Well I woke up this morning with an idea. Headed out to the shop early and found myself a piece of walnut
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Well I woke up this morning with an idea. Headed out to the shop early and found myself a piece of walnut
Got it mounted up and turned the outer profile....mostly using the skewAttachment 414579
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Then I needed to drill a hole to set my depth Attachment 414583
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Did my hollowing with a homemade tool I call Big Bertha
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Also got the piece ready to accept the cherry collar in the next step
So now I have to turn the cherry precisely to the cut in the walnut
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It has to be perfectly flat
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Then the tenon cut. This has to be a press fit to the walnut
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So now I can put them together. Using the new gorilla clear glue. It fit was so tight that I had to pound it in place with a mallet
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While the main body is drying, I'm going to make it a little walnut hat.
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Now time to turn the main body.
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Turning the neck is first. Very difficult cut.
Had to make a special little tool for this. Making the tool took 5 minutes. Turning the neck took about an hour
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Now diving into the inside
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Have to make sure the hat fits
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Now turn it around and do the foot.
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Made a little raindrop out of bullet proof glass for the hat.
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Finish sanding and getting started on the lacquer finish.
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And that's it!!
7 hours with a lunch break.
Pretty dang good day :)
John, Did you melt, mold, grind, or shape the glass somehow to get the raiin drop?
Looks very professional to me.