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DaveTTC
1st April 2014, 01:24 PM
Well I saw your WIP and I thought 'yeah, I could try that!'

So off to find some timber. There is some stuff cut down around Christmas and carefully racked, waned dipped and painted to stop checking ...... Not

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/ube7e4em.jpg

Guess I better cut a piece

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/qe2abaty.jpg

That was too long. Where's the saw switch

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/duzyta2u.jpg

I think they call this stuff privet, let's mount it

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/uze9ypab.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/zege2ube.jpg

Cuts nice

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/hupysyby.jpg

I thought strings like this shooting off the chisel clear across the room only happened in America

TBC



Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

DaveTTC
1st April 2014, 05:05 PM
Getting title fixed. Was meant to be 'smiife' inspired spiral

Next was marking out. Marked 8 lines up and down the length and them lines about 20mm apart

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/yqu3umyr.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/eqetadag.jpg

Rather than take the work to the drill press I decided to take the drill press to the work. It turns out this set up is great in principle but a little flexible in practice. Neither is a spade bit a good idea.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/8e8equte.jpg

Here is my break / clutch mechanism. It is a strap clap for framing. Worked very well.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/3uruga2a.jpg

Time to speed up the drill and try a router bit

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/u6unyge5.jpg

This worked after a fashion. Here was the end result after some sanding.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/01/9yvarebu.jpg

Im gonna do some more fine tuning even though it is only a test piece.



Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

Christos
1st April 2014, 05:35 PM
Now this is one nice part of the forum. Great sharing and someone giving it a go. :2tsup:

artme
1st April 2014, 06:55 PM
Well done Dave!! Some good ideas there for the memory banks!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Good to see that privet is "useful" for something. Otherwise it is just another stinking
weed imported by homesick Poms.

smiife
1st April 2014, 08:13 PM
Hi dave,
Hope you don, t mind me suggesting a few things to help
Take the spirals to the ends of your billet and then sand, sand,
and sand again, the layout is critical to the end result and
has to be done very precisely and the ratio is 7 to 8
7 gaps along and 8 lines around and the twist comes in
where the lines cross
You have done a good job on the first one, well done
now you have to make a pair:o, and we are all watching!!
NO PRESSURE NOW,,,,,,!!!!!!!,,:no:
Cheers smiife:2tsup:

DaveTTC
1st April 2014, 08:50 PM
Always happy for advice ;)



Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

DaveTTC
1st April 2014, 09:20 PM
By coincidence I think I got the 7 to 8 layout, when you say take the spirals to the end of your billet what do you mean?

Thanks


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art