Ian's woodturning thread

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

You know where I am matey, wish i was abit more crafty myself, too busy running about in the woods after fungi!

[bob]

Thankyou, i need to ad a few more tools to my arsenal first as it's quite hard to turn but its on my list

 

i know what you mean did this one yesterday did not go as deep as i had planned and not as smooth as i would of liked but still a good learning curve

[Ian Leach]

some nice looking bowls there bob:thumbup1: I'm looking at the soverign handle system as the way i'm going i'll need a trailer just for the tools, unless i can get someone to make one.

Sovereign system

[bob]

all christmas presents

i am off to ASK Tools woodturning and woodworking tools and machinery

tomorrow to get my christmas presents

so will look at that sovereign stuff need a selection of rests

tried to make some but not as pukka as i would of liked and always a few more chisels never go amiss

also need some more glue any advice:thumbup:

[Ian Leach]

all christmas presents

i am off to ASK Tools woodturning and woodworking tools and machinery

tomorrow to get my christmas presents

so will look at that sovereign stuff need a selection of rests

tried to make some but not as pukka as i would of liked and always a few more chisels never go amiss

also need some more glue any advice:thumbup:

 

Looked on there site the chestnut superglue is good just make sure the surfaces are flat, a good hot glue gun works well too as you can re heat it to remove it easier. I rarely use glue as i have a chuck and a thread screw and then i turn a spigot the other end to fit into the chuck.

[bob]

think you can see on left i generally glue a 3 inch ish peg on so no wood is wasted and find spigot slips more or distorts when i crank it up

or am i doing something wrong:blushing:

basic pva usually but it,s a bit cold at mo

put peg in jaws then put block on and hold tight with spinner bit from other end sorry dont know technical stuff

[Ian Leach]

think you can see on left i generally glue a 3 inch ish peg on so no wood is wasted and find spigot slips more or distorts when i crank it up

or am i doing something wrong:blushing:

basic pva usually but it,s a bit cold at mo

put peg in jaws then put block on and hold tight with spinner bit from other end sorry dont know technical stuff

 

The way your glueing it is fine, with the spigot i do a dovetail so it grips the chuck better. when you do spigot turning don't turn the out side of the bowl to finished size as when you turn it over to place spigot in chuck there might be a slight wobble so then you can do final cut (does this make sense??)

If distorts when speed is turned up i would guess that it's slipped on chuck slightly.

Edited December 18, 2009 by Ian Leach

[bob]

yeh cheers

do you always do sticking out ones rather than recessed ones

is there a woodturning forum thing

[Ian Leach]

I don't no of any forums i go to a demonstration once a month which has wood sales tools, glues, polishes all kinds of stuff. As i'm still a novice turner i always use a spigot like that as i find the other way on slip in chuck and the whole piece can be knackard.

[Ian Leach]

Well not done anything for a while for various reasons but here's one i done today, it's a salad bowl made out of walnut with a beeswax and caranuba finish. Also a pair of salad hands which still need sanding and waxing also made from walnut.