A project for my Uncle

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  • sscherin
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2003
    • 772
    • Kennewick, WA, USA.

    A project for my Uncle

    I have a little turned piece I've been trying to make for my uncle..

    It's a container that needs to hold a 3" dia 6" long cylinder..

    I don't have any bowl or vesel turning tools and it's been driving me nuts thinking up ways to pull this off without resorting to ordering new bowl gouges or a 3" forstner bit. Today I figured it out..

    I noticed that I could mount my parting tool in the tool post for cross slide.

    It's great if you need to turn an opening or tendon to an exact size.


    It's a bit nutty but it worked.





    To get the full 6" reach I had to knock the handle off and mount the parting tool by the tang but it did reach (although with a lot of chatter)

    I'll explain what it's going to be used for in a week or two and post progress pics as I go.
    William's Law--
    There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it
    cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.
  • leehljp
    Just me
    • Dec 2002
    • 8429
    • Tunica, MS
    • BT3000/3100

    #2
    Can't wait to see what you are making! Wooden tumbler?
    Last edited by leehljp; 08-11-2013, 09:10 AM.
    Hank Lee

    Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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    • sscherin
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2003
      • 772
      • Kennewick, WA, USA.

      #3
      Lid in the works

      Made from cherry sapwood. the base will be the same.

      The threads are parted off of a PVC true union.. The female threads press into the top of the main body.


      William's Law--
      There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it
      cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

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      • sscherin
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2003
        • 772
        • Kennewick, WA, USA.

        #4
        Starting to look like a giant sewing thread spool.. HA.. No worries the ends will be turned down quite a bit.

        Right now I'm just getting all the parts together before defining the shape.



        Base and cap fitted.. segmented some contrasting wood from the mystery box onto the cap end. I may do the other end too.
        Last edited by sscherin; 08-12-2013, 12:49 AM.
        William's Law--
        There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it
        cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

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        • pelligrini
          Veteran Member
          • Apr 2007
          • 4217
          • Fort Worth, TX
          • Craftsman 21829

          #5
          It's a cigar case for one that came off a really, really big thigh.
          Erik

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          • capncarl
            Veteran Member
            • Jan 2007
            • 3564
            • Leesburg Georgia USA
            • SawStop CTS

            #6
            Sorry for the loss of your Aunt.

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            • sscherin
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2003
              • 772
              • Kennewick, WA, USA.

              #7
              I did a little segmenting with cocobolo.



              Turned down to shape.. Not how I imagined it but I like it.




              Never mind the checking.. My uncle was a little cracked and so is this urn. I think he would have liked that.

              It's made from a Sycamore log I saved when they trimmed our tree.

              Time to think about filling in that checking and getting a finish on.

              Last edited by sscherin; 08-13-2013, 07:39 PM.
              William's Law--
              There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it
              cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

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              • sscherin
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2003
                • 772
                • Kennewick, WA, USA.

                #8
                Finished..

                I made a finial with some burl from my box of mystery wood. I partly drilled the blank for a 3/8 brass tube and turned it like a closed end pen. ( see pen turning pays off ) I've been using a 3/8" bolt to mount the parts on the lathe so it fit the existing hole in the lid perfectly.

                I finished it with CA the first time but sanded through getting it up to a glossy finish.
                I didn't really like how it was looking anyway so I stripped it all off and re finished with wipe on poly.. I think it turned out much better with the color I got from an oil finish.

                I turned the lower half a step down and wound it with hemp cord.

                Woods are a Sycamore log (from my yard) Cherry sap wood, Cocobolo segmenting and ?? burl finial.









                Last edited by sscherin; 08-18-2013, 12:53 PM.
                William's Law--
                There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it
                cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

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                • Ed62
                  The Full Monte
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 6022
                  • NW Indiana
                  • BT3K

                  #9
                  I almost never read the posts regarding turning because I never did that, and it's an itch I never developed. But this is a really nice piece of work. I'm sure he'd be very happy with it. Sorry for your loss.

                  Ed
                  Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                  For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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