What’s on your lathe?

[Don Wattenhofer]

I grew up next door in South Dakota. I remember those winters.

Well the temp is rising - yesterday the temps kept rising tell it was about 15F at about 6:00PM and continued to rise till now it is 17F so as the day goes on I expect that it will continue to rise.
My wife grew up in the James river valley along US12.

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Looks like I'm turning snow and ice today here in Tally

 

[hockenbery]

Looks like I'm turning snow and ice today here in Tally
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15cm that’s an impressive depth 😊👀

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

My wife grew up in the James river valley along US12.

So did I. I grew up north of Aberdeen.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

15cm that’s an impressive depth 😊👀

Took me a minute.

 

[John Walls]

We darn near headed out to FL for the winter, We're happy now we stayed home. Y'all getting more snow than us... LOL

 

[Isaac Litster]

Miniatures are fun because you can turn 10 in 10 minutes, maybe come away with 3, and in an hour you might have one that has an okay shape.

 

[hughie]

This is proving to be very slow and very hard. Its well dried and seasoned, but then I realized its from a tree that has a high silica content. How high? I am not sure but it sniggers at my 1/2 Thompson gouge and I have had to turn to my Carbide tipped gouge. But the finishing is proving to be the slowest even with a tungsten grit files, lol I am going through sandpaper at a rate of knots not seen on Blackwood before.

 

[Gregory Hickman]

Miniatures are fun because you can turn 10 in 10 minutes, maybe come away with 3, and in an hour you might have one that has an okay shape.
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After seeing the interview with @john lucas I've come to appreciate the idea of doing miniatures. That will be in the future though, as i don't miniatures is the right work to learn turning skills with.

Gregory

 

[Isaac Litster]

After seeing the interview with @john lucas I've come to appreciate the idea of doing miniatures. That will be in the future though, as i don't miniatures is the right work to learn turning skills with.

Gregory

I just reread the thread about the interview! When I saw it before I thought John Lucas was hosting Pat, and I wasn't familiar with Pat, so I didn't look too far into it. I am dissapointed that I missed it, I would have loved to see!

 

[Phil Hamel]

All this talk about using a jam chuck just isn't working for me! It just slips or makes a mess!
I must be doing it wrong...

 

[Sam Fleisher]

All this talk about using a jam chuck just isn't working for me! It just slips or makes a mess!
I must be doing it wrong...
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I always check out your posts when I see them just to see what you're working on today. Glad to see you haven't disappointed! 👍

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

All this talk about using a jam chuck just isn't working for me! It just slips or makes a mess!
I must be doing it wrong...
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it is not going to work unless you take the jam out of the jar

 

[Scott Hoefs]

15x3" wide rimmed, under cut Maple platter/ bowl with crisp edges. Will embellish the rim somehow. Stay tuned. 

 

[David Wyke]

All this talk about using a jam chuck just isn't working for me! It just slips or makes a mess!
I must be doing it wrong...
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It didn’t take me but a couple seconds to see the issue, you’re using preserves, and need to switch to jam!!😁

 

[Neil S]

it is not going to work unless you take the jam out of the jar

As instructed, you have to chuck the jam, or is it the jar, away!

 

[Paul Paukstelis]

Vesicles. My wife hates it! 😆

 

[Alan Weinberg]

This was my first attempt at ebonizing. I used India ink. This ash was turned green. It warped about as expected, though perhaps even more oval than I anticipated. 8" x 4" finished with Tried and True Original. Most cracks I can live with, but this one made me grimace.

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Pro effort.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Prepping a small redwood burl hollow form. View attachment 70086

How did that turn out?

 

[Jaramiah Severns]

How did that turn out?

Rapid unscheduled disassembly. Went too thin on the bottom curve and poof. Still have another piece from that burl, though, so maybe we’ll get it right the second time.

 

[Mark Fairchild]

This piece of wild pecan was harvested from a blow down on my property in Grenada Ms. The first section had wind shake and it went to the burn pile. This piece from the second section showed what looked like the same thing. Put it in the burn pile last April after once turned. It caught my eye today and after examination I decided to give it a try. Turned out pretty good. 12”x 2-1/2.

 

[Kevin Weir]

Mulberry natural edge bowl.

 

[Tony Rozendaal]

Trying to make a new offset turning jig for making pendants. Getting close. If it works out there will be no need to remove to orient the blank to any position or to offset. Ready for me to make a trip to the hardware store but it's too late on a Saturday afternoon.

 

[Aaron Harris]

It's been a minute since I posted in this thread, but I was so busy turning out stock for my 1st full show season up to Christmas that I just didn't have much time for taking and posting pictures. This falls squarely in the category of "Be careful what you wish for," and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Anyhoo, here is a 12"x6" live edge bowl in Bradford Pear that I am in the process of finishing up. It developed a couple of cracks in the drying, which I was able to stabilize with colored epoxy. But it was pretty cool that the bark held on without any CA whatsoever, even on summer-harvested wood! Obviously I need to bring that bottom ring in and flatten it out. I've been playing with a flared bottom ring lately; it looks great when I get the proportions right.

Here it is after power-sanding to 180 (and lots of hand-sanding to chase out any slight humps and low-grit scratches, plus burnishing with 0000 steel wool on the lathe). I'm loving watching the curl come into view as I get closer to finishing! I plan to go to 400 on this one (maybe 600 if my back and shoulders give permission lol!).

As it will be a wedding gift for my son and his lovely new wife, I plan to pull out all the stops and do probably 8 or 10 coats of TruOil gunstock finish with lots of follow-up burnishing once it's cured. For any of you who turn any kind of pear or similarly hard wood like dogwood, you know how much work is needed to get a true gloss finish, as it will show even the faintest scratches, so I am really taking my time to chase them all out before I leave 180. That for me is the "Do Not Pass Go" grit when I inspect it under my strongest lights, or better yet, in low afternoon sunlight on my back deck. Now if I can get my new vacum chuck set up soon and my brushed copper medallions I have on order, I think this will be the perfect 1st piece to try that on. We'll see.


Thanks for looking! Aaron

 

[Gregory Hickman]

Trying to make a new offset turning jig for making pendants. Getting close. If it works out there will be no need to remove to orient the blank to any position or to offset. Ready for me to make a trip to the hardware store but it's too late on a Saturday afternoon.
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I've envisioned a very similar system for translation based on that picture. I see the guide rod abs threaded rod are missing currently (or whatc looks like features for them). I'm curious to how well it holds during turning and wish you great luck.

Gregory

 

[Aaron Harris]

Thought I might attempt the Jan finial challenge, so sharpened my skew and turned my first spindle since I took Woodturning 101 in 2021. Whether I can get it off the lathe is another story lol.

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Wenge, or could it be Katalox aka Mexican Ebony?

 

[Aaron Harris]

First item turned on new lathe. It's just a little ring bowl. I think it's cherry but whatever wood it is, it's from my property. I finished it with 50/50 oil. Now that I know the lathe works properly I'll move on the larger pieces.
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So what did you get?! I'm a bit behind on threads, maybe I missed it if you posted about it already. I get a vicarious thrill when others show off their shiny new lathes!

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

So what did you get?! I'm a bit behind on threads, maybe I missed it if you posted about it already. I get a vicarious thrill when others show off their shiny new lathes!

My FiL gave me his refurbed Powermatic 90. He purchased it from a gentleman in the early 2000s who liked to buy old powermatics and fix them up. This one has a custom cabinet, it's swing increased and a VFD motor added.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Rapid unscheduled disassembly. Went too thin on the bottom curve and poof. Still have another piece from that burl, though, so maybe we’ll get it right the second time.

That happens to me sometimes, oh well, on to the next one!

 

[Robert Lindstadt]

Made its way on to the lath today roughen out to a bowl shape

 

[Aaron Harris]

My FiL gave me his refurbed Powermatic 90. He purchased it from a gentleman in the early 2000s who liked to buy old powermatics and fix them up. This one has a custom cabinet, it's swing increased and a VFD motor added.

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Nice-that old PM looks like a tank, very solid-looking!

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

Nice-that old PM looks like a tank, very solid-looking!

It's as heavy as one. 🙂 It's pretty solid. I hope it's last so I can pass it on to my son.