3 ~ 5"d x 6' Staved Select grade pine column-xmass gift

[Brian Weick]

My brother was redoing his basement and asked my opinion on what to do about the main beam post supports in his basement- so I came up with these stop fluted columns - I am going to cut them in half then wrap the 2 sections around the steel posts - glue/ratchet strap them and then install the capital blocks on top - was a lot of fun making these- I have never used select grade pine to make columns - usually hard woods for the most part-

Happy Holidays to all of you! :)
Brian

[Jim Dunn]

Brian impressive turnings. How are you going to hollow them out? I like the look of the stopped flutes.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work Brian and quite the setup! I am also curious as to how you are going to cut the columns in half - wouldn't a wide kerf pose a problem when gluing back together?

[Tom Sherman]

A very nice gift Brian, you do some nice large work.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow Brian those are cool. That will really dress things up and to think you turned those on that mini lathe.:eek::D:rolleyes:;):cool:

[John Cooper2]

Nice lathe

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Brian....You do things in a big way and do a great job too!

[Jim Becker]

Brian, they look wonderful! Nice work. So nice to have that big O to create stuff like this...


Brian impressive turnings. How are you going to hollow them out?

They are already hollow, Jim...staved construction like a barrel. This is kinda the normal technique for making columns like this because something solid would be unbearably heavy to handle.


I am also curious as to how you are going to cut the columns in half - wouldn't a wide kerf pose a problem when gluing back together?

I suspect that Brian will cut them on a band saw using a jig to hold them in the same plane through the cut. Very thin kerf and a few passes with a scraper, spokeshave and sandpaper will make it disappear in the scope of the scale. This is architectural turning and little things like a very minor variation in the profile don't get noticed as much.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Makes sense - thanks Jim!

[Skip Spaulding]

Lucky Brother! Wonderful work and great lathe.

[Brian Weick]

Jim,
You were close on the split and write on with the construction- I have a jig that I will use to cut these on my table saw-using a thin kerf blade-makes a nice clean thin cut. I'll throw some pictures up of that process when I get to it.
Thank you for the compliments.
Brian:)

[Brian Weick]

Yes their up~ still have to get pictures of them installed, will do ~ they came out so nice and what a difference in the remodeled basement.
Brian

[mreza Salav]

Everything looks impressive, the tools and the things you made with them!
Thanks for sharing the photos.