tea lady
9th April 2010, 11:03 PM
Had fun last night green turning some bits of cherry that came my way. Cracks were well on the way, so I had to turn NOW! So lined them up with a couple of other bits. (Blackwood and Pseudo Acacia. Not so green. But I was on a roll. ) I have 4 face plates, so I screwed them all on. :cool:
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I turned the bottoms down ready for the chuck. Loaded one up with the tail stock for support. And the foot was broken off at the first catch. "Oh! Drat!" I said.:rolleyes:
Pondering required. ......:think: I had acquired, at the last gathering at 's, a rough green turned elm bowl from Vic Woods trailer. It was dry now. But a shape I hadn't seen before. (what with mainly spending my time with a "proper turner.":D ) It was obviously turned between centers. Hollowed out with a post in the middle.
Vics Elm bowl being straightened out in my lathe.
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"Might have been done cos the foot breaks off in the chuck" I thought. So That is how I did my cherry bowls. The next problem was how to get down into the deep bottoms. The bowl gouge only goes so far till the tail stock is in thhe way. Back hollowing nearly works, but :shrug: Too nerve wracking. So I dug out a tool that was another Jefferson cast off. A (useless? :rolleyes:) 13mm round nose scraper. It is about 8mm thick to actually has quite a bit of heft for "out from the tool rest" work. And I could now get to the bottom of things. Thanks Jefferson. Its real handy. :cool:
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Using Jefferson's scraper.
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So my workshop smelled like glazed cherries for an hour or two. And two green turned bowls are now tucked up in shavings to dry.:2tsup:
On to my other bits. After turning the blackwood, I decided it was a bit TOO interesting (ie, a few too many "features":rolleyes:, and a bit thin on one side:doh: ), and I should make it into other smaller things. But the Pseudo acacia was next in line. It came from The Groggy gathering a few months ago. Very dry. A bit punky in the middle. But on went the CA and off I went. Was going well. I even managed to do that "shear scraping" OK on the inside. Then my "middle" flew off somewhere. I dunno though. I still like it. :cool: Think I'll finish it with the hole in the rim. Somewhere for the salad servers to rest.:D
Pseudo acacia bowl on the lathe.
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I turned the bottoms down ready for the chuck. Loaded one up with the tail stock for support. And the foot was broken off at the first catch. "Oh! Drat!" I said.:rolleyes:
Pondering required. ......:think: I had acquired, at the last gathering at 's, a rough green turned elm bowl from Vic Woods trailer. It was dry now. But a shape I hadn't seen before. (what with mainly spending my time with a "proper turner.":D ) It was obviously turned between centers. Hollowed out with a post in the middle.
Vics Elm bowl being straightened out in my lathe.
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"Might have been done cos the foot breaks off in the chuck" I thought. So That is how I did my cherry bowls. The next problem was how to get down into the deep bottoms. The bowl gouge only goes so far till the tail stock is in thhe way. Back hollowing nearly works, but :shrug: Too nerve wracking. So I dug out a tool that was another Jefferson cast off. A (useless? :rolleyes:) 13mm round nose scraper. It is about 8mm thick to actually has quite a bit of heft for "out from the tool rest" work. And I could now get to the bottom of things. Thanks Jefferson. Its real handy. :cool:
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Using Jefferson's scraper.
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So my workshop smelled like glazed cherries for an hour or two. And two green turned bowls are now tucked up in shavings to dry.:2tsup:
On to my other bits. After turning the blackwood, I decided it was a bit TOO interesting (ie, a few too many "features":rolleyes:, and a bit thin on one side:doh: ), and I should make it into other smaller things. But the Pseudo acacia was next in line. It came from The Groggy gathering a few months ago. Very dry. A bit punky in the middle. But on went the CA and off I went. Was going well. I even managed to do that "shear scraping" OK on the inside. Then my "middle" flew off somewhere. I dunno though. I still like it. :cool: Think I'll finish it with the hole in the rim. Somewhere for the salad servers to rest.:D
Pseudo acacia bowl on the lathe.
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