First one done

[badgaz]

Here's my first figure base.:U

Thanks for all the excellent advice.
Wood is mahogany and it's about 120mm in dia.

I ended up glueing a waste stub to the blank and stuck it in the chuck...it held beautifully, thanks Skew.:2tsup:
I then cut a 50mm dia. recess in the face to a depth of 5mm...(thanks TTIT), switched the whole thing around in the chuck, parted off the stub, then shaped it.

Gaz happy:D:D:D

Cheers guys

Gazza

[Ozkaban]

Looks great! Geez, this place seems pretty good for decent advice :2tsup:

Top work, all concerned!

Cheers,
Dave

[tea lady]

:U Look at that! Just like a bought one.:2tsup:

[turnerted]

Gazza
If you have a drill press and a 50mm forstner bit ,maybe you could drill the hole first and save having to glue on a tennon and then cut it off again . I use this technique for making somthing similar .

[Ad de Crom]

Gazza, very well done
Ad:2tsup:

[badgaz]

Thanks all!

It's nice when a plan works out...rather than fly off the lathe and punch a great hole in your shed:2tsup:



If you have a drill press and a 50mm forstner bit ,maybe you could drill the hole first and save having to glue on a tennon and then cut it off again


Thanks turnerted, but it wasn't until I started making sawdust I realised the short tennon has other advantages.
The blank wasn't entirely square, having it chucked by the tennon allowed me to true what would become the base, and cut a well centred recess using my hughie junior (thanks hughie!).
Flipping the blank over, chucking it in the recess, removing the tennon and trueing that face gave me a well squared up spinning disc to hack away at.

BTW, I still plan on buying a 50mm forstner bit this weekend as a must have!

Cheers

Gazza

[artme]

Well done Gazza!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Now for the next 50.:D

[jefferson]

Go, go, go, Gazza.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Looking forward to the next piece.

[Ed Reiss]

Here's my first figure base.:U

Gaz happy:D:D:D





one down...several hundred thousand to go :2tsup:

[badgaz]

Thanks for the encouragement folks, current commisioned work amongst my modelling peers stands at 5 bases....they all thought I was joking when I said they had to provide the figured wood of their choice plus a donation of same for my stockpile:;

Cheers

Gazza