blame Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 close up of 2 honey locust handles i made 2 new hollowing tools i made from a 25"L 1/4" drill bit i got somewhere , and 3/4" hand forged roughing gouge made from a 1/2 ton chevy leaf spring lol psi 3/8 bowl gouge(red handle for comparison) small tea light made from honey locust crotch the other side of the honey locust crotch Quote
blame Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Posted March 10, 2009 me at the lathe working on a walnut vase( it was green and it dryed out to fast cracking the side ) small walnut coin dish my wifes first turning made from willow Quote
AirNationalGuardMom Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 Beautiful job, I wish a had a lathe. Linda Quote
Travis Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 Those turned out great. That looks like a lot of fun. I'm hoping to get started turning this year. We'll see how the pennies stack up though. Nicely done! Quote
Clayton717 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Great work. Now I know i got to get me a mini lathe. I've been wanting to do some pens. Quote
blame Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Posted March 11, 2009 thanks guys its very relaxing to sit at the lathe and turn down a chunk a wood to some thing useful , i;ve done spoons bowls. plates, vases, chair parts, finals and threaded rods. the threaded rods where a pain, i used the lathe to round the rod to size (1 3/4") then mounted a router to the lathe with a 60 deg V bit to cut the threads (8 tpi). wasnt very fun trying to get the router to feed right but i managed, i wish i would of thought to get some pictures. species i have turned - soft maple, rock maple, sugar maple, red maple, silver maple, dogwood, osage orange, paper birch, yellow birch, popular, common willow, black willow, honey locust, black locust, red elm, piss elm, autumn olive, white oak, burr oak, pin oak, red oak, swamp oak, cherry, alder, boxelder,sycamore, cedar pine, yellow pine , missouri white pine, scarlet maple, Japaneses red maple, hackberry, hickory, lilac, apple,, peach, pear, wild plum, hemlock, cottonwood, and sumac havent really got into turning exotics yet but i've been thinking about looking into some tiger maple to turn, i also cut a huge maple burl 2 years ago it was hollow but the burl is about 4" to 6" thick x 18" around so should make some fine turnings in acouple years when i get brave enough to cut it up. blame Quote
Travis Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Yah, turning looks like a lot of fun. I'm with you, clayton. I really want to turn some pens. It looks easy enough and you have a finished project in less than an hour. Can't beat that. I've also wanted to turn some peppermills for Christmas gifts. I've always wanted a nice peppermill, but have trouble paying $85 for one. I'd much rather buy a $500 lathe and make my own! Quote
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