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I fail to understand why a bowl turned on a pole lathe should not receive the same critique as one turned on a modern powered lathe. I enjoy going to working museums where the old tools are...

Both are nice. A wire burn in the grooves might look good. Is the oval bowl shallow or is that a photo illusion?
I work with dry birch a lot and like it.

Very attractive:2tsup:

I have attached a small spring to the blank end of the chuck key so it cannot stay in the hole unless held. Sometimes a darn nuisance but so is looking for it or maybe removing it from some body...

Don't want to be a nuisance but I disagree with what appears to be your feeling about the speed not being significant. The RPM should only be used to determine the surface speed of a rotating disc. A...

A rough mental calculation indicates that the speed of the outer rim of the plate was around 7000 FPM using your original dimension of 1050 dia. That seems fast unless that is a hard, dense wood. Any...

Hi SDB 777,

Can someone enlighten me please : What exactly is the purpose of a wine bottle stopper??

Old Pete


Other than keeping the wine fresh, there are other uses. For example (and this...

Very good!!. keep it up

Good work. Dimensions would be good to know.

The proper way to seat a tool on a handle (axe, hammer, chesil, etc.) IMHO of course, is to place the tang into the hole and seat it slightly then hold the handle with one hand while hammering on...

Appreciate the responses:2tsup:

Don't want to be a nuisance but I have seen numerous threads on this site that refer to the, sometimes, difficulty of obtaining even junk wood. Living in an area where there is an almost endless...

What would you use for glue in a setup like that?

Not at all familiar with that make fo lathe but it looks like the spindle has an internal thread. Can you use a bolt and washer in that to prevent the pulley from working off until you can find the...

What was already stated--- presumably only when spinning rough blanks? Otherwise no amount of securing will actually solve the problem. Also, restricting the movement can stress other parts and your...

There are lots available and just as many opinions re: what is best. Most like to flaunt the Oneway or General but IMHO they are way overpriced unless it is for production use. I would suggest you...

I make quite a few similar and they are called coyote sticks. There are a lot of coyotes around here and people like some protection when walking alone or with their dogs.

With all the good ideas , you really don't need more ---- however---. I do a fair amount of this type turning and I never glue the areas that will be finished pieces. I cut the rough stock long, glue...

Very nice. I have made some similar and found that it is best to attach the bottom with four screws rather than glue. This allows the parts to move with hum. change and joint deterioration does not...

There is no such thing as a stupid question. How can we learn without questions.?
From your description it sounds like you cut the recess then turned the blank around to turn the inside? The...

There is a rosin based glue which (in this area is called chair lock) and it soaks into the wood fibers and expands them before the glue sets. Takes about 24 hrs. for a complete job but works great....

Very nice bowl. Re: filling the holes. Two comments. 1/ we cannot improve on nature so why try. 2/ At best, filling the holes will make it look like one tried and missed so the result looks worse...

How many turners, carvers,etc. out there have considered vacuum drying small quantities of wood? This, combined with "nuking", can be quite effective and sometimes results in less cracking although...

I'm not a comp. expert (or even very profficient for that matter) so I cannot attach the video but you can Google Making flowers on a wood lathe and that will get u there.
Lotsa luck:U

Nice work:2tsup:

Keep us informed-- hope the problems I see don't happen:;

Cdn. Tire ??? UH OH forgot your location:B

Also Cdn. Tire, auto parts shops, farm equipment shops, etc.

I would remove it from the lathe, cut the piece off on bandsaw or table saw , sand or plane if necessary so there were two flat clean surfaces, glue it back on (or ,ideally, a larger piece) then...

Love it. Re hole: It's interesting how people think about things like that. I see it as giving the piece character and authentisity.:2tsup:

Very attractive piece of work. Personally I would take a bit more material from the inside.:2tsup:

I would suggest cutting it along the crack so you have two straight surfaces then glue it together using biscuits, then finish accordingly.

From a safety perspective, I really don't think very highly about the one handed part of the demo. IMO should not be done. Take the extra time to cut and check.

Some prefer to secure the lathe but IMO one needs to be careful not to get a false sense of security by doing so. When a heavily unbalanced piece is loaded and the M/C is well secured, it is...

Slow to dry but very nice to turn.

Too bad, fine looking piece. Maybe make an insert from contrasting color and pretend that was the plan from gitgo:2tsup:

Good work:2tsup:
hope to get some pics. of mine, but meanwhile you might find that adding a celtic knot gives goblets an interesting look.

Can't say that i'm overly impressed with the mateial but very good turning.
I prefer the o'natural.

Interesting!:2tsup:

Don't want to overly dwell on this issue but maybe my thoughts were misunderstood. If one cares to look at the Barracuda2 lathe chuck system site it can be seen that the jaw design is not tapered. I...

The other proviso is that the diametre of th recess must be within a cigarette paper's thickness of the diametre of the closed chuck jaws.

Not sure why this is important. IMHO the recess dia...

I find that if the jaw faces are pressed against the bottom of the recess, the forstner bit hole will suffice on most projects. Some chuck jaws have serrated edges rather than tapered so a hole with...

I like the way you fitted the cover-- shows some good skills:2tsup:

Did a similar thing on the table saw. As you know, that finger will be a "magnet" for everything you walk by or come within arms reach of. Lots of cursing ahead. Hope it is not your "main"...

Good work. I use the oland tools a lot and like them. I make them with a cutting tool in both ends, each sharpened differently, and for handles I use plastic tubing similar to that used in fish...

I like it. Workmanship looks quite good. Never was a fan of stain but to each his/her own.

I try to use these "things" for recovery trials. I would try to chuck it inside, very carefully flatten the bottom and cut a small tenon or hole then make a new stem and base that could be blended in...

As with any top , it is important that the shaft be perfectly perpindicular to the body and the pointed end be exactly concentric with the shaft and body. This might seem pretty basic but I find that...

I had one of those on loan from a friend and found it to be SOMEWHAT less useful than the ads indicate. A recurve vase type item or bowl with a recurve cannot be made unless several pieces of stock...

Those are good to get a general idea for the finished sizes that are possible but as written they assume perfect centering on the lathe following the glueup.