Thread: A beginners challenge

Thanks for the jam chuck freeing tip Jeff, I'll try that next time.

I started out a bit cold on the finial but I'm pretty attached to the little box now. Plenty of faults but a bit of fun to make.

Sweet! Must do a Silky one too.

Don't some people drill a hole in the jam chuck so you can poke something through to get the thing out again.

Originally Posted by tea lady

Don't some people drill a hole in the jam chuck so you can poke something through to get the thing out again.

Especially if it's a tad loose and I'm taking heavyish cuts, where an extra bit of tissue won't work too well to hold it. Then I might use a dob or two of HMGlue in the corners and such a poke hole becomes necessary.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Especially if it's a tad loose and I'm taking heavyish cuts, where an extra bit of tissue won't work too well to hold it. Then I might use a dob or two of HMGlue in the corners and such a poke hole becomes necessary.

Dare I ask?

Hot Melt. That comes off all right? Another thing I need.

Yep. Hot-melt.

It just peels off. If you're just HMGluing a spigot on it can be tricky; you need to be very, very careful when taking heavy cuts. Combined with a jam-chuck it's a pretty solid mount.

In this case the jam chuck was the base of the box so not a good idea to drill a hole in it

Originally Posted by kdm

In this case the jam chuck was the base of the box so not a good idea to drill a hole in it

No, I guess not.

Maybe not, but it wouldn't be the first time someone did just that...

Believe me I was thinking about doing that! With the foot added and the inside lined with gold leaf (not that I have any of that) no one would ever know

Keith, ya' dun' good...nice turning

Keith
Very nice work and I think I've learnt a lot from your discussion and the other comments made by everyone else
I hope my third is in the same class as yours
Yeah RR makes it look so simple. I'm at home crook so have watched his DVD a couple of times (Lane Cove library has it for those who are in this neck of the woods)

A suggestion for your dust extractor nozzle. I've put a piece of gutter guard in/across mine. So when you lose the piece of sandpaper it doesn't end up in the dusty. Not that that is much of a problem. But it is a PITA when it is a new piece . I've got mine sort of hinged so it lifts out of the way when I'm doing chisel work, otherwise it clogs up with curlies.

Thanks Sawdustmaker and Ed.

That DVD (from Brisbane library) was about the first thing I saw when I started woodturning 3 months ago. I though holy #$%^ how am I supposed to do that! I'm still not game to try his hollowing technique and I don't rough anything out with a skew chisel otherwise I follow his methods as best I can but much slower.

That's a good idea with the dust extractor. I do have a dustbin separator which makes it easier to recover the sandpaper but it's still a nuisance! I got some of that hermes stuff that has been recommended in the forum on Saturday and certainly don't want to lose that!

Dusty guard now attached

gees
how quick was that!
like the hinges

looks like you have the home made stand as well - made mine out of an old office chair liberated last council cleanup