Quick Bowl and Mugs

Nice! I haven’t turned cherry yet. I especially like the grain pattern on the bowl.

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These are gorgeous. I really have to add a lathe to my shop.

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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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Nice bit of turning CutNrun. Great finish.

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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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Very nice turnings. mike

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Excellent. I have been afraid of the mug project because of the hollowing, but I do have forstner bits. Maybe soon…

Masterfully done.

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Where do you get the stainless inserts?
Are they full length or just the lips?
I was going to send you a PM but figured others would also want to know.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Lee – the inserts are full length. I have been getting them from Rockler. They used to be on sale for around $7.00. I see the current price is over $12. Makes for an expensive travel mug.

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