New Article - Clewes style box

[Bob Hamilton]

Hi:
I just put up a new pictorial article on my website on the method I used to turn one of these:
http://www.bobhamswwing.com/justpics/images3/100_9322-640.jpg

The pictures and text might be kind of small if your screen resolution is set higher than 800x600.

http://bobhamswwing.com/Articles/Clewes%20Style%20Box/Clewes%20box%20Page%201.htm

Take care
Bob

[Chris Rae]

Thanks for the great article. That is a great looking box!
Chris

[Bob Vavricka]

Bob,
That is extremely nice and I really appreciate the time you took to make the tutorial. One more thing added to my list of things I want to try.
Bob V.

[ROY DICK]

Bob,

Outstanding.

Standing ovation on this side.

[Dave Ogren]

Bob,

Great lidded box, really nice. But the article is even more wonderful. Thank you, I really appreciate that, and your other articles too.

Dave Ogren in Asheville, NC

[Alan Trout]

Bob, very nice work. You are a natural teacher

Thanks,

Alan

[Grant Wilkinson]

Excellent tutorial, Bob. The box is very fine indeed.

[Peter Lamb]

Wonderful piece!! Most exzellant article.
Peter L:)

[Dustin Cranford]

This is great and really liked your website.

[Skip Spaulding]

Piece is beautiful and instruction article was very well done. Thank you, Skip

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bob - very nice box! Outstanding tutorial! Nails are unexpected and its always a struggle to figure out a way to remove them. I really liked your method! Will do my best to remember that! Also like your modified jumbo jaws chuck for holding the lid. Great idea! I was wondering how you were going to finish off the lid! Seriously - great idea!

[Jim Kountz]

Very useful Bob, thanks for taking the time to do this!! Our local club is considering getting Clewes in the near future, now it makes me want to get him even more!!

[George Morris]

Very nice article! Great ideas! Thanks for sharing we apreciate it! George

[Mike Stephens]

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Bob Its beautiful and very inspiring. Not to mention your write up is great.

Thank you,
Mike

[Joshua Dinerstein]

Wow. Great work! And thanks for posting such an excellent tutorial! I am going to have to try one of those!

Joshua

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty Bob. Really like the style of it.

[Rich Boehlke]

Wonderful turning, Bob. I am adding your excellent WEB site to my bookmark file. Thanks for sharing!

[Don Carter]

Bob:
I love the box and your website is great. I have a question for you. I was wondering what kind of jaws you referred to as flat jaws for your chuck? I am interested in creating something like that to turn coffee scoops? I use the Supernova 2 and I can't seem to find anything that would work. Are you using a Oneway now?

Thanks for any information. Your work is very innovative.

All the best.

Don

[Dewey Torres]

Bob,
Wonderful tutorial.

Did you ruin you gouge on that nail??? Tough break!

[Bob Hamilton]

Thanks, everyone! I am glad you liked it and hope some find it useful.

Don: The flat jaws are made by Oneway: http://www.oneway.ca/chucks/accessories/flat_jaws.htm

The mounting screw hole spacing is the same on Oneway Talon & basic chucks as it is on the SuperNova 2, and the flat jaws do not have a rib on the back the way the profiled jaws do, so removing the little roll pin that serves as a travel limiting stop on Oneway chucks will allow using them on a SuperNova 2. Actually, in the article they ARE mounted on my SuperNova 2. If you have Cole jaws for your chuck you could mount wood facings to have the same effect, but I find the smaller diameter of the flat jaws gives better access for small items like this.

Take care
Bob

[Don Carter]

Bob:
Thanks for your advice. That's what I was hoping. It seems with this set up you could do scoops without having to be so precise in rounding them or having to make a jam chuck for each scoop.

All the best.

Don

[Bob Hamilton]

Yes, Don, they work very well for scoops. When I turned the Berger style scoop in this thread: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=93898

I used the the wooden faces on the flat jaws to hold it for hollowing the bowl of the scoop. I just excavated a spherical recess with a depth of about 2/3 the scoop bowl diameter and then chamfered two adjacent jaws to provide a groove for the handle of the scoop. It worked quite well.

Take care
Bob