I am glad you were not hurt. That seeing said, cool shop and lathes. Look forward to seeing some final pictures.
I am glad you were not hurt. That seeing said, cool shop and lathes. Look forward to seeing some final pictures.
Joe you were lucky that you pulled the nails whole and didn't break them off and have to dig deeper. The vessel has a very nice grain pattern. It will be a real beauty.
Wow!! what a bowl.... I am just going to give up....
John thanks for your comments. Actually I started this piece in my friend Steve Sinner's studio on his Robust. It started out at 23" dia. to large for my Powermatic. After I got it shaped I took it home to hollow it. I still had to have a friend help me get it on my lathe as it was still very heavy.
Also this is actually the 1st time I've hit anything with metal in it. I guess I've just been lucky so far.
As to base it's probably a little less than 2" dia. where it's chucked. All the tennon has to do is drive the piece. The steady supports the all the weight.
If you recall I think I showed you this at the Symposium this summer where my friend Steve was demoing his hollowing set up.
Most of my smaller pieces I'll turn down to less than 1".
thanks for sharing Joe, very nice
That is going to be another beauty Joe. Looking forward to a few process shots as I find them Fascinating. You and Steve do some spectacular work with exceptional finishing.
Anyone else found bullets in a piece? I have. What a surprise, and the metal is generally soft, so you can actually turn through it.
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Thanks Bill. I do have a few pic's of the hollowing. I'll try to post.
Thanks Baxter. Actually I did the rough shaping in a friends studio on his Robust & finished the rough hollowing at home on my Powermatic. It was 23" in dia. when I started, to large for my lathe. However my friend does have a Robust, 2 Powermatics & a Oneway in his turning studio so we often do start a piece on one lathe and finish it on another.
Joel I'm glad you decieded to go with Steve's boring bar. Put the Rolly 2 in it and go deep! It takes a little learning on how far to open the cutter on the Rolly. But with some experimenting you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly. I open it up a fair amount on the rough hollowing, but almost close it down to next to nothing for my finish turning. When you start to get up to about 24" deep or so you'll want to start closing it down a little on the roughing too.