Oak towel bars

I can’t wait for a lathe to come into this house. Looks like it is really fun to create with.
These are lovely.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice Os, you did some work to get them that nice and smooth. Nice design too. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Mark. how are these attached to the wall. My guess would be that you drill a home through the turned end pieces and attached with an expansion bolt of some kind, then plug the hole with a turned cap. Do I have this correct?

Nice work, brother.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Thanks! Debbie I think you will enjoy creating with a lathe, I do. Thank you, Mike.

Don, I drilled holes in the back of the towel bars and attached them to the cabinets with lag bolts and washers. The single one was a challenge because it is on an exterior wall. What I did was chisel the base so that the original hardware that was connecting the loop type to the wall could be used. It didn’t work as well as I would have liked because if you look closely, you can see the gold plate underneath. A better way would have been what you suggested, to drill a hole through the whole piece and plug the hole with an ornamental turning. I couldn’t do it on this one, because I liked the design and didn’t want to ruin it and I wasn’t really sure how best to accomplish it with the current design. It would have been easier to do if I had planned it in the original turning, though.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Dennis, I trust you are aware that if your turned piece is held in a chuck, you can drill through the dead-center of the turned piece by mounting a drill-bit chuck where the dead center end goes into the Morris taper. You then simply wind the drill chuck into the piece as it’s turning on the lathe. It’s important to slow down the lathe speed, or you might burn your drill-bit. Also, back the drill bit out frequently to clear the debris.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Hey mark how did you get that oak that grayish color was it by using amonia?

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Nice work

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The grayish color is natural, Mike. After riving the oak, I air dried it for two years in a covered shed. I try not to use more chemicals than I have to. I’ll use olive oil as a color enhancer sometimes. What I like about it is that it wont hurt me if I get it on my hands. I usually seal it with several coats of shellac afterword. I didn’t use olive oil on this piece and used polyurethane because of the water contact.

Thank you, Dennis!

-- Jesus is Lord!