Requesting help from wood turners!

rikkor,

Shape the bulk of the egg shape , do two at one time if you have the space on the lathe, leaving just a small amount at the ends (~1/4”), and finish sand, then take a fine toothed saw and cut it off. Use an oscillating sander to smooth the rest of the ends. They turn out well for me using this method.

I hope this helps. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. I’m sure others have their ideas/methods as well which may work out better.

Thanks

Dave

-- Upstate New York -- Do what you love and never work a day in your life.

Thanks Dave. I appreciate your input.

-- Maplewood, MN

I would make a jamb chuck from a piece of wood and reverse chuck the egg (after finishing the other end)
to finish it. I have used this method very successfully. Once I make a wooden jamb chuck for a project I label it to be reused. If you go to www.tnwoodturner.org and click on woodturning online you can then access the projects section. In the projects section there are a couple of tutorials on how to turn eggs including one that details using a wooden chuck to finish the eggs. Good luck!

-- Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

There are a few methods discussed in a special woodturning issue put out by Woodworkers Journal on the bookstore shelf right now. Most are hand finishing after paring off, removing with a bandsaw and others, didn’t consider a jamb chuck though….

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Jeff, that Tennessee Woodworkers site is great! The jamb chuck shown looks like just the ticket. Thanks for the link.

-- Maplewood, MN

I’ve used both methods and found that just chucking up a piece of wood and forming it with a sharp rounded skew chisel is the fastest and easiest method for me. You can see a bunch that I made on my projects page last easter. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Every time I put a skew to wood it catches. Every time! When the opportunity arises I am going to get some instruction on it. Checked your page… you turned some beauties Mike.

-- Maplewood, MN