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Turned Jewelry box ( distraction from stripping lathe )
micktoon:
Photo bucket seems to be working again so here is the last photo I mentioned before there , the lid with hole for finial.
I forgot to take any photos of the finial getting made but its really just a bigger version of the little pegs for the rings in design and made the same way. The round knob on the finial was just done by eye and sanded to shape.
I had a length of mahogany dowel so made the ring pegs from this to save time as I would have had to turn the square off cuts from the lid blank round to make them. The dowel is mounted into a small collet chuck and I managed to get two at a time from each bit, if it was sticking out any further it would have flexed too much.
This next shot shows the first of the two from this blank getting made , I had to make seven to get five that looked the same. Sorry for blurred photo.
After that it was just a case of marking out where the pegs go and carefully drilling blind holes on the dril press and a drop of glue on each peg, I ended up putting a screw up through the lid to fix the finial, rather than fixing with glue, this means it could be swapped for different style in the future. The recesses in the underside of the lid and the base means that in years to come if it starts to look a bit tatty its a simple job to remount with the recesses and re sand and finish.
Just ask if you want to know more or if I have not explained anything in enough detail.
Cheers Mick.
Rob.Wilson:
Nice work Mick :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: i am impressed :bow: :bow: :bow:
Rob
micktoon:
Cheers Rob, thanks for the compliments, I will be happy when I can get a metal project as good lol. I hope you are managing to more done to the CNC motor brackets. Its my girlfriends birthday tomorrow so I have made another little box today to go with her gifts so not much done to the lathe , just scraped more flaking paint and crud from it.
I will post some photos of the other box but its got too late tonight to attempt all the photo resizing stuff..........so watch this space.
Cheers Mick.
dsquire:
Mick
That is a super job that you have made on the jewellery bowl. Very nice presentation. Thanks for showing us.
Cheers :beer:
Don
Stilldrillin:
Mick.
That really is beautiful! :bugeye:
Well done....... :clap: :clap:
David D
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