Started 14 hours, 56 minutes ago (2009-12-17 14:52:00)
by TB Roye
A 12 year old just taught me how to make a
Celtic Knot. Very simple. Love his shop, evidently his dad is a wood worker. I couldn't tell if a cut was missing. Like the idea of now cutting all the way through the blank.
Tom
Started 2 days, 7 hours ago (2009-12-15 22:42:00)
by Richard in Smithville
I havn't used the Hut finish but I can think of perhaps a few things.
1) did you use both bars? ( had to ask this one)
2) what speed did you spin your lathe at when applying? ( it needs to build enough heat to melt the finish
into the wood)
3) could the tung oil have filled the wood pores so that the Hut didn't melt into the wood? Anything I have read on Hut doesn't mention tung ...
Started 1 week, 6 days ago (2009-12-04 16:41:00)
by jking
Lathe tools can dull very quickly. It is not unusual to sharpen your lathe tools several times while turning something. Some woods are harder on the tools, too.
How dense of a wood is sycamore? I've tried practicing with pine before and it has tear out problems. Something like poplar, for example turns well without tearout.
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-12-06 11:02:00)
by Uncle Cracker
Quote:
Originally Posted by dkerfoot
Does anyone know the height (to the top of the jaws) of the jawhorse? Is it 34"?
According to the Rockwell
knowledge base, it's 35" tall...
Started 1 week ago (2009-12-11 00:24:00)
by gerti
That is very cool! Any idea how it was done? Thanks.
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-10-21 14:31:00)
by sscherin's Avatar
After having it sit around in boxes for a year I finally put my Grandfathers metal lathe together.
It's one he built using a slide rest and tail stock form an old Elgin lathe.
The rest he made himself.. (He was a
tool and die maker)
I'm not saying it's the best but it's mine and the darn thing works..
This is the old girl as it sat in his basement..
It may look a bit odd but it ...
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2009-11-29 21:07:00)
by Uncle Cracker
Started 3 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-11-20 09:59:00)
by Uncle Cracker
Unfortunately, you're not going to be able to "brush on" a lot of character that's not there already. You can deepen the grain, but that's about it. One of the chancy things a turner deals with is whether the finished piece will have that character. This works in reverse, too, in that sometimes a piece reveals
hidden character that you didn't even know was there. It's a crapshoot, and that's ...
Started 1 month ago (2009-11-11 19:53:00)
by Uncle Cracker
That really is a beast... A tool catch on that thing could toss you through a wall.
Started 4 weeks, 1 day ago (2009-11-19 00:58:00)
by seabat seabat is offline Forum Newbie
The camera does not capture the beauty of either of these pens.
First up is a nice piece of X-Cut Paduk
Next is Honduran Rosewood Burl and the Paduk
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