Took me over 2 hours to get this mounted and trued up. I'm guessing I'm pretty much pushing the limit on a HF 10" mini.
Took me over 2 hours to get this mounted and trued up. I'm guessing I'm pretty much pushing the limit on a HF 10" mini.
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Nice find! What are you going to make out of it?
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Are you gonna use the tail stock (I HOPE)?
Bill
On the other hand, I still have five fingers.
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Sure you don't want to make a bunch of cutting boards out of that? You'd be set with gifts for friends and family for this year.
Well the guy who made it had it marked to make bowls. As long as it is I may make a couple of bowls, then a vase. When I told him I wanted to make vases with his pieces and he got a funny look on his face and said "vases"? Apparently he's not into that. I picked up several glue-ups he was selling. Wish I'd gotten there before he sold his machines and tools but he said he didn't have a one, just the wood.
One of his segmented pieces was half again as long as the one on the lathe. And a few smaller ones.
since I've never glued up a segmented piece I was surprised to find out there was no consistancy.....the pattern was all over the place. He must have had a reason when he made it.
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Be very careful! I bought an old glue-up one time, only to discover that the glued joints were failing.
Funny you should mention that. A couple of times while fitting this to the mini I heard a couple of hollow sounds.Originally Posted by Steve Mellott
Here's one of the bigger pieces.
That's a good idea. Nobody wants my turnings.
And the top. Arrangement makes much more sense.
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Hard to tell... is that endgrain or facegrain (or both)?
They all have the end grain top and bottom.
And various and sundry other pieces.
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A lot of possibilities with all that... I do agree some cutting boards would be nice (though they'd be a little on the small side -- maybe call them cheese boards). I might try some shallow bowls as well (even if it is end-grain). I wonder what it would look like if you made cutting boards cut on a diagonal to make an oval...
Vases could look really nice too, especially if they were tall and slender. Not that I'd do that myself... don't have the toolset or skills to hollow something like that.
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I suspect he was trying to put some scrap to good use.
Brian
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger or more complicated...it takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - E.F. Schumacher
Absolutely,Bill. Kinda hanging off the back but it was secure.
But, I could sense the 2 sides of my
brain struggling to keep its half of the face shield.
Ladys and gentlemen, we have a bowl.
Too beat tonight to sand, but that little HF mini came through.
And best of all I still have 2 hands.
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