July 28th, 2015 15:14
Mount one of the blanks in the lathe.
Start to turn it to the rough outline. Form a spigot or tenon at one end (on the right).
Form a socket on the other piece.
Check they fit snugly together. I’m making two.
June 18th, 2015 11:33
I thought it only needed a lick of paint.
But when I got up there it actually looked quite ratty. And it didn’t take much effort to pull it away.
A bought fencepost is about the right size.
Chop up the fencepost into easily managed bits. It won’t go onto the lathe in one piece.
May 18th, 2015 18:51
Just a run-of-the-mill bowl. 8″ in spalted beech.
May 10th, 2015 18:30
Don’t know how I managed to do without one of these for all these years.
£3. Extra points for naming the trades that used it.
It might actually be quite old.
May 11th, 2014 6:00
I watched this princess every week, left forlorn as her asking price slipped from £15 inexorably downwards, till I got her for 30/-.
Alas, no-one wants a princess with a missing ear.
Coarse grain, open pores, wide annual rings, the question is: can she swim?
December 9th, 2012 15:15
I did this as a demonstration of various techniques in the woodturning class. About an hour’s work.
It is an easy introduction to hollow form work. So called because the mouth is smaller than the interior.
It is 6″ in native red oak, rescued from the woodpile. The spousal unit might get a nice surprise on chrimbotide morning.
The insert is pewter, you buy them for two or three pounds in woodturning shops.
December 6th, 2012 8:20
The lathes have arrived.
Can’t wait to get them into operation.
Try a few practice pieces.
It doesn’t take long to get the hang of this.
November 16th, 2012 21:16
Our American cousins call these weed pots. But the real name is bud vase.
Special thank you to my chum Cahill who gave me a box of suitable test tubes. If anyone needs a recommendation for lab supplies in Ulster just give me a call.
4″ tall in spalted sycamore.
November 9th, 2012 10:06
While waiting for the lathes we did some slate work.
Cut out some slate.
Cut a hole in it.
Fit some glass and there you have it. A peachy picture frame.
November 4th, 2012 10:31
Every man needs a shed.
Plenty of room inside for making stuff.
Cut a hole in a plastic barrel.
Drill a few holes. Make a wee frame and you have the sort of compost tumbler that they are crying out for on the allotments.
Now all we need are a few lathes.