John Beaver
02-03-2009, 7:36 PM
Hello Everyone.
I’ve been lurking around here since the end of December and thought it was about time I shared my work. I just love the positive comments everyone makes, and have learned alot from the site.
About 10 years ago I inherited a circa 1979 Rockwell Lathe #46-201. I’ve practically never turned it on until this past November when my daughters got interested in yo-yo’s and I decided to make them some. I’ve always wanted to learn how to turn wood, so I thought this would be a good place to start. I am now completely obsessed with woodturning and am having a ton of fun learning.
Following is everything I have done on the lathe since November. Comments and critiques are welcome.
The first 2 projects were done with no instruction, very little knowledge and a couple of very old Greenlee chisels. These included a parting chisel, an extremely flat fingernail grind spindle gouge and a weird flat gouge / scraper. At this point I didn’t even have a roughing gouge, and only a screw plate to hold the wood.
Birch, Wenge and Purple Heart Yo-yo’s. This was my very first attempt at a finished project on the lathe. Done entirely with a parting chisel and a fingernail grind gouge. I had to work very slowly and carefully to avoid catches and tearouts.
8” Birch and Wenge Vase. After the Yo-Yo’s this was my first attempt at really making something on the lathe. I didn’t have any blocks of wood, so out of necessity I had to glue something up. The inside is a little rough as I did not have the proper tools for working the inside.
4” tall maple box. For christmas my wife gave me a basic set of Sorby chisels. (weren’t those christmas sales great ?) so this was just a practice piece with the new chisels, and seeing if I could do a box w/ lid.
5” pencil cup. Maple, Wenge, Padauk. Again, kind of a practice piece to get an understanding of segmented turning. I really like the solid wood contrasting with the segments. Next time I’ll pay better attention to the grain direction on the segments.
continued on next thread.
I’ve been lurking around here since the end of December and thought it was about time I shared my work. I just love the positive comments everyone makes, and have learned alot from the site.
About 10 years ago I inherited a circa 1979 Rockwell Lathe #46-201. I’ve practically never turned it on until this past November when my daughters got interested in yo-yo’s and I decided to make them some. I’ve always wanted to learn how to turn wood, so I thought this would be a good place to start. I am now completely obsessed with woodturning and am having a ton of fun learning.
Following is everything I have done on the lathe since November. Comments and critiques are welcome.
The first 2 projects were done with no instruction, very little knowledge and a couple of very old Greenlee chisels. These included a parting chisel, an extremely flat fingernail grind spindle gouge and a weird flat gouge / scraper. At this point I didn’t even have a roughing gouge, and only a screw plate to hold the wood.
Birch, Wenge and Purple Heart Yo-yo’s. This was my very first attempt at a finished project on the lathe. Done entirely with a parting chisel and a fingernail grind gouge. I had to work very slowly and carefully to avoid catches and tearouts.
8” Birch and Wenge Vase. After the Yo-Yo’s this was my first attempt at really making something on the lathe. I didn’t have any blocks of wood, so out of necessity I had to glue something up. The inside is a little rough as I did not have the proper tools for working the inside.
4” tall maple box. For christmas my wife gave me a basic set of Sorby chisels. (weren’t those christmas sales great ?) so this was just a practice piece with the new chisels, and seeing if I could do a box w/ lid.
5” pencil cup. Maple, Wenge, Padauk. Again, kind of a practice piece to get an understanding of segmented turning. I really like the solid wood contrasting with the segments. Next time I’ll pay better attention to the grain direction on the segments.
continued on next thread.