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spuddevans:

--- Quote from: Powder Keg on January 28, 2013, 04:01:30 AM ---A couple weeks ago I made a small goblet on my wood lathe. I've been doing little projects trying to learn how all these hand tools work.

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Looks like you are getting the hang of it, nice turning  :thumbup: :thumbup:


I used to do a lot of woodturning, I found the hardest tool to get used to was the Skew Chisel, I never really mastered it, but when I did use it right it gave a beautiful finish. My favourite tool was a 3/8" bowl gouge with the flutes ground back, used that for nearly everything, bowls, platters, other stuff.

One thing I loved doing was glueing squares/cubes of contrasting woods together and then turning them into a plate or bowl, gives a really unique looking piece.

Seeing your work makes me want to bring my woodturning lathe into my new workshop ( when I've built it ) at the moment it resides in my dad's wood working workshop.


Tim

Powder Keg:
Playing with my lathe. I'm making a little saucer for my wife. The longworth chuck works great!!!



I'll coat it with walnut oil and she can use it.

~Wes~

micktoon:
  Hi Wes , nice fixes on the lathe there and nice job of the chuck and face plate too  :clap: :clap: :thumbup: The gobblet and saucer you made look good to me too.
  Cheers Mick.

Meldonmech:


        Hi Wes thanks for all the details of the Longworth  Chuck, a very ingenious design, must add to my to do list.
                               Cheers David

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