turnerted
12th May 2015, 04:25 PM
G'day
I thought it was time I tried out my new extended bowl jaws.
Previously I had been limited to a maximum of about 270mm diam. by the capacity of the jaws ,but this one is about 310mm diam. by about 80mm high . Although the jaws have a capacity of over 400mm ,it is probably not practicle to go much larger . I found that when I tilted the bowl offcentre to hollow it out , the maximum speed I could turn at was about 850 rpm because of imbalance vibration .
The timber is camphor laurel and it has had about five coats of DO . The textured rim has had gold gilders wax rubbed into it then buffed .
Comments welcome.
Ted
I thought it was time I tried out my new extended bowl jaws.
Previously I had been limited to a maximum of about 270mm diam. by the capacity of the jaws ,but this one is about 310mm diam. by about 80mm high . Although the jaws have a capacity of over 400mm ,it is probably not practicle to go much larger . I found that when I tilted the bowl offcentre to hollow it out , the maximum speed I could turn at was about 850 rpm because of imbalance vibration .
The timber is camphor laurel and it has had about five coats of DO . The textured rim has had gold gilders wax rubbed into it then buffed .
Comments welcome.
Ted