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2 x 4 Challenge #2: All Is Revealed!

Blog entry by mot posted 652 days ago 959 reads 0 times favorited 23 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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After gluing up the blank in the first part of this series, I moved over to the miter saw. I set the angle for 15 degrees, setup a 15 degree stop and a sub fence/base for zero clearance to minimize tearout.

I cut the 2×4 into a bunch of little pizza slices and got ready for the next step. That step involved finding out if my mitre saw read 15 degrees accurately!

Two half circles were made, and the pieces taped together. I didn’t have any of the fancy blue tape that those lucky guys that do veneering use, but settled for the green stuff that us lowly turners have on hand!

I pulled clamps from my dust collector pieces box, and daisy chained them together for my glueup. I was off by a smidgen so I used a chisel to keep the two halves taught. I’ll workout how to correct the error later. I was still thinking at this point.

After my glue was dry, I ran both half circles through the drum sander in order to make they perfectly flat and equal. This step may have been unnecessary as I’m going to have to do this again, as you’ll see.

After using a compass with the halves held together, to mark circles, I set the bandsaw table to 22 degrees and cut out my half circles. Many of you have guessed, by this point, where this little 2×4 is headed.

After cutting out the half circles, I glued them into rings. The error I had with the angle being slightly less than 15 degrees, was taken out with my tablesaw sled and a quick swipe. The rings took another trip through the drum sander, at this point, in order to make sure they had perfectly flat glue surfaces.

I then glued, stacked and clamped my rings! Those of you that guessed a hat from the band Devo? Well, you’re wrong! Close though! I was a little dissappointed in how little gluing surface I left on this. The bowl itself will be just around 1/4” thick. I think that, for a spruce bowl, this will really be a test to turn it.

With a little creative chucking, the project is starting to take shape! The wood was VERY dry, the step on the rings left for a VERY thin wall, and I had a heck of a time turning this.

After a lot of sanding and some very tentative turning to keep from blowing this thing into a bunch of pieces, out came the bowl. This is a picture of the bowl, the building block and some of the waste. Those of you that turn, know that that’s about 1/4 of the mess that came off the lathe. I kept the rim pretty thick for two reasons; the bowl had to be turned too thin because of the ring overlap, and with it being so dry, turning the rim was pretty exciting with the the wood so dry, so once it was round, it didn’t get too much more treatment.

Well, Mr. 2 X 4, I’m pretty pleased with what you had to show me! Thanks for looking, folks!

Cheers!

Tom

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)


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scottb

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posted 652 days ago

Awesome!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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RobS

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posted 652 days ago

Awesome and incredi-bowl. Great work.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Bob #2

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posted 652 days ago

Well done Tom.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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USCJeff

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posted 652 days ago

I’ll leave it at, “Wow”

-- Jeff, South Carolina

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Karson

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posted 652 days ago

Great job Tom.

Nice chips. The bowl isn’t too shabby either.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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GaryK

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posted 652 days ago

Nicely done Tom!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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lazyfiremaninTN

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posted 652 days ago

Fantastic. Truely original.

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

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rikkor

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posted 651 days ago

Holy cow! That is a fine looking 2×4. Are you going to stain it?

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MsDebbieP

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posted 651 days ago

and the salad looks delicious.
(great photo).

well done, Tom. Well done

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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toyguy

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posted 651 days ago

I could have sworn it was going to be a hat from that band DEVO… But a bowl full of popcorn is cool too.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

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Russel

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posted 651 days ago

Way cool. Creative to say the least.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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Tomcat1066

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posted 651 days ago

OK, now that’s cool!

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

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MorningWood70

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posted 651 days ago

I think I might have to get a lathe now

-- Eric, www.themorningwoodshow.com

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Scott Bryan

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posted 651 days ago

The imaginative effort that is present here is truly amazing. I can honestly say I will never look at a 2×4 in the same light anymore.

Thanks for the inspiration.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Patrick Jaromin

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posted 651 days ago

Awesome. Color me impressed. And to think, growing up in Buffalo, NY I thought Canada was only good for Hockey, Labatts and Rush!

Strong work Tom.

-- Patrick, Chicago, IL http://www.TenonAndSpline.com/blog

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mot

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posted 651 days ago

Thanks for all the comments, folks. I’m just going to leave it natural. I’ll take a picture of it with a light in the bowl. It’s paper thin. With it being so dry I might put some poly on it, but probably not. It was a really fun project to make, with lots of inspiration amongst the LJ community. I was showing my father some of the projects and he said, “Wow. Get that group together and with some 2×4’s you’ll not only build the house, you’ll furnish it too.”

Cheers!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Napaman

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posted 651 days ago

“That’s Incredible!” (remember that show???) Wow…tom…looks great….

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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mrtrim

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posted 651 days ago

great project mot well done !

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Kerry

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posted 651 days ago

Nice job Tom.

Kerry.

-- Alberta, Canada

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Mario

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posted 651 days ago

Very cool project.

-- Hope Never fails

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Zuki

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posted 651 days ago

Excellent job Mot!!!!!!

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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jeanmarc

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posted 517 days ago

impressing. beautiful work

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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Matt Vredenburg

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posted 246 days ago

Very creative work. This just shows us all that we shouldn’t throw away all those short 2×4 scraps, well if you have room to store them all and don’t kill yourself tripping over them.

Mot – great job of turning a cool bowl turned out of pieces of 2×4. Awesome work!

-- Matt, Arizona

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