What did you do in your shop today?
- Thread starter woodtickgreg
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Looks like you might have cut some of that lignotuber off. If so and you lack use for it, if its big enough, I might be interested in making a reference sample from it.
That is huge! How much did it weigh? Gonna be amazing when you are finished! Chuck
Making sawdust, Lily Rose and whatever's in the "xtratuf" coozy - sounds like a pretty good day to me.
I'll take a pic of the pieces that got cut off so you can see if one of them will work for you.
I have no idea other than it was heavy as hell getting it up on the lathe lol.
I needed a beer after that lol.
Sorry Mr. Peet. I forgot today is trash day and the chunks are already gone. :(
Wood in trash, now that is a new one. Thanks for the update.
Lol, well I like to clean up my mess once I'm done and the scraps were pretty small. :)
I wasn't able to get started on this again until later in the day, but when I did, I had to cut it in half in order to work it. Every time I stopped the lathe to check on the progress, it wouldn't start back up unless I powered down the lathe completely then turned it back on. I think it may have been too heavy and I didn't want to burn out my motor. I like the way it's turning out.
Wood scraps in the garbage... Sacrilege!! Good thing you're so popular around here otherwise you'd be excommunicated.
For Peet's sake. (see what I did there?)
Love where you're going with the shape.
That looks like it's going to be real interesting hollowing.......
That looks like it's going to be real interesting hollowing.......
I plan on coring it out and depending on how good or bad that goes, Mr. Peet may yet get his sample if this thing flies apart. :)
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And now you get to make two of them.
Well, I finally got the first half done. It was something else. Probably not the safest thing to core but it's finished. I had a few chunks fly off even with the duct tape on and in the process of trimming off the top with my parting tool, I had a catch and it bent the crap out of it. Thank goodness the part is replaceable. Oh, and I didn't get hurt :). If I had to do it all over again I'd probably do the same except be more careful with the tool. The piece I cored out I'll let dry completely and then fill with epoxy. The big one I stuck in a bag with silica beads. I finish turned that so however it warps is how it will stay.
That was quite the catch,bowl looks fantastic,glad to hear you didn’t get hit with the flying pieces.
Congrats on getting to this point! Experience probably saved you from injury on that catch. Looking forward to seeing the next installment of this adventure in woodturning! Chuck