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26th July 2009, 10:20 AM #1
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6th month anniversary! (and a finial)
This week is the 6th month anniversay of when I bought my lathe!!!
I should make something to mark the occasion. Hmmm, but what?
Oh, I made a finial!
I tried to make things sharp - but then I'd sand it and lose the sharpness. It's tiny, made from a jarrah pen blank. It's 9cm (3.5") and the pointy bit is 2mm to the first 1.5cm, then 3mm, then swells out.
I tried to get the round bits round. I didn't manage to get everything perfectly spaced. The point went a little scewiff once it was cut off and I sanded it. Doesn't matter in hair sticks, matters in finials! hmmm
I used the roughing gouge, the skew and the parting tool. It's not that I'm not taking your advice about the detail gouge Ken, I just don't have one small enough.
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26th July 2009, 11:38 AM #2
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...just the right size for a mouse's jousting lance
Originally Posted by ElizaLeahy
Cheers,
Ed
Do something that is stupid and fun today, then run like hell !!!
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26th July 2009, 11:45 AM #3
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I think I was influenced by the fact that they are having a medieval joust at Fort Linton today!
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26th July 2009, 12:32 PM #4
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6 months ay
hope there are many moreregards
Nick
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26th July 2009, 12:53 PM #5
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Getting better.
What grit and sort of paper are you using?
There is a knack to sanding "real turning stuff".
You start at the bottom of a cove and work up to the detail so you don't dub it over.
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