TTIT
3rd April 2006, 03:11 PM
My first post on this forum was a question about a Coolibah burl I got that turned out to be what 'Old logger' called a 'looped burl'. 3 months is a long
time for me to wait for anything so I attacked it last week only to find it had dried a lot more than expected due to it's porosity and the kiln-like conditions we've had here. As my lathe is 'portable', I had some fun keeping it on the ground with this piece - initially had to
screw sizeable lumps of steel to the back to balance it!
Pic 1. That's only a tomahawk on the burl - it's not that big!
Pic 2. So hard already that the Stihl had a hard time getting the slab (near-right) off for a platter.
Pic 3. The resin veins filled with pulp made much of it very difficult to turn and put the balance right off - even after truing the blank.
Pic 4. Started pouring on the CA even before I got it close to shape and re-chucking on the step-jaws. Had quite a bit of weight screwed to the
back beside the faceplate to keep it closer to balanced at this stage. Used between 25 and 30 little tubes of CA on it to keep the sucker together!
Pic 5. Re-chucked on to the step-jaws to turn the top - couldn't use my counterweights now so had to do some serious bronc riding until I
got rid of the bulk of the waste. (I will make a sturdier frame one day!!!)
time for me to wait for anything so I attacked it last week only to find it had dried a lot more than expected due to it's porosity and the kiln-like conditions we've had here. As my lathe is 'portable', I had some fun keeping it on the ground with this piece - initially had to
screw sizeable lumps of steel to the back to balance it!
Pic 1. That's only a tomahawk on the burl - it's not that big!
Pic 2. So hard already that the Stihl had a hard time getting the slab (near-right) off for a platter.
Pic 3. The resin veins filled with pulp made much of it very difficult to turn and put the balance right off - even after truing the blank.
Pic 4. Started pouring on the CA even before I got it close to shape and re-chucking on the step-jaws. Had quite a bit of weight screwed to the
back beside the faceplate to keep it closer to balanced at this stage. Used between 25 and 30 little tubes of CA on it to keep the sucker together!
Pic 5. Re-chucked on to the step-jaws to turn the top - couldn't use my counterweights now so had to do some serious bronc riding until I
got rid of the bulk of the waste. (I will make a sturdier frame one day!!!)