got an interesting piece of oak a while ago and it was still wet
chucked it up and turned it a little but it was unruly and knotty
set it aside for a few week and chucked it up again
this time it was better but it still needs to be a little drier
so it sits again
funny part is that it may just decide to split apart and challenge me to make
something out of it
i heard that michelangelo would be asked how he made those statues
and he answered something like
i only let what was in the marble come out
i think this piece is still deciding what to become
it is supposed to be a pen/pencil cup with a live or natural edge
it is tending toward firewood i think but it may surprise me
what was the biggest surprise you got from a piece of lumber
Electric Comet <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> got an interesting piece of oak a while ago and it was still wet
> chucked it up and turned it a little but it was unruly and knotty
>
> set it aside for a few week and chucked it up again
> this time it was better but it still needs to be a little drier
> so it sits again
>
>
> funny part is that it may just decide to split apart and challenge me
> to make something out of it
>
> i heard that michelangelo would be asked how he made those statues
> and he answered something like
>
> i only let what was in the marble come out
>
> i think this piece is still deciding what to become
>
> it is supposed to be a pen/pencil cup with a live or natural edge
> it is tending toward firewood i think but it may surprise me
>
> what was the biggest surprise you got from a piece of lumber
>
My biggest surprise was when I got a 2x4 that was made of reaction wood.
I was cutting it on the table saw, then POW! the wood has suddenly split
and I'm reaching for the emergency off.
Lately, I've been turning tops. They start out as a piece of wood about
2x2 and after I apply a few guidelines a top starts to appear. I rarely
wind up with the top I invisioned when I started, but I always wind up
with a top.
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
"Gramps' shop" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I'm a novice turner and I learn something new every time I chuck a
> piece on the lathe. My first lesson was that if you don't have a
> well-done tenon, that puppy can fly off the lathe. Glad I wasn't in
> the line of fire.
>
> Larry
>
Do you have a full face shield? If not, you need it. Hit up Amazon for
a comfortable one for around $25.
Speaking of things flying off the lathe, never leave the chuck key in the
chuck! All it takes is a moment's distraction to turn the lathe on with
the key in the chuck and then bad things happen. Some of the more
powerful lathes can eject the key fast enough to seriously hurt someone.
One adage I came across works well: The chuck key is either in your hand
or in its storage place.
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
Face shield was the first thing I purchased after I got my first lathe. I never turn without it. Never.
On Monday, June 15, 2015 at 5:50:18 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper at dot wrote:
> "Gramps' shop" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > I'm a novice turner and I learn something new every time I chuck a
> > piece on the lathe. My first lesson was that if you don't have a
> > well-done tenon, that puppy can fly off the lathe. Glad I wasn't in
> > the line of fire.
> >
> > Larry
> >
>
> Do you have a full face shield? If not, you need it. Hit up Amazon for
> a comfortable one for around $25.
>
> Speaking of things flying off the lathe, never leave the chuck key in the
> chuck! All it takes is a moment's distraction to turn the lathe on with
> the key in the chuck and then bad things happen. Some of the more
> powerful lathes can eject the key fast enough to seriously hurt someone.
> One adage I came across works well: The chuck key is either in your hand
> or in its storage place.
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:22:48 -0700 (PDT)
"Gramps' shop" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm a novice turner and I learn something new every time I chuck a
> piece on the lathe. My first lesson was that if you don't have a
> well-done tenon, that puppy can fly off the lathe. Glad I wasn't in
> the line of fire.
above 1000 rpm things can get more airborne but below and they fizzle
out quickly to the floor
i make the tenon just a little large than the diameter of the jaws when
fully closed
but once in a while i use a piece of suede to chuck up smaller pieces
for final detail sanding and more than a few have gone vertical
but usually at lower speed
things get more interesting near 3000 rpm