Magic Wand

Nice job on the wands. I'm interested in the process you use and if you are selling them.

Angelo

Thank you Angelo.

The process is really rather simple. The piece to be drilled is turned round and drilled first, then the maple is tenoned to fit the drilled hole, then inserted in the hole with glue. Then the whole thing is turned between centers using fingers as steady rest. I use a skew and parting tool for most of this. Well... that and a lot of sandpaper....

A barrel trimmer for this size tenon would go a long way towards making this easier.

And no I have not sold any... yet.

Cool wands!!! I have fun turning wands too... I have had some trouble getting my hole crooked in the handle, which skews the shaft off to one side. So do you drill your hole on the lathe or with a drill press. If you do it on the lathe, how do you do that and keep the drill bit from going crooked? If you do it with a press how do you keep the handle straight? Again really nice wand... actually one of the nicer wands I have seen!!!

Jonathon

Jonathon,
I believe I drilled this one on the drill press. It didn't come out quite as crooked as the Walnut/Maple one. I have another Walnut Maple blank that came out much more straight. I have yet to turn it.

This is the very reason I think a barrel trimmer would be quite nice. It would help keep the end of the joint straight with no gaps. A pen drilling jig would be just the thing to keep the hole parallel to the outside though.