Richard Jones
02-02-2013, 12:53 PM
a lidded box without a lid? Practice!!
So I turned a gorgeous napkin ring out of the lid part of this piece of cherry. Instead of tossing the whole thing, why not use it for practice? So, I continued on, hollowing, shaping the exterior, etc. Just to see what the cross section looked like, I took a pic. The inconsistent wall thickness won't win any awards per se, but, it's a box, or at least it was going to be, and I don't really care about wall thickness to the nth degree..........253251.
Took away a few lessons, as always, that I will apply to my next attempt.
1. Don't hollow the lid so much that you don't have any room to design. Shallow is better than a napkin ring........
2. The flange/lid intersection doesn't have to be square. The lid rests on the bottom of the lid flange, not the top........
3. Cutting on the right side of center with the lathe in reverse can be very helpful.
4. etc.
Things don't always work out, but there's always something to learn.
So I turned a gorgeous napkin ring out of the lid part of this piece of cherry. Instead of tossing the whole thing, why not use it for practice? So, I continued on, hollowing, shaping the exterior, etc. Just to see what the cross section looked like, I took a pic. The inconsistent wall thickness won't win any awards per se, but, it's a box, or at least it was going to be, and I don't really care about wall thickness to the nth degree..........253251.
Took away a few lessons, as always, that I will apply to my next attempt.
1. Don't hollow the lid so much that you don't have any room to design. Shallow is better than a napkin ring........
2. The flange/lid intersection doesn't have to be square. The lid rests on the bottom of the lid flange, not the top........
3. Cutting on the right side of center with the lathe in reverse can be very helpful.
4. etc.
Things don't always work out, but there's always something to learn.