Thread: One good turn deserves another

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Don't turn all of your off-cut spigots into tops, Eliza!

Now that you've started making small boxes, you'll find that they're really handy to hot-melt glue onto the bottom of bits of wood that'd otherwise be too small to use on the lathe...

Ohhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Hot glue you say? Is that strong enough to hold against the twisting motion of the lathe cut?

now I have to get hot glue gun! My shopping list just keeps growing and growing! How on earth can I ever thank you?

Derek - I love his lathe! And that is one big chisel!

Thanks

Eliza, my Debbie says to go to the $2 shop and get one. Don't worry about bunnies etc. Also Spotlight or most craft shops will have them.

Originally Posted by ElizaLeahy

Hot glue you say? Is that strong enough to hold against the twisting motion of the lathe cut?

You can't just "get stuck in" to the wood, but it holds well enough that you can turn it.

I'll probably be doing my turnalong box that way, so you'll soon see pix of how effective it can be. (and of any disasters, too!)

now I have to get hot glue gun! My shopping list just keeps growing and growing! How on earth can I ever thank you?

Welcome to the world of woodturning!

Good one Andy,

I bought a VL300 long bed a few years back and % cost between lathe and accessories is probably 50-50.

I now want a Stubby, short bed, swivel head. Not the new bench model, but one custom made for me and my boxes. I sure loved turning on Ken W's Stubby (never used I might add).

So who wants a long bed VL300?

Originally Posted by jefferson

So who wants a long bed VL300?

Hang on a tick here, you told me last week you'd never get rid of the VL300 but if your offering, I'll take it off your hands , it can join its little brother in my shed , what you want me to give you some money for it as well, oh all right then I'll see what change I have sitting in my Yoot console

Originally Posted by DJ's Wood

Hang on a tick here, you told me last week you'd never get rid of the VL300 but if your offering, I'll take it off your hands , it can join its little brother in my shed , what you want me to give you some money for it as well, oh all right then I'll see what change I have sitting in my Yoot console

Tell you what, DJ, I'll swap the VL for the ENTIRE UTE, not just the change on the dash.

Not that I mind

Derek - I made one! I think it's cedar?

Spin up alright?

Seeing as I had today off I decided to have a play in the shed and sneak some practice in on lidded boxes...

... and thought I'd make a WIP about using hot-melt glue to show you.

Sadly, it seems that although the camera batteries were charged enough to not give me a "flat battery" report and to seemingly power the flash, they weren't charged enough to power the flash properly. So, all I've got for my troubles is a lot of dark, murky photos even photoshop can't fix. Aren't digital cameras wonderful? [mutter, mutter, trade it in for my old SLR back in an instant.]

Oh... and I've got the finished box!