Narayan Nayar
06-27-2009, 11:24 AM
Hi everyone.
I finished my first turning tool handle. It's really the first finished piece to come off my lathe (I have a half dozen bowls roughed out), and I'm pretty happy with it. Was nice to see it take shape.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3664746251_d01a6e4ccd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherfarm/3664746251/)
And it fits my hand wonderfully. That second slight bump is very comfortable.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3664746183_c754291ce5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherfarm/3664746183/)
The lamination is maple and purpleheart and the tool is a 5/8" Thompson Bowl Gouge. The ferrule is a brass pipe coupling.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3665548368_a984d3fb95.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherfarm/3665548368/)
Next time I'm hoping to get a clean finish off the skew instead of having to sand. The lamination was making that difficult for me, I think, and I'm not convinced I had the handle between centers correctly.
Any ideas for a finish? I'd like something simple--water-based poly?
I finished my first turning tool handle. It's really the first finished piece to come off my lathe (I have a half dozen bowls roughed out), and I'm pretty happy with it. Was nice to see it take shape.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3664746251_d01a6e4ccd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherfarm/3664746251/)
And it fits my hand wonderfully. That second slight bump is very comfortable.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3664746183_c754291ce5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherfarm/3664746183/)
The lamination is maple and purpleheart and the tool is a 5/8" Thompson Bowl Gouge. The ferrule is a brass pipe coupling.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3665548368_a984d3fb95.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherfarm/3665548368/)
Next time I'm hoping to get a clean finish off the skew instead of having to sand. The lamination was making that difficult for me, I think, and I'm not convinced I had the handle between centers correctly.
Any ideas for a finish? I'd like something simple--water-based poly?