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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Poplar Bowl working on the foot
Hi Everyone,
Well, its a lovely day outside-Minnesota summers are wonderful. This is perfect turning weather and what do we do when the weather is good?:
The last thing we have to do is to shape and varnish the foot of the bowl. Here is a photo of the bowl on the lathe. Im going to take it off and flip it over and turn the bottom. To do that I"ll remove the Nova chuck from the lathe:
This is the Nova chuck:
And Ill take off the jaws and replace them with these pie-shaped jaws. These will screw on:
This entire contraption is called a Cole jaw set. Ill place the bowl between the white rubber stoppers and then tighten the jaws. This will hold the bowl on the Nova chuck and then I can re attach the whole thing back on to the lathe:
Heres the bowl in the jaws:
And here it is back on the lathe:
Here is the bowl about 10 minutes later. Its ready to be removed from the lathe:
Before I take it off, Ill place my makers mark on the bottom with a small, sharp veiner tool, the same one I accidentally marked my hand with a few weeks ago:
Its done. Time to take it upstairs for a final coat of varnish:
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Well, its a lovely day outside-Minnesota summers are wonderful. This is perfect turning weather and what do we do when the weather is good?:
Make wood round!!
Excellent, youre all beginning to get the hang of this.
Ok, the poplar bowl is finished and heres how that went:
This is the bowl with the finish dried and in place. The finish went on very well and dried without incident (keeping two curious cats away helped this process). I took it down to the wood shop and placed in back on the lathe and polished with with a green nylon kitchen pad and then I buffed it with wax. Im very pleased with it:
The last thing we have to do is to shape and varnish the foot of the bowl. Here is a photo of the bowl on the lathe. Im going to take it off and flip it over and turn the bottom. To do that I"ll remove the Nova chuck from the lathe:
This is the Nova chuck:
And Ill take off the jaws and replace them with these pie-shaped jaws. These will screw on:
This entire contraption is called a Cole jaw set. Ill place the bowl between the white rubber stoppers and then tighten the jaws. This will hold the bowl on the Nova chuck and then I can re attach the whole thing back on to the lathe:
Heres the bowl in the jaws:
This area of the foot is going to be re-turned. I want to narrow the foot a little and turn the bottom flat so there arent any places for moisture to collect:
Here is the bowl about 10 minutes later. Its ready to be removed from the lathe:
Before I take it off, Ill place my makers mark on the bottom with a small, sharp veiner tool, the same one I accidentally marked my hand with a few weeks ago:
Its done. Time to take it upstairs for a final coat of varnish:
Ive emailed the new owner and these bowls will be moving on to their new homes this weekend. Ill post final photographs tomorrow.
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Its time to turn my attention to the art pieces and this is what well do next.
Stay tuned,
VW
Monday, February 10, 2014
Progress on the Cockatoo Chairs
The cocatoo chair prototype from my blog post of 6/5
7/1/09 ... Frames welded and arms on ... more tomorrow
Sam is underway on the cockatoo chairs ... Its going well for him. He made a new jig to make the seats all the same and then we had to figure out how to make all the chairs the same. Once he had the main parts made, we took the prototype and built a frame under it, marking the locations of the various parts and correcting the asymmetries of the prototype by averaging distances of parts from vertical and from center. It seems like it worked well as they all look the same to me ... click the photos to enlarge them ...
the main parts
jig from the back
jig from the front ...
And this from our client ... check it out; its a hoot
http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html
Friday, January 24, 2014
More on Shop Made Tools
From the Unplugged Woodshop
In my last post I featured the new Large Spokeshave from Veritas tools here in Canada. The fact that I had an idea for a tool very similar in design to this makes me pleased that a company like Veritas is now manufacturing it. Its on my short list of tools to buy. Thinking on this shop made tool line I decided to look back through my shop notebooks over the past two years and found about a dozen different design ideas Ive come up with. Nothing in there thatll solve Global Warming; who am I kidding, it wouldnt even draw a parade of rats behind me! Oh well...what is in there are some pretty cool ideas for some work shop aids and bench top appliances. A couple of neat new tool ideas and a few more new designs. I tend to write allot while Im still waking up at 4:30 a.m. when I usually start my day, so I can sometimes forget what the hell I wrote from one day to the next! Things get forgotten about and later found and fresh again. That said, itll be interesting to follow through on some of these ideas and build myself some prototypes. Ill keep you posted when I get around to it...put it on the long-list so to speak.
Making tools is a ton of fun and it really helps you understand the angles, bevels and reasons why some planes can chatter and others can run on so smoothly. Why one saw cuts and the other tears. What makes a mallet feel good in your hand? One of the first tools I made in recent years was the Lee Valley spokeshave kit; a Christmas gift from my wife it really covered allot of good workshop techniques. From dimensioning wood to super accurate lay-out. Understanding angles and final shaping and finishing. From there I made a couple of hand planes and some sanding planes,
(readers of Fine Woodworking magazine may remember my Tip of the Month a few issues ago-the sanding planes pictured above.) a mallet and hammer and a little bow-saw my father in law cracked in half last year while limbing an old apple tree! My point is this: Try out new things in your shop whenever you can and time permits. Making your own tools and workshop aids is a great learning exercise for any woodworker at any level.
Try the link on the side bar for www.toolmakingart.com
youll find lots of tool making inspiration there.
Another wealth of tool making information is: www.norsewoodsmith.com
Speaking of tool making and workshop appliances, due to all of the feedback, traffic and e-mails I get about wooden tool boxes, Im going to offer a few for sale. Ill probably only have time to build six or so..itll be first come first serve. In my next blog Ill feature some of the design elements and show some of the tool chests unique features.
A Cabinetmakers Toolchest.
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In my last post I featured the new Large Spokeshave from Veritas tools here in Canada. The fact that I had an idea for a tool very similar in design to this makes me pleased that a company like Veritas is now manufacturing it. Its on my short list of tools to buy. Thinking on this shop made tool line I decided to look back through my shop notebooks over the past two years and found about a dozen different design ideas Ive come up with. Nothing in there thatll solve Global Warming; who am I kidding, it wouldnt even draw a parade of rats behind me! Oh well...what is in there are some pretty cool ideas for some work shop aids and bench top appliances. A couple of neat new tool ideas and a few more new designs. I tend to write allot while Im still waking up at 4:30 a.m. when I usually start my day, so I can sometimes forget what the hell I wrote from one day to the next! Things get forgotten about and later found and fresh again. That said, itll be interesting to follow through on some of these ideas and build myself some prototypes. Ill keep you posted when I get around to it...put it on the long-list so to speak.Making tools is a ton of fun and it really helps you understand the angles, bevels and reasons why some planes can chatter and others can run on so smoothly. Why one saw cuts and the other tears. What makes a mallet feel good in your hand? One of the first tools I made in recent years was the Lee Valley spokeshave kit; a Christmas gift from my wife it really covered allot of good workshop techniques. From dimensioning wood to super accurate lay-out. Understanding angles and final shaping and finishing. From there I made a couple of hand planes and some sanding planes,
(readers of Fine Woodworking magazine may remember my Tip of the Month a few issues ago-the sanding planes pictured above.) a mallet and hammer and a little bow-saw my father in law cracked in half last year while limbing an old apple tree! My point is this: Try out new things in your shop whenever you can and time permits. Making your own tools and workshop aids is a great learning exercise for any woodworker at any level.
Try the link on the side bar for www.toolmakingart.com
youll find lots of tool making inspiration there.
Another wealth of tool making information is: www.norsewoodsmith.com
Speaking of tool making and workshop appliances, due to all of the feedback, traffic and e-mails I get about wooden tool boxes, Im going to offer a few for sale. Ill probably only have time to build six or so..itll be first come first serve. In my next blog Ill feature some of the design elements and show some of the tool chests unique features. A Cabinetmakers Toolchest.
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