Ruffly you have a lot to answer for....

[Gra]

So today start playing with my new lathe, manage to produce a small rolling pin fro my daughter, and make some scrap round, then I pick up this peice of cypress. I bang it in the lathe, make it round, pull it out of the lathe to check my handywork and the b@#$%y thing starts telling me it is meant to be a goblet.... I cant do a goblet yet....

The wood is talking to me, I blame you ruffly..:D:D

I guess I am going to have to look into the techniques to making a goblet. Time to read some more of Skews posts I think.

Neil
The latest inductee to the wood talkers

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I reckon one of the first things a beginner should turn is a nice, heavy mallet.

Then, should the wood start complaining too loudly you can mute it to a whimper. ;)

[Gra]

I reckon one of the first things a beginner should turn is a nice, heavy mallet.

Then, should the wood start complaining too loudly you can mute it to a whimper. ;)

Was thinking of that, do you reckon redgum would make a good mallet? I have plenty of left over sleepers, that have been sitting in my shed for a couple of years, they were used as a benchtop, so they should be plenty dry by now.

[Iain]

Only problem with ex sleepers is that those big steel pegs tend to take the edge of your roughing gouge:rolleyes:

[DJ’s Timber]

I reckon old house stumps make the best mallets

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I've a stock of River Redgum garden sleepers that have been drying for a few years now. handy stuff for mallets, etc. but not exactly furniture grade.

Dunno that I'd turn used r/way sleepers though... the blue-metal tends to be well'n'truly embedded into the grain and can do some serious damage to you and your tools. :( DAMHIKT.

[Gra]

Only problem with ex sleepers is that those big steel pegs tend to take the edge of your roughing gouge:rolleyes:


These were garden sleepers, so no nails, so I guess I know what my next project will be

[BobL]

Was thinking of that, do you reckon redgum would make a good mallet? I have plenty of left over sleepers, that have been sitting in my shed for a couple of years, they were used as a benchtop, so they should be plenty dry by now.

Regum makes great mallets. Here are some examples I've made this year.

Conventional WW mallet
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=24105

Large Cylindrical head - good for belting anything, I use it for sheet metal working. The other one is sheoak.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=27106

Cork/Leather Faced. Perfect for dismantling old furniture.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=27278

and

Laminated Redgum head with Brass and Al faces.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=24799

BTW no lathes were used to make these mallets.

Cheers

[Hickory]

I agree, a Mallot is a great learning experience and a good teacher for lathe techniques, and provides a needed tool for future endeavors. I usually had my students start with such a keepsake and useful adventure. Here are a couple of the simple designs to start.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/hickoryknee/mallots2.jpg

The first one is made from Ash for the head and Walnut for the handle. the handle has a spline wedge to keep it tight. Remember to turn the spline so that the wedge is pressing with the grain so as not to split the head.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/hickoryknee/Mallottop.jpg

The second is a chunk of Cherry firewood that works well as a chisel "knocker"

With this exercise you will learn to fit a turning to a specific size (the hole in the head) (yes I have one too) as well as designing your own handle shape to fit your hand.

[OGYT]

Bob and Hickory. Nice work, and thanks for posting these pics. Greenies to yuns. :o)

[RufflyRustic]

Welcome Gra!! http://www.ubeaut.biz/ms.gif

:D

cheers
Wendy

[channa]

I reckon one of the first things a beginner should turn is a nice, heavy mallet.

Then, should the wood start complaining too loudly you can mute it to a whimper. ;)

I'm just wondering about the technique I should use when I hear the wood whispering - do I use the mallet to hit the wood, my head, or the damn foily that's obviously not working:confused:

[Gra]

I'm just wondering about the technique I should use when I hear the wood whispering - do I use the mallet to hit the wood, my head, or the damn foily that's obviously not working:confused:

All of the above in no particular order

[sea dragon]

My problem must be that I am deaf. I talk to the wood but it answers me not.
Curses, foiled again.

[Gra]

foiled again.

That could be your problem, take off the foily