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As Skew and Moby have already said, the amount cut from the "blank" MUST equal exactly equal the thickness of the insert, what ever the insert thickness is.

Jim

This is a "rotisserie" I set up to coat lures with a two pack epoxy. It was capable of holding up to 60 lures. Would be useless in it's present form to hold wood turned pieces.
The rotisserie...

Many years ago I made fishing lures that were coated with two pack epoxy. I made a box and fitted a rotisserie motor in one end, with an extension bar attached to the rotisserie motor. A small...

I live in the tropics, in fact 65k from Cairns, as well as that I have built numerous chess boards. They were made using exterior ply as the substrate and veneered both sides to balance the...

I have a sorby 6 in 1 chuck, the photo has some of that chucks features. Can't be sure if it is preliminary version, or an incomplete 6 in 1 Sorby chuck.

It certainly looks similar to the 6 in 1...

Smiife,

I bought a Stihl chain saw, and a leaf blower, they have the same battery pack. This morning my son and I cut up three old dead lychee trees. Lychee wood is quite hard. At the end of...

I have that problem sorted. I bought a Stihl battery chainsaw. Very quiet, smaller kerf and the chains and battery last quite well. Down side is the are not very cheap.

Jim

I use a lot of small veneer jobs and find the spreader to inconsistent, a normal 25mm paint brush most effective. The down side is that I tend to leave the brush out and it gets hard with glue. The...

Here is the piece of wood that was turned into a bowl/dish without any glue. Just finished this afternoon. Finished with sanding sealer and a sprayed coat of 30% lacquer. The timber is, I think,...

I used a nugget shoe polish tin filled with a tightly packed with a strip of an old blanket, it is then filled with a mix of kerosene and a light oil. The blanket strip sticks up slightly above rim...

Geoff,

How many spokes do you intend to make? I assumed you were doing a restoration and only needed a few.

Jim

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Dengue, I have been using Mirotone products for a while now and find them very good. Pm sent.

Jim

Yes.. Personally, I prefer Mirotone products.


Jim

Dengy,

A long time back, I played with the idea of getting a black mirror like finish. It was done with shellac and it worked well. We have moved on since then, materials have improved. Try...

Crocy,

Make some tubes out of wood, why play with plastic? Bore a hole through some squares and then turn them round on a mandrel like a pen.

Jim

Geoff,

Sound like this could be a project for multi centre turning. Use normal centres an the offset a pair of new centres on either side of true centre. Complete the turning and rechuck to true...

I like that shape Smiife, nice and simple. Cleaning up the "wings" is always a problem.

Jim

When working as a carpenter on site, we all had a tobacco tin filled with narrow strip of tightly coiled blanket wound up in the tin. It was then saturated with a mix of 50/50 oil and kerosene. A...

You haven't said what materials do you want to glue???????

Jim

One of my favourite timbers, tends to be tough on machine cutters and lathe tools due to it's high silica content.
No real problem with hand tools though.

Jim

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Those boxes are about 55mm x 40mm diameter, and yes the top and bottom is another piece of bone turned to fit into a rebate in the body. Finding pieces big enough and flat enough is always a...

Very interesting read. I have been turning bone boxes and hand chasing threaded lids, for about five years now. Instead of using volatile liquids, I use plain water, bring it to the boil with the...

Some time back in Melbourne, one of my segmented hollow forms was awarded "Best of Show" at Australian Wood Turning Exhibition. My wife had taken a shine to it and was very disappointed when I told...

Another nice job Smiife, I very much like the simple form, no need for complex embellishments, the wood will do that by itself. The camphor that grows up here does not produce those colours, you...

I would have used selleys exterior aquadhere. I think epoxy is a heavy duty overkill, it is expensive plus there is inevitably a percentage of waste. Are you going to make the box first and then...

This is the third attempt at making this Greek pattern banding. Not the best one I have done but it will do. Attempt No.4 is on the way. Made from feather top and pine.

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Like the...

Very interesting and effective effect Ted, nice to see you thinking outside the box. :2tsup:

Jim

The simplest way to prevent contamination is to apply a couple of coats of sanding sealer before you start sanding.

Jim

Good job all round, nice finish too.. :2tsup:

Jim

Hi Smiife, Not a bad effort. For what it is worth, I would have used the finial for the stem, and used the finer "stem" as the finial. Again, for what it is worth I think the base could have been...

Mark was very easy to work with. He did an article about my work in issue 314, that required a few phone calls. In fact we were negotiating a feature article as late as November last year. Mark...

My sincere condolence to Bev and her family. I was very fortunate to have lunch with Bev and Vic on a very cold day in a June. May Vic rest in peace.

Jim

Vern, Initially, I will slice off 1mm or so and set it into a box top. I do have plans further down the road to modify the pattern a little, so I can turn it round to make round motifs.

Jim

I have been trying for a while to make this pattern. It is not by far, a new pattern, but it has taken a while to work out how to cut the pieces accurately and then work out how to put it together. ...

Segmented platters are always difficult. If the "segments" are wedge shaped and radiate from the centre, with cross grain, and the ebony strips also radiating with long grain also radiating, you...

New pair of boxes with threaded lids. Left side is black bean with silver ash detail. 75mm high x 40mm diameter. Second box is quilted Queensland maple with mallee burl top and bottom. The maple...

That is a beautiful restoration....... :2tsup:
Congratulations,

Jim

Peter, my story is identical, I was fine until 77 turned up.

Jim

I can understand and appreciate your satisfaction. But, paint the tailstock before the turning bug bites too hard. :U


Jim

I fitted a 75 x 10mm timber strip to mine by drilling and tapping threads in the metal guide. The timber strip is fixed with counter sunk tank bolts. It can be removed and replaced as necessary. ...

Nice job Smiife, :2tsup:

Jim

Hi TTIT,

I use an insert for the thread, otherwise I would loose about 10mm chasing the thread. I sometimes use an insert in the top as well, depending on the species used in the box. In this...

Latest box in Northern silky oak. 55mm diameter and 60mm high with mother of pearl inserts on the lid. Hand chased threads in an insert of gidgee in the body, with threads cut into the top...

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Bludy hell Neil, you must be in the horrors, up at 12:54 am.

Jim

Four new lidded boxes with hand chased threaded lids.
First box, Queensland maple 55mm high x 50mm diameter
Second box, black bean 65mm high x 70mm diameter
Third box,Queensland maple, 60mm high x...

I use grits from 180 up to 400 and from 400 up to 1200 in the finishing stages. The finer grits are usually wet & dry, paper backed abrasive and used wet with water in the polishing processes. The...

Lance,
Had anther look at the nut on the spindle nose, without taking the nut off, it appears that either the nut has been mac0hined,or the spacer rides against the inner part of the bearing and the...