Raymond Overman
11-17-2007, 12:02 AM
I made an order from Lee Valley early in the week after selling a few pieces last week. I ordered a Mcnaughton center saver and it came in the post today. I had also been looking at a reciprocating hand piece for my Foredom rotary tool and decided I'd go ahead and pick that up at Klingspor too. This evening I took my new toys out to the shop to have a go.
First the Mcnaughton setup, this thing is a trick on a stick. Even though I've never used one and had only seen Bill Grumbine use one once in person, I cored a piece of walnut that I had sitting around on the first go. It wasn't easy by any means and I'll have to do some practicing and fine tuning on the technique, but in no time I had a small bowl cored out of the center and a second bowl cored from the largest diameter bowl.
It isn't for the faint of heart though and I stayed out on the end of the tool well away from any pieces that had the potential to stray off the lathe. There's some definite finesse in using it and I almost made the bottom of the largest bowl too deep. I only had about a 1/2" of material left in the middle bottom and wanted to leave about 1". I'm sure I'll get the hang of it though.
Second the foredom reciprocating handpiece snapped on quickly to my rotary tool and the shallow spoon and v groove made quick work of some test texturing on a piece of scrap. I'll have to get back with more info on this one once I have a chance to use it on a project.
First the Mcnaughton setup, this thing is a trick on a stick. Even though I've never used one and had only seen Bill Grumbine use one once in person, I cored a piece of walnut that I had sitting around on the first go. It wasn't easy by any means and I'll have to do some practicing and fine tuning on the technique, but in no time I had a small bowl cored out of the center and a second bowl cored from the largest diameter bowl.
It isn't for the faint of heart though and I stayed out on the end of the tool well away from any pieces that had the potential to stray off the lathe. There's some definite finesse in using it and I almost made the bottom of the largest bowl too deep. I only had about a 1/2" of material left in the middle bottom and wanted to leave about 1". I'm sure I'll get the hang of it though.
Second the foredom reciprocating handpiece snapped on quickly to my rotary tool and the shallow spoon and v groove made quick work of some test texturing on a piece of scrap. I'll have to get back with more info on this one once I have a chance to use it on a project.