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Thread: Tea lady's lidded box "Fred!"
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9th August 2009, 05:11 PM #31
Turned a little round box today without flinging it too far. Sorry, no picks. You will have to wait till I do the finials. Also roughed a few bits of timber round so I can just do the bit in the chuck tomorrow. Stay tuned. Watch this space.
(Having fun again. )anne-maria.
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9th August 2009, 05:20 PM #32
You will catch up to me at this rate.
Yesterday market, and the day before getting stuff ready for the market (sold ONE pen!!!!!)
Today is my day off - I need a holiday.
Tomorrow is my aunties birthday, and as much as I don't want to, I have to visit. Mum wanted me to go for lunch so I could see the video of my cousins wedding. Let's see, I've seen my cousin about 3 times in my life, once as an adult. NO THANKS! So I'm going to drop off present and LEAVE!
(present, top in a box!)
Maybe tomorrow afternoon, but the afternoons are getting VERY hot and my lathe is now in the sun from 11 until 4.30!!!
So probably Tuesday morning. sigh.
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9th August 2009, 05:37 PM #33anne-maria.
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19th August 2009, 12:05 AM #35
I made it our of layers of cotton t-shirt, like a miniature swans down mop, (ater gazing at the little packets in Bunnings. ) but I couldn't get it to buff. I don't think it was getting hot enough, as heat is necessary for the shella wax to go in isn't it. So I've put that box down to think about for a while, and mucking up other things.
Today I had the mysterious shrinking lid phenomenin. I'm sure when it went together that the lid was the same diameter as the base, but after getting flung off it was suddenly really loose and 2mm smaller in diameter.anne-maria.
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19th August 2009, 06:57 PM #36
So...... The mysterious shrinking lid? I was holding the lid in the chuck and had to wittle away shavings tillthe base went on, then after l'd sanded a bit it flung itself across the room like a ......flung thing, and when I retreived it the lid was waaaaaaaaaaaaay to small. Or the base was way to big. How come? When it was a jam fit to start? Did the lid get smaller some how? Does wood expand with heat? (Its Blackheart sassafrass BTW. With little bit of waste pine to hold on to, that was going to be parted off later.
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So that was yesterday. Today I did two little silky oak box bodies.( Haven't done the finials yet. Was having a rest from them. Will do more tomorrow.) and I only flung one of the lids a little bit. (They still have a touch of shrinking lid too though.
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19th August 2009, 07:12 PM #37
I had that mysterious skrinking lid syndrom happen to me yesterday too!
Is it happening to the boys too, or it is just us?
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19th August 2009, 08:18 PM #38Participent grade 2.54
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20th August 2009, 12:04 AM #39
So if the wood is gonna change dimension as it warms from being sanded....... Do you just make sure everything is warm? Have the bit you are not working on in front of the heater? Or just in your pocket.
Or do I just say "Its the sassafrass eccentric grain!"anne-maria.
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20th August 2009, 12:41 AM #40
1. If the wood's heating up so much that it's moving while you're sanding, you're sanding way too hard. That sorta heat's not good for wood or the paper. Finger-burning heat's not good. 'Tis OK for a friction polish, but then you're not applying it for as long as you spend sanding.
2. Sometimes the wood momentarily spins in the jam chuck while turning/sanding. You may not notice it, but every time it spins it makes the fit looser. Not usually so much so that the lid's a mm smaller though... but enough that you may need a bit of paper packer? Yes.
3. To end up 2mm smaller, I reckon it hit the ground and did a burn-out before tearing off down the driveway. Or it wasn't really a good jam fit in the first place. Maybe a bit of grit or something else got in the way and made it seem tight?
4. Blaming the timber's always a good excuse.
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