dai sensei
10th June 2012, 06:04 PM
The club asked me to to some jewellery to attract more women into woodturning at the next show. The trinket boxes worked well, but took too long. They were thinking of my pendants, but I thought I might do some earings & necklaces. Easy to do beads, but I thought some rings might go Ok too.
Pulled out some spare tool steel I had and ground them for a 3mm, 4.5mm and 6mm rings. Simple brass tube at the base suits my collet chuck handle.
I then took the smallest ring tool for a test run on the left over timber from my ball box that was still in the chuck. Unfortunately not enough timber for more than one ring of the same OD, so made 3 of diff dia's (~30,45,60mm) in a matter of minutes, worked a treat :2tsup:. I then used them to make a pendent by drilling a small hole and putting a jewellery pin through them. Not finished too well, I didn't sand them too much when they were turned, I was more interested in how the tools cut. Quick hand sand and then a coat of gelcoat.
Cheers
Pulled out some spare tool steel I had and ground them for a 3mm, 4.5mm and 6mm rings. Simple brass tube at the base suits my collet chuck handle.
I then took the smallest ring tool for a test run on the left over timber from my ball box that was still in the chuck. Unfortunately not enough timber for more than one ring of the same OD, so made 3 of diff dia's (~30,45,60mm) in a matter of minutes, worked a treat :2tsup:. I then used them to make a pendent by drilling a small hole and putting a jewellery pin through them. Not finished too well, I didn't sand them too much when they were turned, I was more interested in how the tools cut. Quick hand sand and then a coat of gelcoat.
Cheers