Woodturning a bowl too long for its width.
"When the other bowls are boring, this one could keep you awake."
| Quite simply, I plan to put up from time to time, a work in progress. I often do not have the chance to turn a piece from start to finish in one go. Work interferes with the hobby. On the other hand this gives me a chance to think about what to do next on a piece. I hope you find it fun. |
| As I was cleaning the shop, a never ending but sometimes paused event, I picked up this little piece of tamarac I had once had on the lathe for some reason. It had a bit turned on one end and a crack all the way down the side. Obviously it was fire wood. |
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| But, from the end it was clear that the crack only followed the pith a little way. Besides, tamarac is really pretty, the contrast between the heart and the little band of sap wood is spectacular, tamarac is a challenge to turn because it dulls a tool so quickly, this piece would have extra challenge because the pith is so off center with the resulting compression wood, and I hate throwing out a piece of wood that made it into the shop. |
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| So I took the chain saw and cleaned a strip down one side by cutting through the pith. This will give a good surface for the face plate. |
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| A 3" faceplate gets mounted with 4 #14 1" long self tapping sheet metal screws and the wood goes to the lathe. By the way, the wood is about 10" long and slightly over 5" in diameter. |
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| Obviously this is going to be fun to turn. Look at the ghost here even at 400 rpm. |
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| And even better with a video clip. |
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