Project Information
About five months ago we bought a used lathe and tools. I had never turned and it had been several decades since hubby had, so we are both learning. My friend, Julie, gave us access to a wild cherry tree her husband cut down (last pic). You can see it was pretty far gone!
We worked at it and got some small pieces to turn. Since I am intimidated by the speed and potential mayhem I went v e r y s l o w l y. LOL No 'shavings' on this project, only dust! I decided to make a coffee scoop for Julie as she is a coffee lover. I turned it in one piece then separated the handle and drilled out the scoop on the drill press. Thought about filling the voids with epoxy. Figured one new thing at a time!
I started a second scoop. It decided it wanted to be a mini plane hammer instead.
I even increased the speed for the hammer turning and burned the lines in with plastic laminate that Rick M. talked about in his blog on the subject. Thanks for the tip Rick! Also used a gouge that was in a care package from LJ terryR! Sharp!
Love the people on this site!
We worked at it and got some small pieces to turn. Since I am intimidated by the speed and potential mayhem I went v e r y s l o w l y. LOL No 'shavings' on this project, only dust! I decided to make a coffee scoop for Julie as she is a coffee lover. I turned it in one piece then separated the handle and drilled out the scoop on the drill press. Thought about filling the voids with epoxy. Figured one new thing at a time!
I started a second scoop. It decided it wanted to be a mini plane hammer instead.
I even increased the speed for the hammer turning and burned the lines in with plastic laminate that Rick M. talked about in his blog on the subject. Thanks for the tip Rick! Also used a gouge that was in a care package from LJ terryR! Sharp!
Love the people on this site!