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Rog02:
I do a lot of sheet metal work. Some architectural restoration, some hot rod, a lot of aircraft, and some plain old "shop art".
The lily is polished copper and bronze, slightly larger than living scale. The bell it is displayed in here is a spun lamp shade I made for a contract kitchen job. This one was a reject as it has some ripples where I over stretched the metal :(.
Roger
Old, Tired and Grumpy as always.
Brass_Machine:
Hey Roger!
Nice piece. I hang around and read the Metal Spinning Workshop forum. Terry is pretty close to me. As soon as I can afford it, I am there to take classes.
Got any pictures of any other work you have done? What do you use for your spinning set up?
Eric
PTsideshow:
very nice, work ;D
Rog02:
--- Quote from: Brass_Machine on May 19, 2008, 01:25:29 AM ---Hey Roger!
Nice piece. I hang around and read the Metal Spinning Workshop forum. Terry is pretty close to me. As soon as I can afford it, I am there to take classes.
Got any pictures of any other work you have done? What do you use for your spinning set up?
Eric
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Hi Eric:
Thanks!
The spinning was done on an old Oliver wood lathe that was converted to a spinning lathe. The lathe belongs to a friend of mine and it is for sale. I have actually done very little spinning work. Just enough to know there is a lot to learn about it.
Terry's DVD is a good introduction to spinning.
I'm on the Board of Moderators at The Metalshapers Association and there are a bunch of albums on the MSA website at www.allshops.org We also maintain a Yahoo group for the everyday chatter at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/metalshapers/
Anyone interested in sheet metal work can join us on our Saturday night chat session. It usually begins around 7:00 PM CDT and runs until the last liar quits. The object of the chat is to share experience with newcomers. All questions will be answered and a lot of shoptalk, bench racing, and hangar flying to boot. I am the Grumpy_Oldman on the chat.
Roger
Old, Tired, and Grumpy as always
Divided he ad:
Hi.... I want to make a sphere!!!
There's the statement, here are the issues... I only have a small workshop and in it I omly have a 9x20 metal lathe... (I only want a sphere 2" dia) Can you use this to spin successfully? I would obviously make a tool rest and appropriate tools (that's the easy bit!)
I just wondered why it always seems to be a wood lathe?
Oh, nice lilly too Roger, I like shiny ;D How do you get the shape/effect, do you just beat it?
Ralph.
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