I was given a bunch of quartered turning blanks and I’m not sure of the best use for these. How would you use these?
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What to do with these?
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I would cut up a few lidded box blanks. What woods are there?
john lucas
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Not sure of some of the pieces. One is Chinese elm, one redwood and a couple walnut. All are from urban trees in Sacramento and are at least 25 years old. A friend who quit turning twenty years ago had them in storage and is moving out of state so he gave them to me. That is only a small part of the stash he gave me. I’m going to sort out what I want and put the rest on the raffle table at a couple of the local turning clubs. I think you are right on making box blanks. Any bowls would be pretty small. Can also get some pen blanks and finial blanks. Now I’ll have to buy or make some box scrapers!
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Most look suitable for end grain hollow forms if they are crack free.
A few would be good for pitcher hollow forms.
This was turned from a 1/4 cherry log
A few would be good for pitcher hollow forms.
This was turned from a 1/4 cherry log
Thanks. Hadn’t thought about a pitcher form. Something new to try!
This was turned from a 1/4 cherry log
Thanks. Hadn’t thought about a pitcher form. Something new to try!
They might be a bit small, but you could get natural edge bowls from some of them. Perfect for a handful of Hershey's Kisses. Most of the front row would work well for that.
Is the wood dry? If not, dry them. There are zillions of small things that can be made with such things. Just a very few examples:
And boxes, of course.
JKJ
At least 20 years dry! Ah yes, Christmas ornaments. And gonks too! Don’t need anything for tops. Have at least 100 wooden wheels and several baseball bat rejects that I use for tops. One of my local groups donates a couple hundred every year to the Salvation Army. The ones I make are very simple turnings with a lot of texturing and coloring. Made a Benham’s disc top once. Really cool but too much work for what we do.
I really like this box, I think it's the ball feet that does it for me, going to try it myself.
Thanks. I love boxes with the three small feet, better than other things I've tried. Lifts the box off the table a bit.
This one has feet turned from brass (on the wood lathe and with woodturning tools)
It's a bit tricky to drill the holes to space the feet properly. I describe what I did in the document posted here:
JKJ
@Don Wattenhofer had a photo of his lathe mounted drill guide for drilling holes for feet like this. It was in this thread, should take you right to his post with his photo. Use it in conjuction with the indexing pin on your lathe. I need to build one of these for myself. If not from steel, maybe aluminum or an extremely hard wood.
Don, do you have any construction or use details for that drill guide that you could share?
Post in thread 'End grain bowl from a cookie' https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/end-grain-bowl-from-a-cookie.23360/post-254167
Don, do you have any construction or use details for that drill guide that you could share?
Post in thread 'End grain bowl from a cookie' https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/end-grain-bowl-from-a-cookie.23360/post-254167
Well, spindles, natural edge bowls, and/or boxes. Maybe rolling pins or tool handles.
robo hippy
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I remember that, would be easy enough to make. However, I'd probably go with bushings I could swap for various size drills. I often use 1/8" holes.
JKJ
I thought along those lines, too. I have another idea I'll sit on until I get around to making it.