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Turned boxes - 50 designs
I have just completed my second life sentence :2tsup::2tsup: and decided to mark the occassion by emulating Peter's Box turning Journey (Sturdee - post no. 180444)
Apart from improving my skills in turning small lidded boxes, which are almost non-existant, I intend to put into practice the advice given by a number of members in response to my previous post "Modifying 35mm Nova Bowl Jaws" (post # 189737):
"Hotmelt glue your blanks to a scrap of wood" - turnerted
"Most lidded boxes I turn, I friction chuck" - chuck1
"Why not use a jamb chuck" - mobyturns.
My aim is to complete the 50 designs in 100 days and in accepting the advice above I will endeavour to complete the task without using a scroll chuck. I would like to say that I will also only hand sharpen my tools - not use the Tormek, but that may be a bit too ambitious.
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In preparation, I have made up a few lathe accessories.
Left : Arbor and drawbar to suit the Bonnie Kliene threading jig
Centre Glue block mounted to home made faceplate with M30 3.5mm nut
Centre middle: Screw chuck
Centre bottom Glue block to fit threading jig
Right: M30 3.5 nuts and 75 x 5 MS discs still to be welded up.
Probably the most important component is from the 'advice' of ian thorn ("My apologies" 25/10/14 post # 189457) re Strawberry Jam - "Or a jam chuck".
So I quicklAttachment 330610y turned up a small bowl and bought the necessary substance.
I hope I got the right brand :fingerscrossed:
In case anyone didn't get the meaning of the first sentence - Maureen & I are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary today - so you will have to forgive me for being a little cheecky:;
I should get the book in the mail in the next week to ten days and will post some images as I progress through to 50 designs. But I may not post images of each one individually as Peter has done.
Bob