A simple commission

[DaveTTC]

As luck would have my woodturning 'skills' (ok lets be honest, the fact that I own lathe .... or two, and various tools to go with) got out into the business world.

Cant say it will mke me rich but it will cover the power bill and. Ost of materials lol.

Anyway enough dribble! The commission - turn a jewelery peg. The specs as below.



For those of you who need reminding ... this is a family forum

At my club we turned a prototype Friday night. Not quite to spec but close



That was out of Murray pine. Client wants blonde. Phew they settled on murray pine. I have a heap. Damn its all split.

Ok so i know where there is a lump of mystery pine. I think they said hoop. So long as it does not look like radiata



Ita a big chunk at 320 square and 600 long. And my wife has my good saws from bushmiller. This just aint gonna cut it.

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[Uncle Al]

Looks like you could do with a bench there Dave. Turning looks nice and crisp.

Alan...

[DaveTTC]

Oh did I mention they want 30. Identical. To be placed 150 mm apart in rows. Now its gettig scary. Gotta get that knob right.

Dave TTC
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[DaveTTC]

Ok should update on the cut. It was hard work. Real hard. Decided to widen the kurf. W ok nt fir on the band saw and table saw .... well you can see that in an earlier pic and to make things worse im running a 9 1/4 blade in a 10" saw. Must say blades are much cheaper.

So makita to the rescue



But who will rescue the Makita



Well at 18v and a spare battery we got there



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[Pat]

Dave, use the saw all 4 sides and the split it with a wedge and maul.

[Pittwater Pete]

Oh did I mention they want 30. Identical. To be placed 150 mm apart in rows. Now its gettig scary. Gotta get that knob right.

Dave TTC
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Gee whizz, some client are fussy.

Pete.

[Pittwater Pete]

That's a mother block of Hoop Pine.

[DaveTTC]

So I got to prototype mark ii and hell it dont look blonde to me. Scuse poor lighting but this looks golden or honey and it'll only get worse



In fact it looks like radiata pine. Bit then again it could be pinus radiata



For the sake of future commissions bak to tje drawing board

Dave TTC
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[DaveTTC]

Well i had a s ratch around in some timber I got here on consignment. Man I love those 'c' words. There's a four letter one that is even better

Cash.

So in the stash I knew there was a 'c' of species that would pass as blonde. CTP celery tope pine. But i think it wad only inch boards

Bum bum bum buuuuuummmmm Ubeaut, a bit of 4 x 2.



Now to cut it. Wooo whooo. Dont tell the client. Got two bits of venner (except for the bit thatgot caught in the balde and another off cut 10mm thick. Will come in handy if i never use i



Ok off to prototype mark iii. Oh mark ii was too thin behind the knob sono good as a keeper anyway.

Dave TTC
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[KBs PensNmore]

Sounds like some real fun Dave. When you do a run of items, do you use a template to follow? I usually make one out of 3mm ply or MDF and hold it against what I'm turning .
Kryn

[DaveTTC]

Was thinking of a template for the knob. The shaft is easy

Dave TTC
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[crowie]

Dave, I'm looking forward to seeing your masterpiece....cheers, crowie

[DaveTTC]

Working on it. No work tomorrow so hope to get it all finished

Dave TTC
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[Evanism]

Dave, you're making me sweat looking at all that effort just to cut the blanks!

Perhaps you need to invest in a bench and get the tools off the floor

Get to show you how to make these. He helped me when you came up last. I make dozens in a day when the coat racks and peg boards get ordered for the stores. A template with pins and a negative are real timesavers.

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My method is probably very wrong, but its fast Turn them between centres to rough out the stalk and head, then mount it into a contraption pictured, finish off and apply plenty of the 80 and 120 grit chisels The negative is used to ensure its spot on. Not pictured is my Iron Maiden. Its just a bit of ply with nails inserted at the various cutoff points and curve tops/bottoms. The nails are clipped to points with side cutters and this is simply jammed against the prepared spindle while its rotating. The 5 nails make all the markings needed in half a second and ensures all spindles are the same.

I found using a skewchigouge is ideal.

Good luck dude!

[DaveTTC]

Im at it today Evan, all the blanks are cut. Did think of doing a negative but wasnt sure if it would be worth the time for a small run.

Maybe I should do it anyway ad ive done a couple and now I can compare the two ways.

The timber is not as gòd to work as some

Update later

Dave TTC
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