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31st December 2013, 04:22 PM #1
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A bit of different turning for me.
Earlier this month, before I was struck down with an aggravated cold, I managed to make a Christmas present for my wife.
Earlier this year I bought from Mark at 043 Turning one of their foot long acrylic and a salad serving cutlery set with the intention of making the set for Elaine's birthday but never got around to it so I was glad I finished it as a Christmas present.
Cut the acrylic in half, turned it between centres, drilled the hole on the lathe, and then used a 6" nail (with the head cut of) as a mandrel to finish the end.
The set was glued into the hole with epoxy and then hand finished with the Micromesh set.
As green is her favourite colour it was much appreciated and the shape and size makes them pleasant to use.
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Enjoy.
Peter.
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31st December 2013, 09:32 PM #2
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Nice job Peter...
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31st December 2013, 10:30 PM #3
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yes very nice job!
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1st January 2014, 12:16 AM #4
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very nice choice of colour ( my wife loves it also )
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1st January 2014, 07:19 AM #5
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Nicely done Sturdee!!!
It's always good to do something a little different.
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2nd January 2014, 09:16 AM #6
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Very nice Peter. Pity you didn't get them done for Elaine's birthday, we could have seen them first hand at the GTG at your place LOL.
Do you mean you mounted the nail in a chuck and fitted the acrylic tightly over it to finish the end?
They look good and I like the colour too.
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2nd January 2014, 09:40 AM #7
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But then I would have had to think of making something else for Christmas.
Originally Posted by Treecycle
Very nice Peter. Pity you didn't get them done for Elaine's birthday, we could have seen them first hand at the GTG at your place LOL.
They look good and I like the colour too.
I also love the colour and as it was one casting the handles matches perfectly. Doubt if you could get two pen blanks matching like that. Don't know if Mark still has them but for matching sets, pens or in my case salad serving set, they are the best.
I have athe Vermec collet chuck set which I used and the 6" nail fits into that perfectly and then with a bit of masking tape over the nail the blank was held firmly and straight ready for turning the end. The longer and larger nails come in different thicknesses and can be used very well for that kind of holding with a collet chuck. Originally Posted by Treecycle
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