What’s on your lathe?

[Michael Anderson]

Nice WIP Odie! Wenge is such an interesting wood, and ranks up there with the stringiest I've worked with. Haven't turned it much though. It always baffles me when someone uses it for a cutting board too, ha! I couldn't imagine many worse choices (no offense to any that has done that )

 

[Dave Hulett]

What's on my lathe? Nothing! My wife has me doing spring cleanup and flat work! it's killing me!

 

[robo hippy]

If you just look at wenge wrong, you get deeply imbedded splinters!

robo hippy

 

[Phil Hamel]

First try at a wine glass type project. Piece of maple fire wood I picked off of the pile.

 

[Kevin Weir]

Working on a batch of yo-yos. A good way to use up small pieces. Plus, they are fun to make.

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Working on the last of the walnut that was not milled into timbers. The tree was cut back to just the trunk about 2 years ago and then held up by the pandemic until september 2022 when I drove my truck down to the metro twin cities and picked it up. The turning pictured here is a goblet form that is about 8" diameter X 10" tall. The first pic is ready for the chuck, 2nd ready to start hollowing, 3rd wet sanding the inside done and 4th forming the outside of the cup and the base.

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Previous continued.
5th pic under cutting the base ( necessary to prevent radial checking), 6th pic the piece turned off the waste and the 7th pic the finished form and the waste block.

 

[Chris Hachet]

Year old bowl blank. Thought I would cut it one turning. Hackberry with lots of character.

I love turning Hackberry. Have turned a bunch of it. Folks always seem to like it.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Nice @Don Wattenhofer , I like the progress photos. I've been meaning to get at one of these goblet-style bowls, so it's helpful to see your method.

 

[Barry Larson]

Nothing to spectacular - at least not compared to most of the work here. I am currently making some small plates out of some leftover birdseye maple. Size based on the width of the boards I had left. One finish sanded (no finish yet) and one ready to go. These are for practice after a long absence from round work..
Be safe and stay well.
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!

 

[Monty Ivy]

Dust collection update. Canister filter arrived. It was a breeze to install. Bolt on adapter to make a flange. Bolt canister to flange. This product would very likely fit most any brand wall mount system. System works much better now. Improved airflow would be my guess. Picks up screws and chunks of bark....<grins>

 

[Michael Anderson]

Looks great Monty! Thanks for the link and for the info—this is something that’s on my short-list.

 

[Neil S]

It was on my lathe.... 55yrs ago!



This was what I was mostly woodturning back then and that is my lovely wife to be, now a grandmother of five in her mid 70s...
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[Odie]

Another quilted maple.....

-----odie-----

 

[James Seyfried]

Working on the second turning of a walnut crotch bowl. Still working on what to do with this, it reminds me of a guitar body.

 

[Kirk Amidon]

Something a little - well who am I kidding? A lot different than the crowd. This is a jig/fixture to fill fishing reels with line. I do offshore fishing, and putting 500 yards of line on a reel is not so fun. The reel on there now is a smaller Penn Senator, in 4/0 size.

The line holder is a neat piece of engineering and is designed to allow consistent tension on the line going on the spool.

 

[Monty Ivy]

Something a little - well who am I kidding? A lot different than the crowd. This is a jig/fixture to fill fishing reels with line. I do offshore fishing, and putting 500 yards of line on a reel is not so fun. The reel on there now is a smaller Penn Senator, in 4/0 size.

The line holder is a neat piece of engineering and is designed to allow consistent tension on the line going on the spool.

That is pretty darn cool! Introducing the Ronco spool-o-matic!

 

[Darryn Achall]

Something a little - well who am I kidding? A lot different than the crowd. This is a jig/fixture to fill fishing reels with line. I do offshore fishing, and putting 500 yards of line on a reel is not so fun. The reel on there now is a smaller Penn Senator, in 4/0 size.

The line holder is a neat piece of engineering and is designed to allow consistent tension on the line going on the spool.

Looks a little fishy to me.

 

[Michael Anderson]

Pretty innovative and cool Kirk! What rpm do you run when transferring line?

 

[Kirk Amidon]

Pretty innovative and cool Kirk! What rpm do you run when transferring line?

Thanks - as for RPM, I wish I could say. Lathe is a 3520a and does not have a tach. I can say that I've got it on the low pulley and run as fast as I felt comfortable for testing. Best guess is that I got up to about half throttle. What I do know is that it is easier than hand cranking. I have 1500 yards of 80lb line coming, and a larger reel that will take half of it. I'll have a much better idea after that. I do know that I need to revise the part the reel sits on so that the diameter is reduced so the reel clamp bolts will fit around it.

 

[Odie]

Maple burl immediately following the quilted maple .....

(pardon the color in the photo.....too much incandescent light, I think....)

 

[Michael Anderson]

Thanks for the information, Kirk. My Vicmarc doesn’t have a tach either. For the most part it’s not a problem, but sometimes it would be nice/safe to know. In any case, your setup is pretty sweet. I used to do a fair amount of freshwater fishing, and although I didn’t have reels anywhere near your capacity, it was always sort of a pain to hand crank on all the line. Made for a decent reason to drink a beer or two, but that’s about it.

 

[Monty Ivy]

Air Filtration addition. I purchased a PM1250 electrostatic air filter during PowerMatic's 10% off sale. I've been looking at air filtration systems for the shop for a few months now. I settled on this one for it's near silent operation and secondly no filters to replace...ever. 754CFM @ 51db on high speed. I can't hear it over the radio. Weigh's in at about #40. Can be used as portable or wall/ceiling mount. Took less than an hour to assemble and install. Said to remove particulates down to 0.1 microns.

Noise and on-going cost of replacement filters were big con's on my list.

The unit has a 1000 hour operation timer that causes the power LED to flash. This is to remind you to vacuum the screen and fins. Hold down power to reset timer. Time will tell how it performs but knowing me as well as I do, I'd be reluctant to power on and use a loud device.

 

[Phil Hamel]

Stuck another log on the lathe. Added some walnut and sapele (I think)for decoration.

 

[John Erickson]

I'm working on my biggest natural edge bowl to date--about 12" across the long side at the rim. I was able to get the walls about 3/16" thin. First coat of finish has been applied. I'll add another coat tomorrow and finish the bottom after that. The wood is maple, taken from a downed tree in the neighborhood.

 

[Tim Otto]

nothing

 

[Tim Otto]

Couple of projects.. Natural edge Mesquite bowl and Ambrosia Maple vaseView attachment 50142View attachment 50143

bowls are excellent! However that is an absolutely stunning photo of your dust collector/extractor inlet. I would like to see a few photos of the installation....really

 

[John Erickson]

Air Filtration addition. I purchased a PM1250 electrostatic air filter during PowerMatic's 10% off sale. I've been looking at air filtration systems for the shop for a few months now. I settled on this one for it's near silent operation and secondly no filters to replace...ever. 754CFM @ 51db on high speed. I can't hear it over the radio. Weigh's in at about #40. Can be used as portable or wall/ceiling mount. Took less than an hour to assemble and install. Said to remove particulates down to 0.1 microns.

Noise and on-going cost of replacement filters were big con's on my list.

The unit has a 1000 hour operation timer that causes the power LED to flash. This is to remind you to vacuum the screen and fins. Hold down power to reset timer. Time will tell how it performs but knowing me as well as I do, I'd be reluctant to power on and use a loud device.

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Hey @Monty Ivy , what are those racks holding your tools/gouges? They look like a pre-made product? I want some!

 

[Steve Nix]

bowls are excellent! However that is an absolutely stunning photo of your dust collector/extractor inlet. I would like to see a few photos of the installation....really

I was on a budget , the beige one is a flower pot I got from my wife , the black one is a bathroom trashcan , I could not afford the black hole dust collector.

 

[Monty Ivy]

Hey @Monty Ivy , what are those racks holding your tools/gouges? They look like a pre-made product? I want some!

Here is the URL.... https://www.woodcraft.com/products/turning-tool-storage-rack

The plastic is on the brittle side, I cracked a couple of the screw tabs installing them. Take it easy with a power driver.

 

[John Erickson]

Here is the URL.... https://www.woodcraft.com/products/turning-tool-storage-rack

The plastic is on the brittle side, I cracked a couple of the screw tabs installing them. Take it easy with a power driver.

Thanks for the link, and the warning!

 

[Tim Otto]

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I was on a budget , the beige one is a flower pot I got from my wife , the black one is a bathroom trashcan , I could not afford the black hole dust collector.

Whoa! I like it. I only have a 1hp fan to use, and do not collect dust, but rather blow it out into a pile. Great photo's, many thanks.

 

[Brian Gustin]

forgot to take pictures while it was ON the lathe, just finished a box from a piece of maple, and piece of "unknown exotic" (I Guessed at Bocote - I am posting a wood ID request in another post) with my first attempt at a spindle-y finial... done from a leftover bit of Walnut

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

forgot to take pictures while it was ON the lathe, just finished a box from a piece of maple, and piece of "unknown exotic" (I Guessed at Bocote - I am posting a wood ID request in another post) with my first attempt at a spindle-y finial... done from a leftover bit of Walnut

Nice box but that sure looks like the mahogany I have turned.

 

[Monty Ivy]

Built a new knock-out bar and added a handle to the headstock swivel tommy bar. The OEM knock-out bar was too short and very light for the intended purpose. The new one is 2" longer and made of 5/16" SS. Walnut, danish oil.

 

[Ken Burns]

Here is the URL.... https://www.woodcraft.com/products/turning-tool-storage-rack

The plastic is on the brittle side, I cracked a couple of the screw tabs installing them. Take it easy with a power driver.

Looks a lot like a vertical fishing rod rack… but at 2-3x the cost!

Ken

 

[R Henrickson]

A bit more sanding before some paint etc

 

[Monty Ivy]

Looks a lot like a vertical fishing rod rack… but at 2-3x the cost!

Ken

Reminds me of pool cue racks too.

 

[robo hippy]

I don't think that lid is bocote. Without seeing it in person, I would guess wenge. Pretty hard, very splintery, and the dark parts are much harder then the lighter parts. Nice box!

robo hippy

 

[Jim Swift]

Just finishing a large floor vase for the wife! About 21" h x 15" w. Over one thousand segments(1008 to be exact). Made with 36 segments per ring of black walnut, purpleheart, paudak, and maple. Took longer than I'd like to admit but was an enjoyable build.