Matt Ranum
10-10-2009, 8:08 AM
I think I need some inspiration. I want to turn a platter or 2 but I have to do from 4/4 or 5/4 Walnut & Maple. My boards are 8"-12" wide and all rough cut. Am I better off to make small narrow pieces and glue together to make some sort of a pattern to get the width I want or just edge glue a couple boards together to get the width I want? Which would look better? I'm thinking of 12"-14" wide, I'm good till about 16" on the machine.
I thought about a Maple edge on the solid Walnut base. Come to think about it I do have a few boards with some nice curly figure in it in both varieties of wood.
I don't have a chuck so I have to use glue blocks and face plates. I have a 3" and a 6".
Any advice is welcome and pictures would be a plus too. :D
I thought about a Maple edge on the solid Walnut base. Come to think about it I do have a few boards with some nice curly figure in it in both varieties of wood.
I don't have a chuck so I have to use glue blocks and face plates. I have a 3" and a 6".
Any advice is welcome and pictures would be a plus too. :D