Ken Fitzgerald
12-19-2006, 6:55 PM
In the course of learning to use the lathe that I was so generously given....it's been my experience that a little catch here...a little too much application of a tool.....the resultant defects can be judiciously covered up by some careful change in design.
Yesterday, I for the first time, turned 4 of the same things......4 table leg extensions. Now what made this hard was not only having them appear very similar though the recipients were not being too picky...I am. Mechanically they had to be very similar or the table legs are not the same length....and you could get seasick eating supper if you reached for the salt and pepper shakers or passed a bowl too often.
Now I've volunteered to turn 12 knobs out of bubinga...why....the challenge of making 12 items as nearly identical as possible. This should really challenge my turning skills..........The recipiant has already bought and shipped to me the bubinga......Here's hoping I don't have to order a bunch more.......But I will succeed! It's like so much else in life......it's just a matter of time......I hope he's patient!
Yesterday, I for the first time, turned 4 of the same things......4 table leg extensions. Now what made this hard was not only having them appear very similar though the recipients were not being too picky...I am. Mechanically they had to be very similar or the table legs are not the same length....and you could get seasick eating supper if you reached for the salt and pepper shakers or passed a bowl too often.
Now I've volunteered to turn 12 knobs out of bubinga...why....the challenge of making 12 items as nearly identical as possible. This should really challenge my turning skills..........The recipiant has already bought and shipped to me the bubinga......Here's hoping I don't have to order a bunch more.......But I will succeed! It's like so much else in life......it's just a matter of time......I hope he's patient!