Brad Hammond
01-09-2007, 2:15 PM
hey all,,,,,,,, ya'll i'd posted a thread about a week ago about bustin the handle on my spindle gouge. after some research and the always helpful advice from smc members i've turned my first handle! i was kinda nervous about getting the ferrull and hole size for the gouge right. plus, i'm turning on a jet mini, so 14" is about all i could get.
this one is from a birch slab i've had sitting around for quite sometime. i only sanded down to 120 and there's no finish at all. gonna let many many turnings put the finish on this one. i'd finally decided on a bronze coupler for the ferrule. i'd planned on heating the couple before putting it on the handle, but i thought i'd try it without the heating just to experiment a little. i sunk the gouge about an inch and a half into the handle and it seems to be holding up pretty good! the old sorby handle is sitting next to it.
p&n...........here i come! :D
oh...... i truly apologize for the pic quality i havent been able to get my camera drivers to load up since i went to xp. this was from my phone.....:confused:
thanx for lookin! any critiques or advice is more than welcome!
oh one more thing........... i'd just recieved bill grumbine's dvd on bowl turning. great great info! and that whole 45 45 45 thing........... geeze that'll take some wood off quick! excellent instruction in that dvd! thanx bill for sharing!
this one is from a birch slab i've had sitting around for quite sometime. i only sanded down to 120 and there's no finish at all. gonna let many many turnings put the finish on this one. i'd finally decided on a bronze coupler for the ferrule. i'd planned on heating the couple before putting it on the handle, but i thought i'd try it without the heating just to experiment a little. i sunk the gouge about an inch and a half into the handle and it seems to be holding up pretty good! the old sorby handle is sitting next to it.
p&n...........here i come! :D
oh...... i truly apologize for the pic quality i havent been able to get my camera drivers to load up since i went to xp. this was from my phone.....:confused:
thanx for lookin! any critiques or advice is more than welcome!
oh one more thing........... i'd just recieved bill grumbine's dvd on bowl turning. great great info! and that whole 45 45 45 thing........... geeze that'll take some wood off quick! excellent instruction in that dvd! thanx bill for sharing!