James Combs
02-02-2011, 5:57 PM
Well my carbide tipped turning tool is done. Completing it had me doing some firsts, spindle turning (I don't count finials as spindles). I also learned a couple things, one was a good thing about a tool the other was what not to do when gluing a tang.
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This is a shot of the completed tool.
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Here it is next to my Easy Wood Finisher and a Benjamin's Best gouge for a size comparison. The handle is about 16" and the tool is about 10" for an over all length of 26". After getting it together I used it on the outside of a medium size bowl (8-10") and it is a dream to use. I feel a lot safer using this then using the shorter tools.
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This is a closeup of the tool to handle attachment area and the brass ferrule. This is the area that I learned what not to do. I had mixed up some 5 minute epoxy to glue the tang into the handle and had dobbed some of it into the hole and painted some on the tang. I pushed the tang into the handle and it was really difficult to get it to bottom out because every time I pushed it in trapped air in the hole pushed it back out. You should have seen me hustling around to find someway to clamp the two together before the 5 minute glue setup. It was way to hard to hold together by hand for five minutes. Here is what I ended up doing with maybe 45 seconds to spare. BTW the block of wood that it is resting on is a cutoff of the block that I turned into the handle.
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The other thing I learned was that my bowl steady rest works great on spindles. The spindle vibrated majorly when I was trying to turn the center portion. I set up my steady rest, reversed two opposing wheels and was able to close all four wheels down on the spindle. With two wheels reversed it will close down to zero diameter.
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Other photos of the fabrication process can be found here.. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?158714-Homemade-Version-of-Ci0-Carbide-Tipped-Gouge-Scraper
Comments appreciated.
John K. I will bring the tool to the club meeting tomorrow for show and tell.
181003
This is a shot of the completed tool.
181007
Here it is next to my Easy Wood Finisher and a Benjamin's Best gouge for a size comparison. The handle is about 16" and the tool is about 10" for an over all length of 26". After getting it together I used it on the outside of a medium size bowl (8-10") and it is a dream to use. I feel a lot safer using this then using the shorter tools.
181004
This is a closeup of the tool to handle attachment area and the brass ferrule. This is the area that I learned what not to do. I had mixed up some 5 minute epoxy to glue the tang into the handle and had dobbed some of it into the hole and painted some on the tang. I pushed the tang into the handle and it was really difficult to get it to bottom out because every time I pushed it in trapped air in the hole pushed it back out. You should have seen me hustling around to find someway to clamp the two together before the 5 minute glue setup. It was way to hard to hold together by hand for five minutes. Here is what I ended up doing with maybe 45 seconds to spare. BTW the block of wood that it is resting on is a cutoff of the block that I turned into the handle.
181002
The other thing I learned was that my bowl steady rest works great on spindles. The spindle vibrated majorly when I was trying to turn the center portion. I set up my steady rest, reversed two opposing wheels and was able to close all four wheels down on the spindle. With two wheels reversed it will close down to zero diameter.
181005 181006
Other photos of the fabrication process can be found here.. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?158714-Homemade-Version-of-Ci0-Carbide-Tipped-Gouge-Scraper
Comments appreciated.
John K. I will bring the tool to the club meeting tomorrow for show and tell.