Rod Dilyard
12-14-2015, 4:10 PM
I've learned so much from reading these forums I thought I'd share my solution to a problem. I'm building this:
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and completed the base several years ago (more like 4 years):
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I have finally arrived at point where my wife said no more projects for other people until you finish my cabinet. Fair enough - she's been more than patient waiting for me to get back to it. So as you can see in the first pic above, the upper cabinet features four turned columns that measure 47 1/2" long. Easy enough if you've got a lathe with a 48" capacity which mine doesn't. I know there is a bed extension available for my lathe (a Jet 1642) but at nearly $1000 it was out of the question for a one-time project. My original plan was to just adapt the design to include a bead that would line up with the mullions in the doors and just make the columns in two pieces with the bead hiding the joint. I was never really happy with that solution though.
I searched the interwebs for other options and came across a YouTube video of someone who made a short wooden bed extension for his lathe and decided to give it a try. Below are some pictures of my homemade extension built for under $5 including the paint. The all-thread in the first two photos was cut shorter once I determined the final length and the rest is all oak.
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I prepared the blanks on Saturday and hope to get them turned this week. Thanks for looking!
327145
and completed the base several years ago (more like 4 years):
327146
I have finally arrived at point where my wife said no more projects for other people until you finish my cabinet. Fair enough - she's been more than patient waiting for me to get back to it. So as you can see in the first pic above, the upper cabinet features four turned columns that measure 47 1/2" long. Easy enough if you've got a lathe with a 48" capacity which mine doesn't. I know there is a bed extension available for my lathe (a Jet 1642) but at nearly $1000 it was out of the question for a one-time project. My original plan was to just adapt the design to include a bead that would line up with the mullions in the doors and just make the columns in two pieces with the bead hiding the joint. I was never really happy with that solution though.
I searched the interwebs for other options and came across a YouTube video of someone who made a short wooden bed extension for his lathe and decided to give it a try. Below are some pictures of my homemade extension built for under $5 including the paint. The all-thread in the first two photos was cut shorter once I determined the final length and the rest is all oak.
327147 327148 327149 327150 327151 327152
I prepared the blanks on Saturday and hope to get them turned this week. Thanks for looking!