Thread: few random pics i have taken - stuff i have done.

Good stuphph Bungel!! Neat little lathe and a good job on that toolrest!!

You might find that if you turn pens a slightly shorter toolrest than the original is an advantage.

You're off to a good start!

It's handy to be able to make your own toolrests, too. I suspect that you may find that one is prone to chatter, esp. if you're using near the ends, and will want to weld in a gusset/strengthener underneath.

Personally I'd much prefer it if the steel plate was almost vertical, rather than near horizontal. (Even 45° is to "shallow" an angle for me.) Still, different horses for different courses, as they say.

Yeh, recon i will add a bit of stabilty to that rest soon and round off the edge a bit more. Already getting the tools making small gouges into the rest and such. Not good!

Have just invested in a G3 self centering chuck. Seems all good but a bit sad to find the pieces i had already worked on were on a different center to the new chuck. Will need to cut them off by hand.

Few pics added.








A new piece has been turned out with the new chuck... few small problems with the chuck loosening but will fix that soon enough i expect.



Sanded to a basic level and ready to be dropped off. Just trying to measure weights and such still at the moment.. details to come later on.



Another view with the face carved out. Great to get to know how all these tools work.


All and all the piece i made in about 30 mins has turned out great, just need to make sure the wood has good buoyancy, then will test it for casting before putting a bit of paint on.

Nest buy will be very very thin and long drill bit, along with some top quality steel wire to thread through it. Any ideas as to where to get?

this is great fun!

And, sadly... but sort of as expected the oak does not float. but is slow to sink. Which is good thing!






The pine is soo much easier to work with and finishes/ sands up great. Floats brilliantly but the big downside is its weight. I think i will need to add weights to the pine or might even combine pine and oak to create a weighty but solid lure. Pre glue the sections together then work them with the lathe.

Should this work easy enough, any tips before i give this a go?

cheers.

Hi Bungel

That is some awsome stuff that you done with tool rest love it and the lures look like great keep up the good work

Cheers Nai84

Try some beech.
Mick

This is a piece i have been working on which is my first piece of decent sized wood. Cant remember the type of wood sadly, just got too excited to start turning it. Its a large surface popper.

Have sanded up and am close to taking it off the lathe.

What speed would you be using for turning this wood? I have been using 1600rpm, but have just upped it to 2200 rpm for this bigger piece. Still a little wary with the small basic tools im using.

I had some problems doing the concave face of the popper, not sure why... any tips for doing this? I was using the the bigger Gouge in my set, but just wasnt confident with it.. might have been a bit blunt. How to sharpen it?

Cheers,

George.

American White Oak perhaps?

Yes, its white oak.. found some more today which has got me very happy.

Floats great in the fresh water so should have no problem in salt with a little more lead added.

Was having some problems sorting out how to finish the end of my lures with a lead weight.. but found a good read up and took the smart idea.

Spun a ball sinker on the lathe and now have a perfect sized/weighted, easily secured in the wood and shaped tail weight.