Thread: Interesting square pieces.

Bob & Chipman they both look great

As for rule of thumb who's thumb

I have hexagonal piece to do but it has major cracks I have to fill first resin will go in it today hopefully

This is my first sucessfull square turnning .
Oak , about 7 inches across .

This is amazing!!!
The turnings you folks have shown here are gorgeous!!!
Till I read this thread, I'd never heard of square turning!
Now that I've seen the beautiful work you have done, I'm going have to try it myself!!!
I do have a question though.
Once you've turned the face/top of the piece, how do you mount it on the lathe?

Originally Posted by Stryker223

This is amazing!!!
I do have a question though.
Once you've turned the face/top of the piece, how do you mount it on the lathe?

Stryker .
the square pieces are turned in the same manner as any bowl or platter .
Turn the back , and then the front

Originally Posted by Stryker223

This is amazing!!!
The turnings you folks have shown here are gorgeous!!!
Till I read this thread, I'd never heard of square turning!
Now that I've seen the beautiful work you have done, I'm going have to try it myself!!!
I do have a question though.
Once you've turned the face/top of the piece, how do you mount it on the lathe?

There is a series of turning a square bowl on You tube. Here 'tis
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRgndozF4nQ&feature=related"]YouTube - Square Edge Bowl Turning 1[/ame]

After looking at that I thought I'd give it a go with a bit of the ol' Crapiata. Didn't turn out too badly. Tried a few others. But you'll still have to wait for pics. No time today.

Robyn, very nicely done I reckon.

TL, rummage around on The Woodworking Channel ( 'Misc' IIRC ) for Vic Wood's vid. Will show you what Cliff is talking about and more besides.

This is a mini eg of his winged lidded bowls. Seen vids of these done in much larger mode with scrapers in cutting mode rubbing the bevel, from the 80s. Fantastic work.

Thnks for the videos Tea lady

I reckon you must have a super light touch if you can do that with radiata pine, especially if it is thin.
If you want to see Vic Woods work, visit his home page at http://www.ubeaut.com.au/vw.htm

Looking forward to the pics,

Chipman

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

This is my first sucessfull square turnning .
Oak , about 7 inches across .

Looking really nice Manuka Jock.

Did you use a square piece or a little more rectangular? The "wings" across one diagonal appear higher than the other (could be just the way it is photographed) Non-the-less I think it looks quite nice that way. I must experiment a bit with it myself.


Cheers,

Chipman

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Chipman, I like yours a lot but for one thing.... personal taste only., I'd have made the foot a bit smaller.
Rule of thumb, foot should be 1/3 diameter.

I actually measured it today and guess what? It is one third diameter across the diagonal so I guess it depends what you take as your reference. I suspect mine atleast would be quite unstable if 1/3 acroos the parallel sides.

Mind you I never measured it when I was turning it... I just did it where it looked OK


Cheers,

Chimpman

Originally Posted by Stryker223

Once you've turned the face/top of the piece, how do you mount it on the lathe?

Same as a NE bowl, Michael: http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=74837

Where in "florida panhandle" are you? If you're close enough on Tuesday evening, c'mon over: http://n-fl-woodturners.org/

Joe

Originally Posted by Chipman

Looking really nice Manuka Jock.

Did you use a square piece or a little more rectangular? The "wings" across one diagonal appear higher than the other (could be just the way it is photographed) Non-the-less I think it looks quite nice that way. I must experiment a bit with it myself.


Cheers,

Chipman

It will be the low camera position , that gives it that look , the blank was square .
It was finished like this to start with , but looked too chunky , so I re-chucked it to the winged look

Thank you so much for the videos Tea Lady!!!!!!
They got me so fired up I went out in the shop/garage, around 3am and gave square turning a try!
Needless to say it isn't in the same ball park as the work you folks are doing but I sure learned a lot doing it! It's only about 3" square, lol. I thought that was a good size to learn on. I don't remember what the wood is but it's hard as a rock! It aint nothing special but I'm happy with it! Heres a couple pictures.

Way to go Stryker
I like it upside down too ,
a square , winged platter on a pedestal

Hi Tea Lady
What did you think of Wantirna trash and treasure today or didn't you go?
Anne