Turning between centers

[Curt George]

Good suggestion, but how's he going to convey the aroma of turning bone? It's an essential part of the experience and one you'll not soon forget!

Yes, it smells like the Dentist office . ;-p Scraping the bone, there is not much smell. its sanding that puts it air born, and breathing can be hard.

C.A.G.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

I found that the old dry bones turned with sharp tools so as to get less heat would make the smell a lot less, it is as with horse shoeing where the hot iron would make the most smell when fitting the iron.

Here is another turning with bone, top and bottom finial are from an old dried beef bone.

 

[David Urban]

I have not done many pure spindle turnings for a long time but in the past I did several baluster jobs plus restoration projects.
View attachment 58042 This one combines spindle turning and cabinetry.
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Turning the legs for the table.
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Four fluted balusters with the original in the middle.

Wow, very precise work. They look identical.

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Wow, very precise work. They look identical.

Thanks but if you look very closely you should be able to detect some differences then again if mounted in a balustrade it is almost impossible to detect the differences. VA likely has some historical mansions open for viewing built at a time when each baluster was turned individually so if you were to tour one you could look close at the stair case and likely detect slight differences.

 

[David Urban]

Thanks but if you look very closely you should be able to detect some differences then again if mounted in a balustrade it is almost impossible to detect the differences. VA likely has some historical mansions open for viewing built at a time when each baluster was turned individually so if you were to tour one you could look close at the stair case and likely detect slight differences.

But that would spoil the magic :-D