaments. I'd love to see a nice burled walnut River or a super-classy cedar Roc.

On another note, I bet it's great for those over the lake shots.

 

[bobasaurus]

You may want to consider selling some as trophies for tournaments. I'd love to see a nice burled walnut River or a super-classy cedar Roc.

On another note, I bet it's great for those over the lake shots.

Commence bidding in 3, 2, 1... lol. I do have a great slab of box elder burl in the garage that would be sweet looking, though it still needs some drying time. I also have some nice local hardwood boards (including some walnut, though no burl) from a nearby sawmill that recycles unwanted wood (storms or construction waste trees) into nice lumber.

Good thought about the water hazards... floating over them brings a new element to the game .

 

[CwAlbino]

You may want to consider selling some as trophies for tournaments. I'd love to see a nice burled walnut River or a super-classy cedar Roc.

On another note, I bet it's great for those over the lake shots.

Wooden disc trophies with a logo on the front burned in the same way you put your logo on the back would be awesome! Better than the plastic ones nowadays.

 

[The dude on the bike]

Did you give her a test flight yet? That would make a fine trophy. A fine water disc too.

 

[bobasaurus]

Did you give her a test flight yet? That would make a fine trophy. A fine water disc too.

I haven't tried it yet. I'm going camping for the next few days, but when I get back I'll do some serious flight testing on this thing.

 

[roadtripstuff]

Nice work. I agree that these would make excellent trophies.

 

[reksav]

Looks great! Definitely wouldn't be out throwing that, looks too nice! I may be interested in having you make a few said trophies. If you'd be interested in this shoot me a PM.

 

[jtbingster]

Zero glide, that's for sure... you should make a Comet! Then we could see what a glide less Comet flies like!

But really, great job! That's a really neat idea!

 

[woodcutter]

Nice work,it is Hbonduran?

 

[atl scott]

I'll buy 3. How much are you charging?

I would think that a disc mold with less weight in the rim would fly/glide better. Roc/aviar?

 

[bobasaurus]

Nice work,it is Hbonduran?

Yep, it's honduras mahogany. I bought a pile of it at a garage sale from an awesome hippy guy who hand-made pipes.