Oak Magnifying Glass

Very very pretty. the grain looks great and i love the finish. was this type of project hard to do? i haven’t done onbe of these before but was thinking about it. what type of fiinish did you use?

-- spinning into a new adventure

It was harder than I thought because of the length of the blank. You needed to drill out the blank for the handle which is about 5”, which exceeded the stroke length for my drill press.

You can’t drill from both ends because they have to be perfectly lined up or the brass tube will not go through the center of the handle. I solved this by drilling as much as I could on the drill press and then finishing the rest with my cordless drill and a 7” bit, inserting it into the already drilled end of the stock and pushing through the last inch. The finish is standard woodturning polish.

-- Jim Sollows --- Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca

Great project…terrific job. It’s always nice to and make such a nice piece out of scrap lumber.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

Nice work. I’m a scrap saver, but I’m not a turner,yet. One thing I’ve been wondering about is the waste from hand cut dovetails? :-)) Jay Leno said to use his name to see what could be sold on Ebay. That’s about all i’ve come up with so far.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Looks good well done.

Jim

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com