View Full Version : A week long little project
Dick Parr
02-14-2006, 2:59 PM
Well it is done. I have been working on this little project for over a week and a half. I just wanted to see if I could do it and I did and to give my lovely wife a valentines day present. But will more then likely never do it again now that I have done it once. Way to much work.
Since I was planning a little walnut for this project I thought I might as well plan some more to have on hand. I ended up planning 100 bf by the time I was done, and then I was done for 2 days:( Couldn't move except to get in and out of the hot tub with George.:D (George Dickel that is;) )
I didn't have clamps big enough for this project so I used what was on hand. In the ammo box is close to 30#s of staples. In the other picture you can't see the ammo box for the forest and nails and everything else that had any weight to it.:D
I was able to reverse turn this platter/wall hanger on the vacuum chuck, it worked great at 22lbs. I did find that there is a Lot of flex out the outside of a turning this big and there was no way to stop it even using one hand to hold the gouge and one hand to steady the other side of the wood. I turned it between 180 rpm and 370 rpm and sanded it at 100 rpm ( a day and half of sanding:( ).
As you can see in the last pictures that Mickey is happy and so I am happy. It finished out at 26-3/8" x 2-5/8". Now to add a room onto the house to display it.:o
I forgot, it is curly cherry and walnut.
Thanks for looking.
Dick Parr
02-14-2006, 3:02 PM
some more pics
Quinn McCarthy
02-14-2006, 3:09 PM
Way Cool!!! Dick
Jim Ketron
02-14-2006, 3:15 PM
Nice pictorial of how you did it Dick!
Nice project and looks like the recipient is very happy with her Valentines Day gift!
Great Job!
Keith Burns
02-14-2006, 3:17 PM
Wow Dick, that is a great piece. :) :) Next time, though, why don't you make it little bigger?:D
Steve Knowlton
02-14-2006, 3:20 PM
Dick I Love The Size Of That Platter. Great Job
Andy Hoyt
02-14-2006, 3:22 PM
The piece aint bad; but that clamp is to die for!
What'ditcost? Where'djagetit? Howmuchitweigh? Diditcomewithclamppads? Howmuchtorqueitgot? Isitsafeinearthquakecountry?
John Hart
02-14-2006, 3:32 PM
Totally Cool Dick!!!!! Just beautiful too! Thanks for your stack-em-up-as-high-as-you-can pics!:)
Tyler Howell
02-14-2006, 3:38 PM
Awesome Dick Nice doings
Bill Stevener
02-14-2006, 4:01 PM
Arent em big round things fun to turn. :eek:
One very nice looking platter Dick, love your clamps, that's how Dad would have done it.
Thanks for the nice presentation and the showing of a nice turning,
Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)
Ed Scolforo
02-14-2006, 4:06 PM
Beautiful work, Dick. Gotta love that DVR!
Ed
Mark Cothren
02-14-2006, 4:23 PM
Okay, somebody has gotta say it... Dick, you're way too ugly for a pretty wife like that... :D I can, however, relate...;)
Great work on the platter! Nice creativity on the clamping.
Thanks for the pictures!
Jim Dunn
02-14-2006, 4:49 PM
Okay, somebody has gotta say it... Dick, you're way too ugly for a pretty wife like that... :D I can, however, relate...;)
Great work on the platter! Nice creativity on the clamping.
Thanks for the pictures!
I echo the above comments with the following statement added: I like your little smock;):p
Nice work on such a big project, really pretty piece of work.
Jim
Glenn Clabo
02-14-2006, 5:38 PM
Very ... Very... Very Nice Dick. So that's what the DVR looks like with a biggin on it?
Bernie Weishapl
02-14-2006, 5:59 PM
Beautiful Dick. Looks like that DVR's a working for you.
Glenn Hodges
02-14-2006, 6:15 PM
Thanks for letting us see this beautiful piece.
Bob Noles
02-14-2006, 6:23 PM
Dick,
That thing is certainly on the large side. Beautiful piece, beautiful wife and beautiful lathe..... what more could a guy ask for :D
Travis Stinson
02-14-2006, 7:28 PM
Awesome wall hanging Dick. Great job! Next one even bigger?:D
Dennis Peacock
02-14-2006, 8:00 PM
Most Excellent Dick!!!!!!!!!!!! Very pretty and LARGE piece. Way to go and a very smooth execution on a turning that large. Congrats Buddy!!!!
Corey Hallagan
02-14-2006, 8:12 PM
Beautiful Dick! Awesome work!
corey
Dick Parr
02-14-2006, 8:33 PM
Thanks for the nice comment everyone.;) This was a challenge.
Looks like I forgot to mention that it is finished to 600 grit, with 2 coats of wipe on poly and Renaissance wax.
Sparky Paessler
02-14-2006, 9:06 PM
looks great Dick! Man that is large! Love the Cherry and walnut together.
Barry Stratton
02-14-2006, 9:10 PM
Incredible, huge and awesome! Thanks for all the pictures as well.
Karl Laustrup
02-14-2006, 9:23 PM
Nice platter, Dick. The contrasts of wood are great.
I would like to know if you ran out of blanks or ladder to stack on top of the pre platter while the pieces were drying? :confused: ;) :eek:
Karl
Mike Ramsey
02-14-2006, 10:56 PM
Really nice & really big!! Turn 3 more of those and build a covered
wagon to put them on ;) .
Chris Barton
02-15-2006, 8:10 AM
Very cool Dick! That's the largest platter I have seen!
John Miliunas
02-15-2006, 8:26 AM
That is just way neat, Dick!!! Your bride certainly appears to be happy with it, as well! :) Only other thing I can say is, I'm wondering how long it'll be before you turn the coffee cup for that little saucer??? :D :cool:
Ernie Nyvall
02-15-2006, 9:26 PM
Wow Dick that is wonderful and apparently you made someone very happy.
So, Keith is seeing aliens in his work and Dick is making flying saucers.:eek:
Ernie
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