Hello everyone...
Finally got the lathe few weeks ago...
Thanks to information provided on this forum I've opted for maxi lathe from pop's shed..
Very happy with it and it seems to be quite nice piece of machinery and good value for $$$ especially for beginner like me..
So done some small test tube vases which gave me more confidence in being able to do bigger things..
Next one up was to do some vases..
I've laminated couple of blocks... Blocks were done from scrap I had laying around and were bad up from, pine, vic ash and merbau...
Blocks were 125x125x140 high (approx) ... Was able to cut 120mm diam on a bandsaw...
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First try was pretty much disaster... and was not able to do any salvage... second was a bit better and finally third time lucky.. I've managed to make a piece without it falling out of the lathe or being cracked or damaged..
Major challenges I had to figure out...
1 ) depth of the footing part... Seems like I was making it too shallow which caused the bottom piece to crack... Additionally bottom layer was pine which did not help either..
2) hollowing... First one I've drilled he hole in using jacobs chuck... but with the combination with challenge one challenge 2 was more damaging.. Learning how to use bowl gauge...
3) Learning controlling of tools while turning different species of wood laminated together.. especially after me gluing pine (softest wood) onto the merbau (hardest)..
4) Tear outs.. merbau has so many tear outs when turning ingrain...
Sanded off up to 400 grit then with 0000 steel wool.. and then applied ultra gloss...
Anyway here are images of the attempts...
Educational comments, notes etc are more than welcome :) Basically anything that will help me improve
Finally got the lathe few weeks ago...
Thanks to information provided on this forum I've opted for maxi lathe from pop's shed..
Very happy with it and it seems to be quite nice piece of machinery and good value for $$$ especially for beginner like me..
So done some small test tube vases which gave me more confidence in being able to do bigger things..
Next one up was to do some vases..
I've laminated couple of blocks... Blocks were done from scrap I had laying around and were bad up from, pine, vic ash and merbau...
Blocks were 125x125x140 high (approx) ... Was able to cut 120mm diam on a bandsaw...
2015-12-13 19.40.15.jpg2015-12-13 19.40.24.jpg2015-12-13 19.40.39.jpg2015-12-13 19.40.58.jpg
First try was pretty much disaster... and was not able to do any salvage... second was a bit better and finally third time lucky.. I've managed to make a piece without it falling out of the lathe or being cracked or damaged..
Major challenges I had to figure out...
1 ) depth of the footing part... Seems like I was making it too shallow which caused the bottom piece to crack... Additionally bottom layer was pine which did not help either..
2) hollowing... First one I've drilled he hole in using jacobs chuck... but with the combination with challenge one challenge 2 was more damaging.. Learning how to use bowl gauge...
3) Learning controlling of tools while turning different species of wood laminated together.. especially after me gluing pine (softest wood) onto the merbau (hardest)..
4) Tear outs.. merbau has so many tear outs when turning ingrain...
Sanded off up to 400 grit then with 0000 steel wool.. and then applied ultra gloss...
Anyway here are images of the attempts...
Educational comments, notes etc are more than welcome :) Basically anything that will help me improve
Learning curve
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