Primarily for Joe Melton

[Don Henthorn Smithville, TX]

Joe, I couldn't figure out how to send a picture in a private message to answer your question. I thought maybe someone else might be interested so here goes.
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I start out gluing a square of 2" X 4" to the wood nut for the glue block. Any thick chunk of wood will do. Then I glue the project to the glue block. Getting it pretty well centered is not hard if you exercise a little care. Using a glue block like this I can turn most of the outside of the bowl as well as the inside before I part off the bowl. Since the glue block is expendable I can turn as much of it away as I need to in order to get practically all of the outside turned and sanded and with some finishes, finished. After the outside and the inside are turned and finished I part off the project. before I remove the wooden nut and glue block remnant from the lathe I face off the glue block so it is ready to have the next project glued to it. If the remianing block is too thin I simply glue on more block before I glue on the next project. I then use a jam chuck or a compression chuck to hold the work while I finish off the bottom and blend anything on the sides that needs blending in. This way I only have to rechuck the project one time.

Notice that I have a thin wood washer next to the spindle lock collar because I made this wood nut a little thin. I made another eight today that are a little thicker. I have 14 of these nuts glued to blocks as well as to jam chucks and a compression chuck. I never have to wait for something to dry or for the glue to cure in order to have something to turn.
It works for me.

Here are four more small projects waiting to be turned. I'm getting rid of lots of small "worthless" scraps.(-:
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[Lloyd Frisbee]

His question was probably "how do you make the threaded nuts?" rather than how do you use glue blocks. How do you do that?

[Charles McKinley]

Hi Loyd,

Don answered this in reply to my thread about a broken tennon on a spalted maple bowl when turning it off.

Don uses a 1"X8 TPI tap made to cut threads in wood.

[Don Henthorn Smithville, TX]

Chuck, you are right except for the fact that the tap is to tap metal, but it works great in walnut and bay, the two woods I have used so far.

[Joe Melton]

Thanks a lot, Don, for taking the time to present the pictures and excellent description. I ordered a tap from Grizzly yesterday, and will try to use your method. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
Joe

[Charles McKinley]

Hi Don,

Thank you for the pictures. Sorry for the misinformation on the tap. I'll have to go through the taps in Dad's basement and see if there is one there that will work.