What’s on your lathe?

[Sam Fleisher]

While I was waiting for my other project to dry I decided to try some spindle work.
Maple and Walnut. 14 long.
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Are we going to have to start calling you Gary or Ollie? (Garrick Ollivander)

 

[Phil Hamel]

Piece of popular, piece of walnut and a piece of padauk. Waiting on paint to dry before final pics.

 

[Vincent Vogel]

End table red oak, 19" top 16" base, 24" tall

 

[Isaac Fisher]

End table red oak, 19" top 16" base, 24" tall

Wish there were more turned tables in the world. They’re usually so much more interesting than round tables with router-shaped edges

 

[Barry Larson]

End table red oak, 19" top 16" base, 24" tall

Hi Vince:
Well executed piece. Gives me some inspiration for using a round piece of oak (red oak as well, I think) that I was given years ago and couldn't bear to throw out. I like the pedestal - not too ornate, but it has a pleasing shape - well to my eye anyway. Well done!
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

 

[Monty Ivy]

End table red oak, 19" top 16" base, 24" tall

Outstanding form! Really like that column. How did you attach the spindle to the table top and the base?

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Almost forgot that Black Ash bowl with the big worm hole, it was a difficult piece to turn, kept plucking pieces out and would not cut clean no matter which tool I used.

So after all the tries and the then best result was cleaned with a scraper and sanding, I hope to never get another piece that is such a difficult wood to turn.

Actually it is not the Black Ash wood, as I have turned it before and there was no problem with those, just this one.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Leo's worm hole looks interesting at least.
This one is just a mess. It doesn't look good enough to leave as is, the detail makes it pretty hard to use a liquid epoxy so putty it is because there is another spot 180 degrees that has more of an ingrown knot with a hole that will require liquid.

Anyone used that 3m wood filler that looks like some kind of Bondo?

I'd use Lilliput but the colors wouldn't look right with it except black maybe or white with some streaks in it but I read somewhere that lilliput doesn't tint well.

Other suggestions? Thought about thickening up regular epoxy to a putty with cabosil but I didn't have good luck the last time I tried that.

And when I turn the inside it's going to show as well whatever I put in there.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Leo's worm hole looks interesting at least.
This one is just a mess. It doesn't look good enough to leave as is, the detail makes it pretty hard to use a liquid epoxy so putty it is because there is another spot 180 degrees that has more of an ingrown knot with a hole that will require liquid.

Anyone used that 3m wood filler that looks like some kind of Bondo?

I'd use Lilliput but the colors wouldn't look right with it except black maybe or white with some streaks in it but I read somewhere that lilliput doesn't tint well.

Other suggestions? Thought about thickening up regular epoxy to a putty with cabosil but I didn't have good luck the last time I tried that.

And when I turn the inside it's going to show as well whatever I put in there.

Sam I would probably take some of the same wood and make a near fitting plug, fill in around with coffee grind and CA, which make it look like bark inclusion, just an ID

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Sam I would probably take some of the same wood and make a near fitting plug, fill in around with coffee grind and CA, which make it look like bark inclusion, just an ID

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Unfortunately, I don't have any boxelder laying around. This was a rough turned bowl so best I could do is some shavings. Maybe pack it full of shavings and let some color of epoxy settle into it? With a hot glue dam around it to raise it up to the height of that radius in the middle of the hole?

 

[Vincent Vogel]

Outstanding form! Really like that column. How did you attach the spindle to the table top and the base?

Thanks Monty, I haven't attached anything yet since I have to make another one that's identical for my best customer (wife). I'm going to use epoxy and screws up through the bottom for the base and epoxy/finish nails put in at an angle from the bottom side for attaching the top. It took quite a bit of wood to make this, one whole slab 2" thick x 20" wide x 8' long to make one. It took quite a bit of playing around to get the design right. I made a drawing first and modified it from there until it looked right.

 

[Vincent Vogel]

Hi Vince:
Well executed piece. Gives me some inspiration for using a round piece of oak (red oak as well, I think) that I was given years ago and couldn't bear to throw out. I like the pedestal - not too ornate, but it has a pleasing shape - well to my eye anyway. Well done!
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

Thanks Barry, wife and I like simple things, sometimes less is more. Get your slab out and go for it.

 

[Brian Gustin]

Unfortunately, I don't have any boxelder laying around. This was a rough turned bowl so best I could do is some shavings. Maybe pack it full of shavings and let some color of epoxy settle into it? With a hot glue dam around it to raise it up to the height of that radius in the middle of the hole?

if I didn't have any branches of same wood, I'd treat it as a dense knot and use pretty much any small branch wood I had laying around (as long as its growth rings were not too much of a contrast) Maple, Lilac, Rhododendron, what have you.... Worst case, run to hardware store and buy some wood dowels in approximate sizes needed, drill out to whatever size and drive the plug in with glue/epoxy/whatever mixed with dry coffee grounds or fine dark sawdust - just a thought..

 

[Rusty Nesmith]

My wife wanted a pumpkin to hold mason jar style candles. I had a big chunk of walnut laying around. I turned it pumpkin shape. Then installed an indexing tool I made. Marked it out for 20 equal lines. Then carved them out with an angle grinder with an 80 grit flapper wheel. She was originally going to paint it but said she likes it better natural. I forgot to add that I hollowed it to 3/8” thick.

 

[Barry Larson]

My wife wanted a pumpkin to hold mason jar style candles. I had a big chunk of walnut laying around. I turned it pumpkin shape. Then installed an indexing tool I made. Marked it out for 20 equal lines. Then carved them out with an angle grinder with an 80 grit flapper wheel. She was originally going to paint it but said she likes it better natural. I forgot to add that I hollowed it to 3/8” thick.View attachment 56039

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Unfortunately, I don't have any boxelder laying around. This was a rough turned bowl so best I could do is some shavings. Maybe pack it full of shavings and let some color of epoxy settle into it? With a hot glue dam around it to raise it up to the height of that radius in the middle of the hole?

Sam I have also used ground bark to fill with, an CA to keep it in, I tried and do not like Epoxy mix, there is really only a limited amount you can mix in or the epoxy won't work.

So that is why I use the filling material to pack tight into the opening, then use CA to fill the gaps in the packed material

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

Piece of cherry met its fate.

 

[Barry Larson]

Piece of cherry met its fate.

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Pat:
I like the effect! I assume you used an indexed jig and a router to create the wavy slots or did you use some sort of ornamental lathe? Any pictures of the actual operation?
Nice work!
Cheers.
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

 

[Pat Wisniewski]

Yes on the first guess.
The upright bracket is holding a block of wood with a pencil run through it to mark the potential slot paths. By advancing the index ring and also the chain over toothed gears of different sizes I work out amplitude, frequency, and location of the waveforms on the piece. Once I get the spacing right the pencil block comes out, the router goes in, and the slots get cut.

 

[Barry Larson]

Yes on the first guess.
The upright bracket is holding a block of wood with a pencil run through it to mark the potential slot paths. By advancing the index ring and also the chain over toothed gears of different sizes I work out amplitude, frequency, and location of the waveforms on the piece. Once I get the spacing right the pencil block comes out, the router goes in, and the slots get cut.

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Thanks Pat! Neat looking device. That took some engineering to work out!

Barry

 

[Tom De Winter]

I'm trying to wrap my head around just how this apparatus works and not having much luck. I'd love to see a video of it in operation.

 

[Bob Brown]

Yes on the first guess.
The upright bracket is holding a block of wood with a pencil run through it to mark the potential slot paths. By advancing the index ring and also the chain over toothed gears of different sizes I work out amplitude, frequency, and location of the waveforms on the piece. Once I get the spacing right the pencil block comes out, the router goes in, and the slots get cut.

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Looks a lot like the Harvey Fein set up. Just not as complicated.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Ready for the OVWG Symposium!! Top photo is my work I am donating to the Silent Auction and bottom photo is my brother's work he is donating. Two BOC Boxes along with two lidded boxes, two basket illusions, two pieces of wood and two Instant Gallery pieces all making the trip south in a few weeks!!

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Here is a close up of the lid that Glenn Lefley wanted to see...

 

[odie]

This California Oak burl bowl has been on the lathe for the past 4 days, and has been giving me a lot of trouble getting nice clean cuts..... This is because of the erratic and intense burl figure, and complicated shape. Lots of voids and bark inclusions to deal with, too. It did require some extra sanding in the interior, where a patch of burl end grain was right in the bottom, and not cooperating. All the rules for getting good clean cuts were tossed out the window on this one! It all turned out OK, though!

-o-

 

[DON FRANK]

Odie, I notice you use a sacrificial glue block on the bottom of your bowls. Do you use this same technique on green wood by using gorilla glue or something compatable with damp wood?

 

[odie]

Odie, I notice you use a sacrificial glue block on the bottom of your bowls. Do you use this same technique on green wood by using gorilla glue or something compatible with damp wood?

No, I don't Don......I use a chuck to do the first turn roughouts on twice turned bowls....

-o-

 

[Michael Anderson]

Ready for the OVWG Symposium!!

Nice grouping of pieces! Kudos for donating some to the silent auction. Your brother does good work as well!

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Nice grouping of pieces! Kudos for donating some to the silent auction. Your brother does good work as well!

Thanks Michael! Yes he started turning at the same time I did. We both work together in the shop which is nice!

 

[Jim McLain]

Not on my lathe yet but got these two pieces of cottonwood burl that have been drying in my yard all summer ready to go. I won’t turn cottonwood green, can’t take the small. The small one is 12 1/2 x 7. I see large hollow forms in them but would also make nice open bowls.

 

[Jim McLain]

Got the small one roughed out.

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Had a blow-out today. I was trying to get the bit out and I forced it.

 

[Larry Mercier]

Had a blow-out today. I was trying to get the bit out and I forced it.
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Charles, I've been turning many years but catches, big or small, always takes my breath away. Were you able to finish turning the remainder of the piece?

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Charles, I've been turning many years but catches, big or small, always takes my breath away. Were you able to finish turning the remainder of the piece?

Not yet. It's suppose to be a stein I'm working on for my niece. I had to removed 3 layers of wood. I'm going to glue up and attach some replacement wood but first I'm going to make sure what I have is true, it seems a little wonky when I spin it on the lathe.

 

[John Erickson]

I too wish I had a bandsaw

#1 on my wishlist! I feel like I waste way too much time just getting my chainsaw blanks balanced.

 

[odie]

Curly Birdseye maple last night:

 

[John Hicks]

I like to torture myself turning ancient, super dry redwood burl. After I took this, I had to resand the finish off and start over. Water base or alcohol base finishes do not work well on redwood. I ended up using my arch nemisis...wipe on poly. The shame!

 

[Gary Beasley]

Almost done with this spalted pecan piece. Sanded to 320, coat of teak oil, and two coats of lacquer. Plan on going over it with Hampshire grit after the lacquer. dries.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Chunk of sycamore and my Dremel. Need to finish the inside and touch up the outside.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Grabbed a chunk of Bocote with a piece of figured old growth Oak.