Jim Becker
02-19-2006, 8:45 PM
So, while having to keep the eyes on the back of my head pointed outside the shop to "monitor" the play activities of two certain little girls, I managed to attach myself to the spinny thing for a little while this afternoon. This piece certainly put a major strain on the Stubby, but I managed to keep it spinning long enough to transform a piece of dry and gnarly mountain laurel root into this vaaaaaaaaseeeeeeee. Oh, ok...so it's Barbie sized. :) 2 hp was just enough power to do the job. :D
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1 3/8" tall by 1" in diameter. It was mostly shaped between centers and then mounted in spigot jaws with a small tenon left on the bottom. (The base stabilized it against the chuck jaws) A 7/16" Forstner bit was used to remove stock from the inside before some additional hollowing work with small tools. It had a little nicer upper rim, but an inclusion forced me to reshape after reversing. A 7/16" "dowel" turned from scrap and placed in the chuck then served to hold the piece snuggly for said reshaping with a little tail stock support.
It's not fully hollowed...I didn't have the patience today for it. I still need to add some finish to the inside as I just used some spray shellac while the piece was still reversed on the lathe. It's a very attractive piece of wood, however, and I do like the working properties of it...it cuts smooth! Not a great photo...it wasn't worth setting up the photo booth in the freezing cold.
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1 3/8" tall by 1" in diameter. It was mostly shaped between centers and then mounted in spigot jaws with a small tenon left on the bottom. (The base stabilized it against the chuck jaws) A 7/16" Forstner bit was used to remove stock from the inside before some additional hollowing work with small tools. It had a little nicer upper rim, but an inclusion forced me to reshape after reversing. A 7/16" "dowel" turned from scrap and placed in the chuck then served to hold the piece snuggly for said reshaping with a little tail stock support.
It's not fully hollowed...I didn't have the patience today for it. I still need to add some finish to the inside as I just used some spray shellac while the piece was still reversed on the lathe. It's a very attractive piece of wood, however, and I do like the working properties of it...it cuts smooth! Not a great photo...it wasn't worth setting up the photo booth in the freezing cold.