What’s on your lathe?

[David Wyke]

It is Free Bowl Wednesday and a chance to try out my headstock extension for sanding.
Bowls and vases with cracks repaired are given away. Nothing wrong with them but it’s is not first quality so I won’t sell them. This walnut had a crack in the bottom and one on the rim and I have a list of people that want the “seconds”.
The extension is something I saw Glenn Lucas using for sanding only and I decided to order one. It extends the chuck out enough to allow easy access to power sand. It ran very true and I had to us two plastic spacers for the old Nova chuck. I tried the Stronghold just to see and it only required one plastic spacers.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Nice. Where’d you order that extender and what’s it called?

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

How do I get on that seconds list? Lol

 

[Vincent Vogel]

Nice. Where’d you order that extender and what’s it called?

I got mine from Best Wood Tools, but you can buy them from a lot of different wood vendors. Spindle extension. j

 

[David Wyke]

Nice. Where’d you order that extender and what’s it called?

Alan, I ordered mine through Amazon. Several places have them but they were not in stock at the time

BM Woodturning store

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www.bmwoodturning.com

 

[David Wyke]

How do I get on that seconds list? Lol

My first quality would look like a second beside your work!!

 

[Tim Pollock]

18-1/2" Walnut that I hope will make a bread bowl for a friend.


I'm not particularly fond of beads but I was experimenting with a diy bead tool I made from an old spindle gouge since I don't have a beading tool. I thought a couple of beads on the top of this one might make it easier to hold onto since it'll be heavier (being thicker) than normal being a bread/dough bowl. Just mainly truing it up at this point and removing the sealer to let it de-stress a bit. Practicing my push cut that I have a long way yet to master.

 

[Craig Duncan]

I made a triangle shaped plate --- kinda.
I saw a video on the tube by Andy Phillip, "turning triangles", and knew I was doomed.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YhQHQf7UOQ


So I bought a sliding compound miter saw and figured out how to use it ---- kinda --- still learning.
Took me about 12 ft. of 1X2 common pine and a couple of weeks to arrive at a satisfactory, proof of concept, triangle.
Getting all the angles right was a real challenge.

Then I used some 3ft. long pieces of Padauk, Purpleheart and Hard Maple to make one to turn.
It was pretty difficult ( for me ) to get all the pieces to fit together with no gaps.
It's funny, turning it was actually the easier part, except you can't see the edges while it was turning.
I learned a lot from my mistakes.
This week will be round two.

Craig

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

I made a triangle shaped plate --- kinda.
I saw a video on the tube by Andy Phillip, "turning triangles", and knew I was doomed.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YhQHQf7UOQ


So I bought a sliding compound miter saw and figured out how to use it ---- kinda --- still learning.
Took me about 12 ft. of 1X2 common pine and a couple of weeks to arrive at a satisfactory, proof of concept, triangle.
Getting all the angles right was a real challenge.

Then I used some 3ft. long pieces of Padauk, Purpleheart and Hard Maple to make one to turn.
It was pretty difficult ( for me ) to get all the pieces to fit together with no gaps.
It's funny, turning it was actually the easier part, except you can't see the edges while it was turning.
I learned a lot from my mistakes.
This week will be round two.

Craig

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Very nice!

 

[David Wyke]

I made a triangle shaped plate --- kinda.
I saw a video on the tube by Andy Phillip, "turning triangles", and knew I was doomed.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YhQHQf7UOQ


So I bought a sliding compound miter saw and figured out how to use it ---- kinda --- still learning.
Took me about 12 ft. of 1X2 common pine and a couple of weeks to arrive at a satisfactory, proof of concept, triangle.
Getting all the angles right was a real challenge.

Then I used some 3ft. long pieces of Padauk, Purpleheart and Hard Maple to make one to turn.
It was pretty difficult ( for me ) to get all the pieces to fit together with no gaps.
It's funny, turning it was actually the easier part, except you can't see the edges while it was turning.
I learned a lot from my mistakes.
This week will be round two.

Craig

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Looks like you did a great job!

 

[John K Jordan]

turning it was actually the easier part, except you can't see the edges while it was turning.

You may have a solution by now, but what I always use when cutting corners is a very bright Supernova lamp from Woodturners Wonders.

Super Nova LED Machine Lamp + 120 Kg Pull Magnetic Base

Energy efficient, industrial strength lighting provides bright illumination for up to 50,000 hours. With features like switchable magnetic bases, 9' power cords, and 30" flexible necks that stay put without sagging, these LED lamps are ideal for a wide range of industrial applications, including...

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At the lathe I unscrew the lamp from the magnet and mount it on a bracket on the backside of my PM3520b (drilled a hole in the cast iron and tapped it for the threads). (The small magnet holds the dust collector pickup.)



I position this right over the front of the edge closest to me with the lamp facing straight down. This gives me more light at the edge than if the light was aimed at the wood a little from the side. With my face directly in the "line of fire" I can even see the corners well enough to bring a gouge straight in to the edge for a delicate cut. (That can also clean up any edge chipping from cutting from the inside toward the corners.)

Here's the light positioned to show the nearly invisible corners. I usually put it a little closer to the front than she does here.


Shows me exactly where the corners are when smoothing with the straight tip of an NRS.


I keep several of these at the lathes, one at the bandsaw, one at the sharpening station, one in my little machine shop, one with a diffuser at the photo booth, and one spare in a box for "just in case" - I sometimes carry one to demos if I'm unsure of the lighting. A diffuser or some tissue paper taped to the front will give a softer light.

JKJ