cultana
3rd May 2010, 01:00 PM
Since my last attempt at making a small box I thought I better try a dash of practice at this end grain turning stuff.
After a bit of talk with the local turners and also re read of some of the suggestions by members of how to do it and their approaches I developed a small tool of my own. It just had to be tested and refined till I buy a ¼ inch square blank of HSS. The current one is only a high carbon steel.
So the testing produced something but I am not too sure what it is, just call it a 'spaceship'.
The base is temporary as SWMBO has commandeered it for a candle holder. :oo: Actually the real base got trashed as it stated to split. I started to turn it and then had a break of 2 hours. When I came back it had begun to dry out and the side walls were split. I then turned the current base that is not its base.
The main part is green timber and has been treated with 2 thin coats of Cabots poly. The little tip is a piece of melaleuca. The base is old dried out timber and untreated. It polished well while turning and a light sanding. It also polished the chisels, two sharpening just for the cove alone.
After a bit of talk with the local turners and also re read of some of the suggestions by members of how to do it and their approaches I developed a small tool of my own. It just had to be tested and refined till I buy a ¼ inch square blank of HSS. The current one is only a high carbon steel.
So the testing produced something but I am not too sure what it is, just call it a 'spaceship'.
The base is temporary as SWMBO has commandeered it for a candle holder. :oo: Actually the real base got trashed as it stated to split. I started to turn it and then had a break of 2 hours. When I came back it had begun to dry out and the side walls were split. I then turned the current base that is not its base.
The main part is green timber and has been treated with 2 thin coats of Cabots poly. The little tip is a piece of melaleuca. The base is old dried out timber and untreated. It polished well while turning and a light sanding. It also polished the chisels, two sharpening just for the cove alone.