Hi all, thought I would have a go at posting a thread, please bear with me, I'm not too good at juggling my camera whilst making something

Right, I thought I would have a go at a bit of inside out turning. The idea is you turn a fancy shape on the outside then turn it inside out and then turn a fancy shape on the new outside. So basically when your done you have a piece that you can look into and see a fancy machined surface that would be normally impossible to machine from solid

It will all soon become clear, I hope
Anyway this is my attempt

I started with 4 pieces of 1/4" brass square bar

Then all four pieces are then super glued (along with my fingers

) they could soldered together for a bit more security

Once all stuck together I then clocked it up in the 4 jaw chuck

Machined a basic sort of contour on the outside with a radius tool

Out of chuck and in to the thinners to soften the glue, Hey presto four bits

Now turn them inside out and solder together and like magic its whole again


Back to the lathe and clocked in the good old 4 jaw


Machining the new outside, nothing too fancy (pretty uninspiring really)

There you have it, a inside out turned piece of brass






Here's my first attempt, all going well and then I got a bit cocky and .......
crunch


Anyway hope you found this thread of some interest. I'm currently building a stationary steam engine, its sort of a commision job for a mate and I fancied a change from the solid supports and decided to go for something a bit different.

Cheers
Rob