Thread: Pretending to be

Thanks all.
It would have been nice to hace a big ring center but we must at times make do with what we have (SWMBO would kill me if she cuaght me buying nice things like a ring center) the worst is over (for now)
I have reversed it in to the chuck and started to refine the shape .the spigot on the neck end will be cut properly and I will reverse it again and finish the base (probably go to expansion mode) then I intend to put it back in the mode you see here with a steady (yet to be made) running in the track I have left. I will then hollow the thing and use a jam chuck in the neck to finish the outside.......This is the plan and we all know what happens to the plan
Regards
Bowl Basher

BB thats is going to have some awesome colour as Avery stated its looking good.

Hi All
Made the steady today 30 x 30 x 6 Angle iron 12mm threaded bar and some wheels from an old set of skates works like a charm
bored 51mm to a depth of 380 mm and copious amounts of super glue applied to a crack
now for the fun I am working on an oland type tool but I think I need to get some square bar so it will resist twisting.... but we will see
Regards
Bwl-Basher

A WiP with extra love it

Nice steady

watching the wood with interest

Originally Posted by bowl-basher

Hi All
Made the steady today 30 x 30 x 6 Angle iron 12mm threaded bar and some wheels from an old set of skates works like a charmBwl-Basher

How is the steady mounted to the bed. Photo please.

VERY nice steady!

Nice idea for the steady - do you find the nuts vibrate loose?

Originally Posted by Paul39

How is the steady mounted to the bed. Photo please.

VERY nice steady!

A block welded to the bottom angle iron with a bolt welded in. the small piece of angle iron goes across the ways.. I had no problem with any thing coming loose but I used nuts on both sides of each piece

The monster is finnished ..... I wanted to bring the neck down closer to the shoulder to make a longer neck area but HER TO WHOM IT BELONGS SAID " THAT IS WHAT I WANT"
It is 410 high and 190dia at the shoulder the walls are about 10mm and I have left about 60mm in the base... in the pic it has had one coat of WOP will probably give it about 5-6 coats.. it was a fun thing to do but The main problem was that by turning the log off center to start one side is heart wood and the other is sap wood and it NEVER came in to balance also hollowing without a tool gate is not fun ... but I will do it again
Regards

Bowl Basher

OOoh! so nice!

can I have my log back now ?

Inspirational stuff BB. Now I ned to get one of the smaller pieces out of the back shed and mount it on my little yellow terror... tomorrow perhaps.

Top effort... looks really good.
Jim

BB she is in command and seems to have the insight required you have done well.

Now show the hollowing tool .............please

Thanks BB,

Nice job on the steady. I need one as I have several vases not hollowed.

Your's is much less complicated than the three wheel ones that have bars moving in and out.

The vase is beautiful, nice shape, nice figure, nice everything!

Originally Posted by wheelinround

BB she is in command and seems to have the insight required you have done well.

Now show the hollowing tool .............please

Ray
in the words of the prophet "it ain't Pretty"'
IT is a lump of 20mm bright bar with a tang on one end and originally a neck that was bored to take a bit of tool steel locked in place by a grub screw.... now has a 12.5mm bar silver soldered in with the end bent and a step cut in the end and slice of tool steel is silver soldered on to the step and ground to a rough scraper angle.. it took 2 goes to get the bend somewhere near rite as the first time I left the bent bit to long and it was just to hard to hold... the finish is a bit rough but I have cleaned up the neck to a depth of about 150mm with a scraper
Regards
Bowl-Basher