turnerted
4th September 2013, 04:02 PM
G'day
I've spent the last couple of weeks playing with my new thread cutting jig.I can hear the purists tut tutting but I don,t turn on a pole lathe either.
I got my jig a couple of months ago and spent some time figering out how it worked as the instructions only gave the basics. Then it took me some time testing a range of timbers to find out which were suitable for threading.Of those available to me, camelia was the best with olive and privet not far behind. Surprisingly I could get acceptable threads in camphorlaurel by soaking the thread area with CA. The biggest challange was trying to get the grain to line up but I have now managed to achieve this with reasonable success.
Here's a few samples of many recent boxes.
Back row, L-R sally wattle,camphor laurel with camelia thread insert,liquid amber with CA treatment.
Front row,Camphor laurel with CA treatment,sally wattle,camphor laurel with camelia insert.
Hope you find this interesting.
Ted
I've spent the last couple of weeks playing with my new thread cutting jig.I can hear the purists tut tutting but I don,t turn on a pole lathe either.
I got my jig a couple of months ago and spent some time figering out how it worked as the instructions only gave the basics. Then it took me some time testing a range of timbers to find out which were suitable for threading.Of those available to me, camelia was the best with olive and privet not far behind. Surprisingly I could get acceptable threads in camphorlaurel by soaking the thread area with CA. The biggest challange was trying to get the grain to line up but I have now managed to achieve this with reasonable success.
Here's a few samples of many recent boxes.
Back row, L-R sally wattle,camphor laurel with camelia thread insert,liquid amber with CA treatment.
Front row,Camphor laurel with CA treatment,sally wattle,camphor laurel with camelia insert.
Hope you find this interesting.
Ted