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I recently turned some mugs as prizes for a fund raising run I organized and held. I also turned the bowl as a thank-you for a long standing donor. The winners liked their prizes and the donor doubled his contribution from last year. I need to make him a whole set of bowls! Both the mugs and bowl were turned from Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry). The bowl is ~2” thick and 12” in diameter.
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Jon Spelbring
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posted 184 days ago
Nice! I haven’t turned cherry yet. I especially like the grain pattern on the bowl.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 184 days ago
These are gorgeous. I really have to add a lathe to my shop.
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darryl
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posted 183 days ago
the bowl looks great, as do the mugs. I’d like to give those a shot one of these days.
are the mugs complicated? the instructions I’ve seen make it seem that way.
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Grumpy
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posted 183 days ago
Nice bit of turning CutNrun. Great finish.
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CutNRun
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posted 183 days ago
Jon, the wood is Jatoba or Brazilian Cherry. It is MUCH harder than domestic cherry. It turns to a beautiful finish, but takes the edge off of lathe tools pretty quickly. It is also often used for flooring because of the hardness.
Darryl, after doing a few of the mugs, the process is pretty simple. I prefer to turn them from a solid block and do a lot of the hollowing using a drill chuck and forestner bit. I first turn a tenon on the bottom of the cup to insert into my four-jawed chuck. I then do the shaping and hollowing. After gluing in the stainless insert, I part off the mug and change the jaws on the chuck from metal to plastic. I then expand these inside the mug insert and finish turn the bottom of the mug.
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jockmike2
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posted 174 days ago
Very nice turnings. mike
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rikkor
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posted 174 days ago
Excellent. I have been afraid of the mug project because of the hollowing, but I do have forstner bits. Maybe soon…
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trifern
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posted 50 days ago
Masterfully done.
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