Last night I was thinking about my scruples. I have a demo at my club meeting next month. While dreaming up a plan, I grabbed a pencil and a tablet, and started laying out a design. Of course, the plan was nothing near being a scruple. Totally off topic and a totally different design. Time for an up front disclosure; I do not draw up anything related to wood turning. Anyway, I drew it up, and this morning. I attacked it. It's still a WIP, but here it is. I have no idea what to call it.
It started as a 2 1/4" thick x 3 1/8" square of walnut. I marked the centers on all 6 sides, and turned 6 tenons. It was definitely interesting because my tools are too large for that type of turning. If the piece was over 6" square, I believe it would have turned out much better as my tools would have worked better. I need to make some smaller swan neck tools for right and left and forward reverse turnings.
This is done all on the lathe. No other tools used other than wood turning chisels.
It's 2 7/8" OD and 2 13/16" tall and 3/32" thick. Unfinished of course.
Like I said, it's an experiment and still working on it. The base will be cut square on the table saw. The divots seen on the base are cuts from turning the other tenons. The scrape seen on the bottom
is from not having enough pressure between centers.
Crap!!! I just got another brilliant idea to try. Going ot to try it......... Stay tuned.. I really should be getting my stuff ready for Waco, but oh, know. .......Jerry (in Tucson)
It started as a 2 1/4" thick x 3 1/8" square of walnut. I marked the centers on all 6 sides, and turned 6 tenons. It was definitely interesting because my tools are too large for that type of turning. If the piece was over 6" square, I believe it would have turned out much better as my tools would have worked better. I need to make some smaller swan neck tools for right and left and forward reverse turnings.
This is done all on the lathe. No other tools used other than wood turning chisels.
It's 2 7/8" OD and 2 13/16" tall and 3/32" thick. Unfinished of course.
Like I said, it's an experiment and still working on it. The base will be cut square on the table saw. The divots seen on the base are cuts from turning the other tenons. The scrape seen on the bottom
is from not having enough pressure between centers.
Crap!!! I just got another brilliant idea to try. Going ot to try it......... Stay tuned.. I really should be getting my stuff ready for Waco, but oh, know. .......Jerry (in Tucson)