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Last fall, I attended a woodturning symposium where one of the demonstrators was turning eggs and spheres.
Just had to try it!
I made a chuck out of some PVC and a couple of clamps (see: http://www.detroitareawoodturners.org/EGG%20CHUCK.pdf ), and mounted a cutoff from a table leg (red oak) between centers. Using a real hen’s egg from the kitchen fridge, I made a ‘template’ similar to the one Bon Anderson made in this article: http://www.cicaaw.org/sites/default/files/newsletters/CICAAW%20APR%202011.pdf .
I sanded and finished it on the lathe using O.B.’s Shine Juice (thanks to Eddie Castelin!).
This egg is a little smaller than the template … I got a catch so I had to take off more material to fix the oops.
—Gerry
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Jim Jakosh
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#1 posted 487 days ago
Gerry, you are a man after my own heart- I too make gages to turn eggs. I measured about 100 eggs to get an average and then made a gage to fit the egg while one end was still attached on the chuck side. I have made only 2 so far but they are nice to show in egg cups….........Jim
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a1Jim
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#2 posted 487 days ago
LOL I get it Gerry,Nice trick,the egg looks super.
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Joe Lyddon
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#3 posted 487 days ago
Slick trick!
... going for an even dozen? LOL
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TheDane
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#4 posted 487 days ago
Joe—Maybe! These are fun, and they really don’t take long to do … unless you screwup and get a catch. It actually took longer to repair the damage from the catch than it did to tune the egg.
—Gerry
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Lee A. Jesberger
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#5 posted 486 days ago
Wooden eggs, huh?
That’s a clever way to do that.
Now where can I get some wooden bacon?
Lee
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TheDane
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#6 posted 486 days ago
Lee—Hmmm … hickory shavings and some light walnut stain might do the trick. Who’s cooking?
—Gerry
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MasterSergeant
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#7 posted 485 days ago
Thanks for the smile! I’ll give this a try!
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lew
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#8 posted 485 days ago
Cool!
Thanks for the link for the chuck!
Lew
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#9 posted 474 days ago
Eggstremely cool project!
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