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23rd August 2009, 07:29 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Three spare hours...not totally wasted?
Having decided that I could afford a few hours in the shed, and found the stump of the olive blank used a few months ago to turn a mallet (pic 1), the time seemed right to experiment with the lattice technique.
First, made the tool (pic 2) by grinding a 4mm screwdriver to a 1mm scraper widening at the base into two wings useful to round the rings.
Hollowed the inside of the lid and cut the rings pic 3,4). As expected, dry olive is excellent for this fine work, no surprises here. No measuring, just eyeballing, I am not looking for perfection on the first try.
Finished the inside of the lid brushing with Shellawax diluted with Sanding Sealer (virtually all metho) (pic 5) and separated.
Indented the bottom of the box to make a tenon. (pic 6)
Hollowed the inside of the box (pic 7). All except the parting done with the trusty "carbide insert bedan".
Finished the lot with Shellawax just to see how it fits together (pic 8)
Realised that I left the top of the lid way too thick. Tried to thin it and misjudged it. Result: total disaster (pic 9).
Returned inside muttering appropriate expressions and my better half says "Why don't you top it with the slice of agate you bought a few years ago as a souvenir? You suggested it for that crazy idea of carved wizard staffs for a wedding". Why not indeed: just happens to be the right size. So, after cutting a few more rings off, here is the final result. (pic 10). Not lattice, but something different anyway...
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23rd August 2009, 08:16 PM #2
Looks good! If you hadn't told us it wasn't deliberate...
Pity that you didn't know you were going to use the agate from the beginning so that you could've selected a wood that would really set off that lurid pink. Ah well.
Got any plans to incorporate the "failed" bits into another box? An inlaid medallion, perhaps?
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23rd August 2009, 08:16 PM #3
Frank&Earnest,
Your better half had the spended idea, isn't it.
Anyway your lidded box looks great
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23rd August 2009, 08:38 PM #4Senior Member
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Three hours Spent
Hi Frank and Ernest
Good to see someone else trying the lattice turning, unless you have some other sort of offset chucking device you need to run the grooves in the top first and start from the centre that way you still have plenty of timber to support the next cuts. Hope this is of help to you.
cheers TonyTony
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23rd August 2009, 09:05 PM #5
good save for the lid
Cheers,
Ed
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23rd August 2009, 10:12 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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I never chuck anything, as this has proven... Who knows, a good idea might strike!
Your better half had the spended idea, isn't it
Good to see someone else trying the lattice turning, unless you have some other sort of offset chucking device you need to run the grooves in the top first and start from the centre that way you still have plenty of timber to support the next cuts. Hope this is of help to you.
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23rd August 2009, 11:58 PM #7
Looks great, even if not the thing first planned. Another idea was meant to be.
How is the agate held in place?anne-maria.
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24th August 2009, 10:33 AM #8
Looks good
Great saveCheers Rum Pig
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24th August 2009, 11:06 AM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Thank you all for the compliments, guys. To be honest, I am happier with my toolmaking than my turning...
TL, at the moment the agate is just stuck with two drops of CA, but I'll make it permanent with a ring of epoxy to fill in the irregularities of the edge inside the rim of the lid.
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24th August 2009, 11:32 AM #11GOLD MEMBER
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Yep, same beast, only I do not remember whether the insert is exactly the same as yours. Unfortunately I did not have the time/will to develop it further. The best results I had were with the 17mm insert but I killed it trying to round it and I suspect the 1" shaft would be a bit unwieldy for this small stuff.
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24th August 2009, 06:43 PM #13
FE like the ring effects shame it didn't happen better luck next time
Not keen on the Pink
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24th August 2009, 07:49 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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26th August 2009, 09:55 AM #15
I love it! But then, I'm a gurl.
If you had made another lattice, it would have been another lattice - this is unique, even if you get another piece of agate it would never be identical!
Mind you, now you have to try the lattice again...
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